Turn Turn Turn Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Turn, Turn, Turn chords and guitar lesson by the Byrds. Great song with a lot of options. What I will focus on in this lesson is combining guitar parts to come up with the general picture of what’s happening in the song.
While there is a F#m chords present on chord charts and sheet music, it really isn’t necessary to play the full bar chord if you use the walk down I presented about with a picking pattern. I go over those picking pattern in the video lesson below.
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Turn Turn Turn Guitar Chords:
Turn Turn Turn Strumming Patterns:
Intro:
D B5 A5
1 2 + 3 4 1 2 3 4
DDU D D
Easier Strumming:
1 2 3 + 4+
D D D U DU
Harder Strumming:
1 2 + 3 + 4 +
DDU U DU
Intro Picking Pattern:
Turn Turn Turn Guitar Lesson:
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Turn Turn Turn Chord Chart:
Intro:
D | D – Bm A|
Verse:
. |D G| |F#m A| (2/4) A
To everything,(turn, turn , turn)
. |D G| |F#m A| (2/4) A
there is a season;(turn, turn, turn)
. |G F#m| |Em A| D D(strum)
and a time to every purpose, under heaven
Chorus:
A D
A time to be born, a time to die
A D
A time to plant, a time to reap
A D
A time to kill, a time to heal
|G F#m| | Em A| D D(strum & mute)
A time to laugh, a time to weep
Verse:
. |D G| |F#m A| (2/4) A
To everything,(turn, turn , turn)
. |D G| |F#m A| (2/4) A
there is a season;(turn, turn, turn)
. |G F#m| |Em A| D D(strum)
and a time to every purpose, under heaven
Chorus:
A D
A time to build up, a time to break down
A D
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A D
A time to cast away stones,
|G F#m| | Em A| D D(strum & mute)
a time to gather stones together
Verse:
. |D G| |F#m A| (2/4) A
To everything,(turn, turn , turn)
. |D G| |F#m A| (2/4) A
there is a season;(turn, turn, turn)
. |G F#m| |Em A| D D(strum)
and a time to every purpose, under heaven
Chorus:
A D
A time of love, a time of hate
A D
A time of war, a time of peace
A D
A time you may embrace,
|G F#m| | Em A| D D(strum & mute)
a time to re frain from embracing
Interlude:
|D G| |F#m A| (1/2) A
|D G| |F#m A| (1/2) A
|G F#m| |Em A| D D
A D A D A D A D
|G F#m| |Em A| D D(strum & mute)
Verse:
. |D G| |F#m A| (2/4) A
To everything,(turn, turn , turn)
. |D G| |F#m A| (2/4) A
there is a season;(turn, turn, turn)
. |G F#m| |Em A| D D(strum)
and a time to every purpose, under heaven
Chorus:
A D
A time to gain, a time to lose
A D
time to rend, a time to sew
A D
A time for love, a time for hate
|G F#m| |Em A| D D (strum & mute)
A time for peace, I swear it s not too late
Outro: Played same as intro
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