NOELCHORD: Solved! The Secret Chord From 'Don't Look Back In Anger' by Oasis
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2020
- When Noel Gallagher sings 'Take that look from off your face' in the bridge of Dont Look Back In Anger by Oasis, some people play an E, some play a G# bar chord, others play a G# diminished... but each of those chords is wrong.
Join me to do a little detective work to uncover the exact chord Noel Gallagher used in the 1990's to play the bridge of Don't Look Back In Anger!
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Many thanks, JH.
I heard there was a secret chord, that Noel played and it pleased the lord.
lmaoo
but you don't really care for music do ya?
👏👏👏
Hallelujah brother!
@@UnforgivenIV I'm a Muslim tho 😆
I've heard Noel calls this chord "C/unt#".
100000 internets to you.
@therainman777
To make it look more like a real chord?! That's not a hashtag... ;D
@therainman777 it means sharp
@@memeanarchist5150 who would have thought "#" meant anything before Instagram?
Bravo 🤝
Noel: "Aww yeah....i was just strummin' the G on the wrong fret mate"
Haha nice one
🤣
„I just sniffed some Cocaine and wanted to play a G Chord... but i was on the Wrong Fret and my index finger was numb“
"if you watch Noel play...he uses G shapes"
Yes. For 90% of his tunes.
So does angus young
That's a total lie. It's more like 95%
So does bushy one string 🤪
I prefer G strings
I didn‘t expect a video about a guitar chord to be this entertaining.
Neither did I. At the start I was impatient for him to just show me the damn chord, you massive tease. Ended up really liking the whole lead up to the reveal though.
@@breadyegg hahahahaha I had to walk you through the process first...
This is nothing. Try the Beatles. Fricken scientists are still figuring that shit out
@@shaunflavour6366 [insert joke about oasis copying the Beatles here]
Hahahah and a comment too
Noel 2020: pedals, scissors, etc.
Noel 90's: ""G""
Hahahahahahaha too true!
And what does the whole world like best? G.
www.google.com/amp/s/guitarplayer.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/the-complete-noel-gallagher-oasis-gear-guide/amp/
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar The guy made the whole world sing by using MOSTLY basic chords. The mark of a true genius.
@@emdiar6588 It's was just a joke with the G shape, man...
@@randomuser964 up in the sky, round are away
Jeez, not a bad singer either. That ‘you ain’t ever’ was beautiful when you played it through with the NOELCHORD 🥺
Thanks I appreciate it!
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar I thought the same... I kept playing that bit.
It never occurred to me that there was a “secret chord” but now I’m one step closer to learning this song. Cheers bro.
This was actually way more interesting and presented than I initially thought it would be. Fair play.
Cool. Glad to hear it.
He does that, but if he really knew anything about chord voicing he would have used G#°
I’ve always used and it sounds WAY fuller and richer. Jazzy stuff that is very common for us brazilians
Same here
Use g#sharp on that song?
the one dislike is from noel
Lmao
Hahaha probably. He can be a grumpy bugger at times
RUclips will block this video
😂😂😂
And Liam. Ah I cant be assed man, I jost play me gitaaar'
Wait a minute
December 2020: First the Zodiac Killers code was broken after 51 years, then the "Find Satoshi" puzzle cracked after 14 years, NOW THIS!!!
dont forget the Dyatlov Pass mystery finally solved after 63 years
Sounds insane today but at Oasis concerts in 96 and 97 I would be there watching and trying to make mental notes about Noel's hand positions.
That woupd be very tough to pick up from the crowd.
@@depressednugget5984 - why do ya say that?
i myself did the very same thing in the 90's at Metallica gigs and suchlike.
the BIG screens make a massive difference.. lol!
Finally, after years of playing this weird chord with a sceptical feeling, this video has proven that the chord I played was correct.
Great, well done. Good ear
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Hey James. Really enjoyed this vid. Mad respect for your skills and passion. I recently started doing lessons myself and did a lesson on this song. I had a nice chuckle because I too struggled with this E7/G# chord when I was first learning it (this was 25 years ago, when it took like 7 hours to download one song via dial up, and obviously before RUclips where you can now watch people like yourself and even Noel playing it acoustically) and out of pure frustration came up with an easy cheat (~4:00 mark) for it that I think works nicely. Even though we play it in different positions, I believe the notes are the same. Feel free to check it out: ruclips.net/video/u8sDo30q4k0/видео.html. Cheers 🍻 Craig
Bloody hell, this video seems to have sparked a bit of interest. I thought this vid would be a quiet one (hence the enormous effort I put into my singing 🙄) but apparently there are a lot more Oasis enthusiasts out there than I realised! Hello and massive appreciation to anyone who has liked/subscribed. Everyone has (mostly) fallen into 2 camps... the E/G# camp - of which I am obviously one, and the G# diminished camp... Feel free to share below what you think (or prefer) for the Noelchord 🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍
Cheers! JH
A Flat diminished according to the Oasis Complete Chord Songbook!
