• Song:

    Explode

  • Artist:

    Cardigans

  • Album:

    2003-28-10: Helsinki, F...

I love this song and wanted to just strum along basically to it, but the chords I 
find online are just not correct so I'm having a go myself.  This is my first 
Chord chart and I'm a drummer not a guitarist - so here goes.

Capo on 1st Fret

Verse :  most of the chords are played for 2 beats in the bar:

Chord   |  Dm (xx0231@1)   Am (x02210@1)   |    Gm (355333@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)  |    F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)  |    Bb (x1333x@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)  |
Bass    |  D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)  |    Bb (x1333x@1)    D (xx0232@1)  |    F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)  |    D (xx0232@1)    D (xx0232@1)  |

Chord   |  Dm (xx0231@1)   Am (x02210@1)   |    Gm (355333@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)  |    F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)  |    Bb (x1333x@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)C (x32010@1)|
Bass    |  D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)  |    Bb (x1333x@1)    D (xx0232@1)  |    F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)  |    Bb (x1333x@1)  D (xx0232@1)   E|

Chorus: The C chord in bars 4 and 8 are bars of 2/4 and then revert back to 4/4

Chord   |  F (133211@1)           |   C (x32010@1)        |   Dm (xx0231@1) C# (x43121@1)  |    C (x32010@1)     |
Bass    |  F (133211@1)           |   E (022100@1)        |   D (xx0232@1)    C# (x43121@1)|    C (x32010@1)     |

Chord   |  F (133211@1)           |   C (x32010@1)        |   Dm (xx0231@1) C# (x43121@1)  |    C (x32010@1)     |
Bass    |  F (133211@1)           |   E (022100@1)        |   D (xx0232@1)    C# (x43121@1)|    C (x32010@1)     |

Chord   |  Bb (x1333x@1)         |   Am (x02210@1)     | I think I hear an influence of the Dmat (xx0231@1)the last
Bass    |  Bb (x1333x@1)         |   A (x02220@1)      | beat of bar

That's my take on it - I think it's closer than other versions I have seen - 
particularly the chorus.
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