Apartment by Young the Giant Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for Apartment guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Apartment by Young the Giant using guitar or guitar.
This song by Young the Giant can also be played by that instruments.
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Apartment guitar chords has rhythm and included in Young the Giant (2010) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Apartment by Young the Giant Guitar Chords


I had to do it since there was no proper tab for this awesome song.
This song can be somewhat tricky if you aren’t familiar with maj7 and m7(b5) chords.

Key : D Major
Standard Tuning

Chords at their most simple expressions, you can double notes in octaves if you feel like it:

Dmaj7 (I) Em7 (II) Gmaj7(IV) A7(V) Am7(V) C#m7(b5) (VII)


D-F#-A-C# E-G-B-D G-B-D-F# A-C#-E-G A-C-E-G C#-E-G-B
e|---| e|---| e|---| e|---| e|---| e|---|
B|-7-| B|-8-| B|-3-| B|-5-| B|-5-| B|-5-|
G|-6-| G|-7-| G|-4-| G|-6-| G|-5-| G|-4-|
D|-7-| D|-9-| D|-4-| D|-5-| D|-5-| D|-5-|
A|-5-| A|-7-| A|-x-| A|-x-| A|-7-| A|-4-|
E|---| E|---| E|-3-| E|-5-| E|---| E|---|

Intro palm muted (The bass play the low root note) :

Gmaj7
Dmaj7
[C#m7(b5)]
Gmaj7
A7
Dmaj7
Gmaj7


e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3--7-x-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-x-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-x-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-x-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-x-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-| x1
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-x-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-x-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------7-7-7-7-7-7------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (Exact same as intro):

Gmaj7
After leav
Dmaj7
ing [C#m7(b5)] my apartment
Gmaj7
A7

A7
I feel
Dmaj7
this
Gmaj7
cold inside me
Gmaj7
It howls
Dmaj7
away [C#m7(b5)] all through the market
Gmaj7
A7

A7
It calls
Dmaj7
your
Gmaj7
name

Riff:

Dmaj7
Em7
A7
Dmaj7


e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------7-7-----------8-8-----------5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|----------6-6-----------7-7-----------6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| x 2
D|----------7-7-----------9-9-----------5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-2-0-2/5--5-5--2-0-2/7--7-7--2-0-2-2--7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|--------------------------------------5-5------------------|

Verse 2 (Same as intro and verse 1):

Gmaj7
On my way
Dmaj7
to [C#m7(b5)] your apartment
Gmaj7
A7

A7
I write
Dmaj7
for
Gmaj7
fear of silence
Gmaj7
You carved
Dmaj7
a boat[C#m7(b5)] to sail my shadow
Gmaj7
A7

A7
Now I walk
Dmaj7
alone
Gmaj7

Pre-chorus:

A7 Gmaj7 A7 Gmaj7 A7 (Progressively strum harder)


oooh al-----right, al-----right

Chorus (As shown at the beginning of the tab):

Dmaj7
[-]
Am7
[-]
Gmaj7

Dmaj7
I hit the sidewalk,
Am7
and this is
Gmaj7
how it starts
Dmaj7
Hide in a raincoat
Am7
when things are f
Gmaj7
allin apart

Solo:


e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1196--1196--6/9/11~------14-(14)----14-14-12-11~-|
D|---------------------------12---------12--------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3: Same as the others

Riff

Pre-chorus: A7 Gmaj7 A7 Gmaj7 A7

Chorus: Dmaj7 – Am7 – Gmaj7 x8

Riff

Outro:

Gmaj7
After leav
Dmaj7
ing [C#m7(b5)] your apartment
Gmaj7
A7

A7
I hear
Dmaj7
the
Gmaj7
coast…

Cheers

If you want to learn Young the Giant Apartment guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Apartment. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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