@@drawnagaindrawnagain5394 Hi DrawnAgain, unfortunately songbooks are constantly, continually and repeatedly wrong. Major bugbear of mine!
You've got the best chance of getting it right if you research and transcribe it yourself 👍👍🎸🎸
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Agreed! - the version of the chord i use is XXDGBE - D+B 3rd Fret / G+E 4th Fret - it sounds faaaaiiiiiirrrrlllyyyy good!
Looks like the algorithm blessed you. I just stumbled upon this vid.
This is great!!! Been playing that wrong for 20+ years and it always bugged me! You’re a legend!
Nice work! Love these secret chord discoveries. The Beatles chord was a fun one too.
Thanks Arg Etect
You know the chord, now take that look from off your face.
This is a BuzzFeed unsolved level of mystery here, I've been trying to find this chord since the first time I listened to this song lol
Thanks for watching!
Buzzfeed ? What are you? A vegan lesbian non binary type?
@@discobriscoe5880 I don't think BuzzFeed unsolved have those kind of content, do you even know BuzzFeed unsolved?
@@discobriscoe5880 yea you got a problem?
@@discobriscoe5880 what a jerk!
Ive been arguing about this chord for years.
Hopefully no need to anymore!
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Aye. If i ever got the opportunity to ask Noel Gallagher what chord was it would of been what is that chord.
i have known this chord for at least 20years, it's weird, and i've never seen Noel use it ever again... btw, it's not the chord James is telling you
@@Beans360 would have
the right chord is F#dim, X-X-4-5-4-5
I always played an E7, so I'm glad to see I was mostly there. I kinda like how the G# diminished sounds in there. There's a Jam song where Weller goes from a Major 7 chord to a diminished 7 half a step down (so in the other direction, but still). I could easily see how Noel might have been going for something like that and figured out how to get something close enough to the sound he wanted without making that odd shape.
I've always played the e7 as well 😊👍
You cracked the code for sure. Well done. I was playing a sloppy G open cord with G# root that didnt sound right. That’s definitely the secret chord
Cheers Brett
Bonehead wasnt even arsed learning that chord. just played G sharp power chord. Sorted.
hahahahahahahaha yep sounds about right
LOL. Don't tell me that's true...
I doubt that's true, that would have an affect on the sound as there is clearly a change which is made by both of them. I've played the song for years with my band it wouldn't work how you think. They're both playing the chord on the record and live. Bonehead is a great guitar player too.
@@thedappercook you're right .I was joking. Check Maine Road 96 gig you can see Bone play the noel chord. And yes, he made a great contribution to Oasis overall. Very sound fella too.
On another note, there are some videos from SOTSOG era with noel playing pink telecaster where you can clearly see him playing his chord.
That’s true by the way😂😂
I swear that chord has haunted me for 25 years, good job brother.
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@@farithrosh
Why that profile pic huh? ;)
Confirmed on That Pedal Show this week! Nice work!
You can make a TV series about this. Some title's suggestions:
- Oh my chords
- God, you and now us know it
- Chords Buster
I always thought it was a diminished 7th chord, which definitely works to my ears. It's a common bridge between the V and vi of the key. I just thought Noel had learned that somewhere and applied it to DLBIA. Either way, it works beautifully! Enjoyed the insight!
Yep. Connecting the V to the vi using a 1st inversion V/vi, is seen everywhere. But for good reason, as it does work really well.
I highly doubt Noel would have known that bit of theory. I think he just slid the G shape down a fret and found a chord that worked.
@@bendagostino2217I highly doubt that you know what you're talking about
@espenellefsen1261 why? Noel has said himself he doesn't know theory and has no interest in learning it. Why is it so hard to believe he just slid the g shape down?
Start with him copying something The Beatles played and your half the way there would be my guess
Wow, I remember having hours of discussion on this chord back in the 90s with my friends trying to find the right chord. Very cool video brother. the more videos you put out the better. thanks for all you do.
Music theory for people that don't know music theory...
