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) :

[C#m7(b5)] 


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):

After leaving [C#m7(b5)] my apartment
I feel this cold inside me
It howls away [C#m7(b5)] all through the market
It calls your name

Riff:


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):

On my way to [C#m7(b5)] your apartment
I write for fear of silence
You carved a boat[C#m7(b5)] to sail my shadow
Now I walk alone

Pre-chorus:

A7 Gmaj7 A7 Gmaj7 A7 (Progressively strum harder)


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

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

[-] [-]
I hit the sidewalk, and this is how it starts
Hide in a raincoat when things are fallin 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:

After leaving [C#m7(b5)] your apartment
I hear the 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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