She Will Be Loved Maroon 5 sounds like a pretty easy song, but when you dissect it.... well, you get this: Standard Tuning, 2 Guitars ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Structure: Intro (Guitar 1) Verse (Guitar 1) ("beauty queen...") Verse con't (Guitar 1 + 2) ("i drove for miles and miles...") Pre-Chorus (Guitar 1 + 2) ("i don't mind spending every day...") Chorus - last 4 measures (Guitar 1 + 2) ("and she will be loved...") Verse (Guitar 1 + 2) ("tap on my window...") Verse (Guitar 1 + 2) ("it's not always rainbows and butterflies...") Pre-Chorus (Guitar 1 + 2) ("i don't mind spending every day...") Chorus - last 4 measures x2 (Guitar 1 + 2) ("and she will be loved...") Bridge (Piano) ("i know where you hide, alone in your car..." Verse (Guitar 1) ("tap on my window...") Pre-Chours (Guitar 1 + 2) ("i don't mind spending every day...") Chorus (Guitar 1) ("and she will be loved...") Chorus (Guitar 1 + 2) ("please don't try so hard to say goodbye...") Outro (Guitar 1) ("please don't try so hard to say goodbye..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro/Verse Guitar 1 Chord Analysis Cm7 Bb7 Cm7 Bb7 ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------8-----------------------------| ------8-8-8-8-------7---7-------7-----8-8-8-8-------7---7-------7-| ------8-8-8-8-------6---6---6---------8-8-8-8-------6---6---6-----| ------6-6-6-6-------8---8-------------6-6-6-6-------8---8---------| --8-------------6-------------6---8-------------6-------------6---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 2 3 4 Guitar 2 (comes in at "i drove for miles and miles") (first note is a pickup note) -----------------------------------| ---6-8-6-----6-------6-------------| -7-------7-8-----7-------7---8-7-8-| -----------------------------------| -----------------------------------| -----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Chorus/Chorus Guitar 1 first four measures: Ebsus2 Bbsus4 Cm7 Bbsus4 ----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-| ------6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------| --8---------8-----8---------8-----8---------8-----8---------8---| ----------------------------------------------------------------| 6---------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------6---------------8---------------6---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | last four measures: Ebsus2 Bbsus4 Cm7 Abadd9 ----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-| ------6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------| --8---------8-----8---------8-----8---------8-----8---------8---| ------------------------------------------------6---------------| 6---------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------6---------------8-------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Guitar 2 VERY QUIET on distortion in the background stay on a Eb power chord ---- ---- -8-- -8-- -6-- ---- (LAST 2 choruses) Guitar 2 does some high notes on distortion each note lasts a measure ------13~-----------/15~--/16~--/18~--/16~--/11~--| -----------13~--11~-------------------------------| -12~----------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bridge - No Guitar, here are the chords from Piano (conceivably, they could be playing the verse riff here, but it's far too quiet to be sure) (if you want to play along, either play these bar chords, or verse riff, whichever better) (i normally go with the bar chords so that it gives contrast between this and the verse) Cm7 - Bb7 - Cm7 - Bb7 - Cm7 - Bb7 - Cm7 - Bb7 - Ab~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outro Guitar 1 ----------------------------------------------------------| -------6~-------------6~-------------8~-------------9~----| -----8~-------------8~-------------8~-------------8~------| ---8~-------------8~-------------8~-------------8~--------| -6~-------------------------------------------------------| ----------------6~-------------8~-------------6~----------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Look at the top for a breakdown (structure) of the song.