Like Noel Gallagher for example hahahah
@Fabian Deasy It's for musicians and we are often nerds yes. I don't see you objecting to grammar and spelling.
@Fabian Deasy Theory makes you understand the Music and even enjoy it more 😉.
@@antoniopobleteiob he knows more than he lets on
@@TheGalwayFarmer Yesss mate I’m sure of that. I was just joking hahaha. I think if you listen to Chasing Yesterday or Who built the moon you can notice a clear evidence of that ;).
Very interesting vid James, cheers. Without wishing to be a dork about it - all right, I'm a dork - you can also figure it out from the functions. You've got V (G) --> [noelchord] --> vi (Am). The noelchord is obvs something chromatic, because you can hear the bassline go up a semitone from the G, and it sounds like it's acting as a secondary dominant to Am, so it's either going to be G#dim or E7/G#. As it happens, either sounds fine if you try it on a piano (no surprise, as they're functionally identical). I'd guess it's probably the way G#dim is typically voiced on guitar that makes it sound wrong in that context.
Yeah, it's not a huge challenge to hear various possibilities for the chord - the challenge for me was the specific guitar shape he was using, as Noel is not a complicated chord user! Hence the research...
It's just the E7 chord in first inversion.
what
The song sounds wrong at some point on a stamdalone guitar hahahaha the trick is there on V/vi
That‘s too much Theory for a Rockstar
At 6:40, your singing improved by like a 1000 percent. Awesome. 😊👍
Finally! A mystery from my teenage years have been solved.
Excellent! Glad to have helped 🎸🎸
Lmao
look for the oasis tabs by fred lidskog(late '90's) and ALL your misteries will be solved 👍🏼. Thank me later
You have no idea how grateful i am for this video 😭. Been a fan of that song since I was a teen, and now as a 40 yr old, I finally know how to play that stupid chord correctly. Thank you!
No worries Dave, happy jamming!
E7 sounds better ngl
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar I think I had the same songbook in the 90's, and I've been pissed off about it for a few decades now. This soothes that wound. You rock, dude!
😂after many years..i play it wrong on many event..lol
E7 sounds exactly the same
Noel in 90s :"nobody will know this chord for 100 years later
Noel when this vid pop out:"FUCK"
lol
Now every one is genius
I've always just played E7. It was so satisfying when you played the secret chord, I'm gonna go play it now 🤣 Great video!
Me too
E7 fits in pretty well
R.I.P. E7 my whole life was a lie
If the bass guitar plays the inversion, ie the G# it will sound the same. This is the same chord as an E7 with the G# being the bass.
E7 with a G# in the bass
This is madly entertaining. The way you drag and drove things around, felt like a psychological case documentary.
Excellent video
Thank you for sharing ! That is guitar gold. It’s not just what you play but how you play it - just like a person’s signature
Excellent! And you make the searching for the chord look like an amazing detective story. Now I can play this song correctly.
Appreciate the effort gone into this I’ve always thought the chords felt a little off while playing them
Thanks AtticusLar, glad to be of assistance 👍👍🎸🎸
Thanks, mate! I was playing the chord correctly thanks to some tabs I found online circa 2000, at least as far as the individual notes go. I was holding the E7 chord and stretched my pinky to the G# on the bottom E string. It's quite a stretch and I never *really* pulled it off, so this will make my life sooo much easier! 😊
Great to hear!
Very cool video James, I've always wondered what this chord was and after 25 years of playing it I now know. Well done mate!
Cheers Mark, my pleasure and thanks for watching 👍👍🎸🎸
I came here wanting to rip on the length of the video, instead I sat through the whole thing. Keep making these videos mate, they are great.
Much appreciated!
I always just play E7. Sounds good to me.
Nothing wrong with that. You don't have to play it the way Noel does, play it the way you like best
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar as a beginner t I play the E major but after this I will do E7
@@grahamwilson2164 you should try E7. Its E major , but D string is open
@@stefanj.932 Tried it today, it takes me a little longer as I seem to go to the E major then lift off from the D string.. I guess that’s the nature of being a beginner...I am putting the hours in though and I know I’m going to be a guitarist one day.? Cheers
Always E7 for me easy enough
This is like a thrilling alien conspiracy documentary but about a Manc lad who grew up playing Beatles on a crappy guitar. Good job my man, nice singing voice btw.
