Ode to My Family Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Ode to My Family chords and guitar lesson by The Cranberries. This is such a great 90s classic. The 90s were the music of my childhood, so these songs hold a special place in my heart.
In this lesson, I will teach you how to do the picking part of this song as well as how to strum through the song. Picking and singing can be tricky at first, so I usually opt for strumming and singing and throwing the picking in betweeen sections.
Let's get started!
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Ode to My Family Guitar Chords:
Ode to My Family Strumming Patterns:
Verse Strumming: to match picking rhythm if desired.
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
D D D DU U D D D
Chorus Strummin: can be used throughout if you don’t want to pick
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
D UD UD UD U D
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Ode to My Family Chord Chart:
INTRO: One Strum Each
C Am Em F
Do do do do, do do do do, do do do do, do do do do
C Am Em F
Do do do do, do do do do, do do do do, do do do do
C Am Em F
VERSE: Picked
C Am Em F C
Understand the things I say, don't turn away from me
Am Em F C
Cause I spent half my life out there, you wouldn't disagree
Am Em F C
D'you see me, d'you see, do you like me, do you like me standing there
Am Em F C
D'you notice, d'you know, do you see me, do you see me, does anyone care
CHORUS: Strummed
Am Em F C
Unhappiness, where's when I was young, and we didn't give a damn
Am Em F C
'Cause we were raised, to see life as fun and take it if we can
Am Em F C
My mother, my mother she'd hold me, she'd hold me, when I was out there
Am Em F
My father, my father, he liked me, oh he liked me, does anyone care
INSTRUMENTAL:
C Am Em F
VERSE:
C Am Em F C
Understand what I've become, it wasn't my design
Am Em F C
And people everywhere think some-thing better than I am
Am Em F C
But I miss you, I miss 'cause I liked it, 'cause I liked it, when I was out there
Am Em
D'you know this, d'you know, you did not find me,
F C
you did not find, does anyone care
CHORUS: Strummed
Am Em F C
Unhappiness, where's when I was young, and we didn't give a damn
Am Em F C
'Cause we were raised, to see life as fun and take it if we can
Am Em F C
My mother, my mother she'd hold me, she'd hold me, when I was out there
Am Em F
My father, my father, he liked me, oh he liked me, does anyone care
OUTRO:
Am Em
Does anyone care Does anyone care
F C
Does anyone care Does anyone care
Am Em
Does anyone care Does anyone care
F
Does anyone care
C Am Em F x3
Do do do do, do do do do, do do do do, do do do do
INSTRUMENTAL:
C Am Em F C (strum and hold)
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