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The Cranberries: E minor – C – G – D

The whole song cycles through four chords, one per measure: E minor, C, G, D. Calm in the verse, powerful in the chorus.

You go from quarter notes (verse) to hammered eighth notes with left-hand octaves (chorus).

The song: The Cranberries, 1994 · E minor · ≈ 84 BPM

Tips

The verse

Chords in quarter notes; the computer plays the bass notes.

The chorus

Eighth-note chords on the right, half-note octaves on the left.