Worth checking in 2 years later to say Good on you brother for puttin the work in! I remember wiling away countless hours of my teenage years doing the same on every Beatles tune for our band. Of course, your vindication FINALLY came weeks ago on TPS and we all lived Mick's moment :-D
i'm a piano player and that's the chord I would play too. I even said to myself "E7/G#" before watching the video. Noel did well, for someone not knowing music theory
Yes I agree, he has a very good ear 👍👍
He prolly just borrowed the chord progression from some song he heard
@@andyisdead ha yeah he did nick his fair share of other people’s tunes....
@@andyisdead I mean the chord progression is nothing unique, for the key of C, except he swapped what should be an E minor to actually “fit” to an E major, but like he has said he doesn’t know the proper music theory behind stuff. But still sounds great
@@andyisdead he learnt a lot from the Liverpool band called The Real People.
"Yeah but can you play Wonderwall ?!"
LOL I'm kidding. Great video
I spent time in the 90s trying to work this out, no tab came close and I stumbled across the correct chord and have played it this way for the past 20+ years. Good stuff James H 👍
My dad who taught me how to play the guitar, said that he would listen to a record over and over again and would try to decode what chords where playing..
Now? I just go on youtube and hope that someone made a decent video on how to play a song.. golden age for me lol
Same, basically taught myself off RUclips 😂
Dude, if we had had youtube when I was learning it would have been on like Donkey Kong. Kids today don't know the struggle of rewinding a cassette over and over or slowing the record player down to half speed to learn songs.
I thought this was good until I tried learning songs by ear a few years ago. With this slowly repeating a part over and over until you’re familiar with it then you can absolutely easily figure out any song you wanna learn. :))
Edit: Typo
@@randolphvanhook5829 except there are still plently of songs out there not famous enough to have people making youtube lessons on them. So we kinda do know the struggle
I learnt from books in prison in the 90''s guitar saved my life.
Finally. Years singing the song, now I can play that one chord at least
That is so right!!! The E7 had been so unsatisfying for all those years... Thank You very much! ♪♫
Thanks for listening
Thanks for taking me back to the 90s! I remember when oasis smashed this on brit awards, what a time it was for british indi bands. i actually remember trying to figure this chord out but didn't analyse it as much as you! I did the E chord.. easy to switch to and sounds good but yes had that niggle that it wasn't quite right!
I don’t even play guitar but going to start because of this chord
awesome...
Go a head mate !!!!
OK. Heres a tip, and it's a very important one. And it will change everything. Get your guitar. Buy some Newtone low tension strings. All that pressing down and strain will disappear. 10 gauge will suffice. They also sound excellent.
What a first chord to learn!
Jesus you're so dedicated man subscribed! Looking forward for more content!
Thanks so much and welcome!
Congratulations, you've found the secret chord. You can now play Don't look back in anger entirely.
I was very tempted to skip to the part when you show the chord but you made the whole process so interesting that I ended up watching the whole thing
This guy knows what he's talking about, he has 3 degrees 90's-ology on his wall.
much underappreciated comment here
I knew there was something wrong with that chord! Cheers for answering the question that has plagued my mind for years!
Thanks mate, before I watched this vid I knew it was the 'e7 variant' chord, but I played it in a different position and knew it wasn't correct. You are right though, this chord has always not sat right with me and peobably countless others, tha ks for nailing it down brother.
Cheers Jimbo, my pleasure 👍👍
Appreciate the hard work on this. I've always played a regular E7 for "take that look" and then added my pinky on the G# for "from off your face". Gives it a nice little step up sound.
Not sure how I ended up here, but loved your breakdown of Noelchord saga!
Spent about 13 years of my life wondering what the hell that chord actually is. Kudos sir
Cheers James, happy jamming
you are still wondering, because this is not the right chord, i would post it if i knew how
@@LexaRulesca Just give us the string and fret positions. Like E4-A7-Dx etc.
@@sic6664 F#dim
@@sic6664 x-x-4-5-4-5, if im not mistaken
I've been waiting literally most of my life for this chord!
Wow! That’s great detective work there. Thanks for this 🤩👍🎸
Bro when I start playing guitar I had no idea how much dedication guitarist have towards playing a song correctly
I’m not trying to play this song but I definitely feel the pain and frustration of this topic! Incorrect tabs and secret chords can drive you mad 😡
I remember back in the day all of my friends and I used to spend hours and hours trying to figure out what chord that was haha. Great video mate!
