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Wonderwall chords by Oasis

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Wonderwall | Chords + Lyrics (capo 2)

Intro

||: Em7 G5 | Dsus4 A7sus4 :|| x4

Verse 1

Verse 2

Bridge 1

Chorus 1

| C Em | G Em | C Em | G Em |
Because maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me, and after all,
| C Em | G Em | C Em | G Em | Em | 2/4 G |
you’re my Wonderwall.

Verse 3

||: Em7 G5 | Dsus4 A7sus4 :|| x4
Today was gonna be the day but they’ll never throw it back to you.
By now you should’ve somehow realized what you’re not to do.
I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now.

Bridge 2

Chorus 2

||: C Em | G Em :||
||: I said maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me,
and after all, you’re my Wonderwall. :||

Outro Chorus

||: C Em | G Em :||
I said maybe,
||: You’re gonna be the one that saves me :|| x3

End

||: C Em | G Em :||
| Em |

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You can learn how to play Wonderwall!

Just like on the original recording, you must place a capo on fret two and think of Wonderwall’s chords as if in the key of G.

The chords used have extensions that work as drones, this is very clever as it binds Wonderwall’s chords together, making the slightly awkward order sound more natural.

In the course, we first listen to the chords without extensions, then with. The difference is remarkable, without the extensions, it doesn’t sound like Wonderwall at all.

However, it’s not the chords that are the main focus in the lessons, it’s the strumming and as you saw in the video above when the preview lesson started, we will work on how to divide up the strumming pattern.

Below, you’ll find the strumming played as a beginner (example 1), this is how you don’t want to play Wonderwall!

Wonderwall strumming pattern

Let’s work out how to strum the verse using the correct strumming pattern. As I speak about in the video, what is correct will vary, depending on the situation you’re in.

If you’re playing this on your own, as I am, you want to break up the strumming pattern, moving between high and low strings. If you don’t, you might end up sounding like a beginner.

Here’s the TAB of the strumming pattern for Wonderwall, played as if you are a beginner.

Wonderwall is Oasis’s most popular song

Wonderwall is a single by Oasis from the hugely successful album What’s The Story (Morning Glory?).

Initially named Wishing Stone, Wonderwall was renamed after a film from 1968 that bore the same name. George Harrison and Eric Clapton wrote the original soundtrack for the film.

Rumors claim that Noel wrote Wonderwall for his wife Meg Mathews. After the divorce, Noel claimed the song was about an imaginary friend who’s going to come and save you from yourself.

Wonderwall is by far Oasis’ most popular track and can only be compared to Angels by Robbie Williams as the most popular song by a British act in the 90s.

Famous covers of Wonderwall include the one by Ryan Adams. His version was so good that even Oasis started to use ideas from Ryan’s arrangement.

In May 2005, Virgin Radio voted Wonderwall the best British song of all time, with the help of over eight thousand listeners.

Wonderwall’s 8 guitar lessons in the course

As Wonderwall is played using fast strumming, we must engage in some strumming exercises before we can play the complete song well.

Each section is studied in-depth, mainly focusing on how to divide up the strumming. The final step is to develop a 2nd guitar part. Learning this means that you, me, and the singer can play Wonderwall together, like a trio.

In total, there are 8 step-by-step lessons for Wonderwall available. Here are links to each lesson in the course (members only):

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Oasis

Oasis was an English rock band led by two brothers, Noel, and Liam Gallagher.

With 8 #1 singles, 15 NME Awards, 9 Q Awards, 4 MTV Europe awards, and 5 Brit awards. The Guinness Book Of Hit Singles And Albums declared Oasis the Most Successful Act of the 90s.

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Beginner Acoustic Songs

This collection of songs will teach you how to arrange a song to play on your own, as well as how to create a supporting part.

Playing songs will help you with switching between open-position chords and give you the context you need in order to understand how music works theoretically.

Beginner Acoustic Songs.