Guns N’ Roses – The General Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Guns N’ Roses – The General Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsGAbCDbBbEbBb/D

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[Intro]
G

[Verse]
G
Daddy don't
Ab
I swear I won't
        G
I'll be good from now on
        Ab
And I'm awful sorry
G
Daddy don't
Ab
The hell I won't
           G
I won't be good anymore
           Ab
And you'll all be sorry
    C       Db
Can anybody tell me
         Bb
why the pain
              Db
It just won't stop
    C       Db
Can anybody help me
     Bb
This pain it just
       Db
won't stop
[Chorus]
C         Db
My only regret
Bb        Eb
Is that I never took
     C          Db
 the time to forget
Bb/D         Db
All those unspoken feelings
C               Db
That were never spared
Bb           Eb
At those who understand
     C               Db
That love deserves respect
Bb/D       Db
And not disordered meaning

[Interlude]
G

[Verse 2]
G
Daddy don't
Ab
I swear I won't
        G
I'll be good from now on
        Ab
And I'm awful sorry
G
Daddy don't
Ab
The hell I won't
           G
I won't be good anymore
           Ab
And you'll all be sorry
    C       Db
Can anybody tell me
         Bb
 why the pain
              Db
It just won't stop
    C       Db
Can anybody help me
     Bb                 Db
This pain it just won't stop

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[Chorus 2]
C         Db
My only regret
Bb        Eb
Is that I never took
     C          Db
 the time to forget
Bb/D         Db
All those unspoken feelings
C               Db
That were never spared
Bb           Eb
At those who understand
     C               Db
That love deserves respect
Bb/D       Db
And not disordered meaning

[Interlude]
G Ab G Ab

[Bridge]
G
Don't know what to
tell you now
G
It's never really
 what they tell you now
G
You oughta know
what they tell you now
G
And not really
what they tell you now
G
Don't know what
to tell you now
G
It ain't really
 what they tell you now
G
Don't go where
they tell you now
G
It ain't really
 what they tell you now

[Chorus 3]
C         Db
My only regret
Bb        Eb
Is that I never took
     C          Db
the time to forget
Bb/D         Db
All those unspoken feelings
C               Db
That were never spared
Bb           Eb
At those who understand
     C               Db
That love deserves respect
Bb/D       Db
And not disordered meaning

[Outro]
C Db Bb Eb
C Db Bb/D Db
C Db Bb Eb
C Db Bb/D Db C

Watch: Guns N' Roses - The General (Official Audio)

From GunsNRosesVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play The General: key, chords and progression

These are The General chords by Guns N’ Roses on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

The General by Guns N’ Roses keeps coming home to A♭ major (four flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭). You need 7 chords: G, Ab, C, Db, Bb, Eb and Bb/D.

Listen for Db – C – Db – Bb (IV – III – IV – II in A♭ major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – mi – fah – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes F#, G, B, C, A, D (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Ab chord on guitar (466544)
A♭A♭ C E♭
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Db chord on guitar (x46664)
D♭D♭ F A♭
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
Eb chord on guitar (x68886)
E♭E♭ G B♭

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The General chords: questions

What key is The General in?

The General by Guns N’ Roses is centred on A♭ major (four flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭).

What chords are in The General?

The General uses 7 chords: G, Ab, C, Db, Bb, Eb, Bb/D.

What is the chord progression of The General?

The main progression is Db – C – Db – Bb (IV – III – IV – II).

Is The General easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes F#, G, B, C, A, D (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo).

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