That's awesome! thanks for watching
Came back here right after watching the TPS interview of Noel, congrats mate, you were right all along :)
Noiiiice finally got the whole chords after 10+ years thanks to you, you're a genius, thanks James !! 🤩🤩
Great video! I think there’s a better way to play that chord, even though it isn’t what Noel does (which you’ve clearly identified):
e0
B3
G4
D2
Ax
E4
I fret the low G# on the E string with my ring finger, the 2nd fret on the D string with my index, the 4th fret on the G string with my pinky, and the 3rd fret on the B string with my middle. Same chord, it just sounds fuller and nicer.
Thanks for the video! I've used this chord (on a different shape) to play it, 'cause I've had bossa nova/jazz classes and I've heard it on some brazilian songs. Nice to see I wasn't wrong all this time.
Dude I loved this video! Your enthusiasm is charming!
Why thank you...
Thanks! Solved the mystery! And great singing to boot!
I’ve always played it as 4x3400. Either an E in first inversion with a flat 9 or G#dim (which is how I hear it). Personally I like the F/b9 in it. It’s definitely a chord where you can tell if someone really knows the song! Love your breakdown of these songs.
A two-finger E7 works really well as that chord, with the open E, 2nd fret A, open D, 1st fret G, open B and E. The 1st fret on G is G#, so you get that nice G# ring, and the low E gives it some power. I've been playing it that way for years, but I do hear that what you've found is the right chord-doubt I'll change the way I play it though after all these years. Cheers for finding it!
Also try 4x0100 if you can make the stretch, one of my favorite voicing for E7.
Great videos mate , love how deep u go into your content .
I appreciate that!
Excellent vid…great forensic work to decode the chord….
I always played this with the G#dim. Sounds alright.
That's the correct chord that's why 👍🏻
@@Beirdo267 It's probably E7 first inversion.
Yep, I play it as a G#dim7 inverted, with the A string dampened. First finger barring the B, G and D strings on the 3rd fret (basically an A moved up a fret). Middle finger on low E, 4th fret (G#). Ring finger then on the G string, 4th fret (B). Then pinky on the high E string, 4th fret (G#). So the notes you play on each string are G#, NA, F, B, D, G#. From a distance, I can see how this could look like a G shape moved up a fret.
It's just a G#º chord(403430), we Brazilians been havin it in songs for ages! Another song using something close to this is Helena by My Chemical Romance D#º - (001212)
briliant secret chroard, good work on figuring it out, its hard to figure out that sort of stuff with all the stuff that gets added around chaords in songs
7 min video on a single chord and I watched it twice! James has a knack of making super interesting videos out of pretty much nothing!
Finally someone cracks it down! I've played this song a million times and I've never really liked what I used to play in that chord.
Cheers LouiSpacetime, hope it was helpful 👍🎸
When he plays the chord “GOOSEBUMPS“
I have wondered this for YEARS... Thank you so much 🙏
In our band one guitar plays an open E, one plays a barred E at 7th fret and the Bass plays the G#. Strength in numbers.
Great job man! I don't know how, but I knew for many years it was E7/G#. And I had figured it the following way - 420100, which is not easy to play but only at first, but gives decent & solid harmony to this part. But figuring out with the use of videos and succeeding is fantastic!
This was an interesting way to present this chord. Got me to click right away
Gold James,and brilliant work from Noel!
Genius, Mate. You did gods work after years of not properly playing that bloody chord.
Hahahahaha no worries, enjoy!
Keith Richards uses it in the beginning of Angie, too.
Well then now we know how noel came upon it
Yea
@@wes4192 as almost everything else he came up with, stealing
@@Rocks4You97 harsh
Oh yeah!
I've always played the E7. Well, B7 technically because I play it out of G.
same here sounds right to me.
Same.
Yep, same but if I can be bothered I’ll reach my pinky to G# and so play the ‘secret chord’ another way.
Hadn't heard this song in years but thoroughly enjoyed this!! Thanks ✌️
Amazing man, been waiting all my life to play that chord right
It's the secret chord that David played, and it pleased the lord. It goes like this: the 4th, the 5th. The minor fall and the major lift!
Thank you my brother. im from indonesia. For my whole life, i never know that chord. Thank you 😭
you’re welcome 👍👍
Amazing video!!!! Excellent job!!!!
what a way to start off this year! thanks mate!!!!
From what I remembered, this chord also came up as the second chord in the bridge section of “Let there be love”
Cheers.
I've been waiting more than 20 years for this
Massive respect for all the research done this is a great video
I thought it was going to be one of those 2 finger Beatles chords that Macca loved so much. Great video.