God Save the Queen

by Sex Pistols

⚡ Punk
Difficulty ★★☆☆☆
Tuning Standard
Capo None

Steve Jones' buzzsaw guitar tone defined punk. The main riff is built on A5, C5, and D5 power chords with fierce downstrokes.

  A5              C5        D5
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7--------|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7--------|
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

  A5         E5        D5           A5
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2-2-2---9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2------|
D|--2-2-2-2---9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2------|
A|--0-0-0-0---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---0-0-0-0------|
E|----------------------------------------------|