Famous First Chords
The rhythm guitar part has been kept very simple here. The aim is to practice playing off the beat. There is only one strum per chord and all strums are on the last 8th note of the bar. If you keep your hand swinging up and down, those off-beats would be strummed on an up-stroke. However, the style requires down-strokes for all chords. So aim for that after you have the timing clear in your head. The lead guitar riff should help to get the timing right.
The chords are taken from My Chemical Romance's "Famous Last Words". They're just played differently. But in the same order.
D5, C5, Bflat5, A5
G5, A5, Bflat5, C5
Lead Guitar
This isn't too difficult, but more intermediate than beginner. Its main purpose is to make the timing easier for the rhythm guitar.
The lead guitar riff is taken from Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark". The only changes are to play the A-note an extra time (makes the riff a little harder to recognise) and the ending. Also, the bass note at the beginning of the riff changes to match the chords. The riff changes for the last two bars. The drums on the MIDI track are also taken from the same song.
&.|.1.&.2..&..3..&.4..&.|.1.&.2..&..3..&.4..&.|.1.&.2..&..3..&.4..&.| --|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| --|-----10-10-10-8-10---|-----10-10-10-8-10---|-----10-10-10-8-10---| 7-|---7-----------------|---------------------|---------------------| --|-------------------10|--10---------------8-|---8---------------7-| --|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| --|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| D5 C5 Bflat5 A5
|.1.&.2..&..3..&.4..&.|.1.&.2..&..3..&.4..&.|.1.&.2..&..3..&.4..&.|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----10-10-10-8-10---|-----10-10-10-8-10---|-----10-10-10-8-10---|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|--7------------------|-------------------7-|---7---------------8-|
|-------------------10|--10-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G5 A5 Bflat5
|.1.&.2..&..3.&.4..&.|.1.&.2..&..3.&..4.&.||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-----10-10-8-8------|-----10-10-8--------||
|---------------10---|-------------10-9-7-||
|--8---------------10|--10----------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
C5 D5