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Rihanna - Famous Chords

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ChordsAm, G, F, Em, Cm, Fm, C
Strumming↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

  • Guitar Am chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-1-0Guitar Am chord diagram
  • Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram
  • Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram
  • Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram
  • Guitar Cm chord diagram Fingering: x-3-1-0-1-3Guitar Cm chord diagram
  • Guitar Fm chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-1-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar Fm chord diagram
  • Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram

[Opening]
[Am]Man I can understand how it [G]might be
Kinda hard [F]to love a girl like me
[Em] I don’t blame you much [F]for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know

[verse 2]
[Cm] [Fm]
For all my [Cm]Southside niggas that [Fm]know me best
I feel like [Cm]me and Taylor might [Fm]still have sex
Why? [Cm]I made that bitch [Fm]famous (God damn)
I made that bitch famous
For all the [Cm]girls that got dick from [Fm]Kanye West
If you [Cm]see ’em in the streets give ’em [Fm]Kanye’s bests
Why? They [Cm]mad they ain’t [Fm]famous (God damn)
They [Cm]mad they’re still [Fm]nameless (Talk that talk man)
Her [Cm]man in the store tryna [Fm]try his best
But he [Cm]just can’t seem to get [Fm]Kanye fresh
But we [Cm]still hood [Fm]famous (God damn)
Yeah we still hood famous

[chorus]
I just wanted you to [C]know
I loved you better [C]than your own kin [Am]did
From the very [G]start
I don’t blame you much [Am]for wanting to be free
[G] I just wanted you to know

[verse 3]
[Cm] I be Puerto Rican [Fm]day parade floating
[Cm] That Benz Marina [Fm]Del Rey coasting
[Cm] She be Puerto Rican [Fm]day parade waving
[Cm] Last month I helped her [Fm]with the car payment
[Cm]Young and we [Fm]alive, whoo!
We [Cm]never gonna [Fm]die, whoo!
[Cm]I just copped a jet to fly [Fm]over personal debt
Put one up in the sky
The [Cm]sun is in my [Fm]eyes, whoo!
Woke [Cm]up and felt the [Fm]vibe, whoo!
No [Cm]matter how hard they [Fm]try, whoo!
We never gonna die

[verse 4]
I just wanted you to [C]know
Bam bam, bam [C]bam
Bam bam dilla, bam [Am]bam
‘ey what a bam [G]bam (How you feeling right
now, let me see you ladies in the [Am]air)
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam [G]bam eh
Bam bam, bam bam (Let me see
your middle finger in the [C]air)
Bam bam, bam [C]bam
Bam bam dilla, bam [Am]bam
(Let me see you act up in this mother fucker)
‘ey what a bam [G]bam
Bam bam dilla, bam [Am]bam

[Closing]
(How you feeling, how you feelin, how you
feeling in this mother fucker, god damn)
Bam [G]bam (One thing you can’t do it stop us [C]now)
Bam bam, bam [C]bam
Bam bam dilla, bam [Am]bam
(You can’t stop the thing now)
‘ey what a bam [G]bam
(Man it’s way too late, it’s way too late)
Bam bam dilla, bam [Am]bam
(it’s way too late, you can’t fuck with us)
Bam [G]bam, bam bam
[C]Bam bam, bam bam (To the [C]left, to the right)
Bam bam dilla, bam [Am]bam
(I wanna see everyone’s hands in the air like this)
‘ey what a bam [G]bam
Bam bam dilla, bam [Am]bam
Bam [G]bam, bam bam

[chorus]
I just wanted you to [C]know
I loved you better [C]than your own kin [Am]did
From the very [G]start
I don’t blame you much [Am]for wanting to be free
[G] I just wanted you to [C]know

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ArtistRihanna
AlbumThe Life of Pablo
GenresPop, R&B, Soul
Year2016
KeyAm

How to play Famous on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Rihanna - Famous on guitar requires 7 chords and 9 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

Famous uses these transitions most often: Cm → Fm (21), Fm → Cm (19), and Am → G (13). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with Am - G chord transition.

1. Am → G chord transition

Guitar Am chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-1-0Guitar Am chord diagram
Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram

To move from Am to G;

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
Am to G

2. G → F chord transition

Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram
Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram

To move from G to F;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.
G to F

3. F → Em chord transition

Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram
Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram

To move from F to Em;

  1. While playing F, first lift your index finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
F to Em

4. F → Cm chord transition

Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram
Guitar Cm chord diagram Fingering: x-3-1-0-1-3Guitar Cm chord diagram

To move from F to Cm;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 1.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your pinky from D string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.
F to Cm

5. Cm → Fm chord transition

To move from Cm to Fm;

  1. While playing Cm, lift your middle finger from D string fret 1.
  2. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 3 to D string fret 3.

6. Fm → C chord transition

To move from Fm to C;

  1. While playing Fm, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Place middle finger on D string fret 2.

7. C → Am chord transition

To move from C to Am;

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 2.

8. G → Cm chord transition

To move from G to Cm;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 1.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 3.

9. G → C chord transition

To move from G to C;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.

Famous chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Famous.

  • Famous includes 77 chord transitions, 9 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • Famous contains 3 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how Famous connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After Cm, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (22%), F (11%), and Gm (9%).
    • Cm → Fm: 8%
    After Fm, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (43%), Bb (5%), and Cm (5%).
    • Fm → C: 43%
    • Fm → Cm: 5%
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