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The Weeknd - Tell Your Friends Chords

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ChordsBm, E, D, C#m, C#, F#m, F#
Strumming↓-↓↓↑

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

  • Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram
  • Guitar E chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-1-0-0Guitar E chord diagram
  • Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
  • Guitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram Fingering: x-4-2-1-2-xGuitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram
  • Guitar C# | D♭ chord diagram Fingering: x-4-3-1-2-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar C# | D♭ chord diagram
  • Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram Fingering: 2-4-4-2-2-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram
  • Guitar F# | G♭ chord diagram Fingering: 2-4-4-3-2-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar F# | G♭ chord diagram

[Opening]
[Bm]We are not the same I am too reckless, I’m not [E]tryna go in [D]that [C#m]direction
[C#m]These niggas they been doing too much flexing, but they about to [D]call [C#m]the wrong [Bm]attention
[Bm]And I ain’t got no patience, no more testing, I do shit how I want, [E]don’t [D]need no [C#m]blessing
[C#m]XO niggas, ain’t nothing to mess with, nobody stopping [D]us, oh no, [C#m]we destined [Bm]

[verse 2]
[Bm]And everybody around you is so basic, I’m never rocking [E]white, [D]I’m like a [C#m]racist
[C#m]I don’t drink my liquor with a chaser, and money is the [D]only thing [C#m] I’m chasing [Bm]
[Bm]End some dope nights on some coke lines, give me head all [E]night, cum [D] four [C#m]times
[C#]Baby girl just wanna smoke a pound, do an ounce get some dick, [D]tell your [C#m]friends [F#m]about it

[chorus]
Go [F#]tell [F#]your [F#]friends about it (about it), go [Bm]tell [Bm]your [Bm]friends about it (about it)
Go [F#]tell [F#]them [F#]what you know, what you seen, how [F#]I [F#]roll, [F#]how I get it on the low[Bm]
Go [Bm]tell your friends about it (about it), go tell your [E]friends about [D]it [C#m](about it)
[C#]I’m the nigga with the hair, singing bout popping pills, fucking bitches, living [D]life, so [C#] [Bm]trill

[verse 3]
Last year I did all the [Bm]politicking, this year I’mma [E]focus [D]on the [C#m]vision
[C#m]I think these hoes deserve another fixing, I’m talking ’bout the [D]ones from the [C#] beginning [Bm]
[Bm]Don’t believe the rumors, bitch, I’m still a user, I’m still rocking camo [E]and [D]still roll [C#m]with shooters
[C#m]I’m a villain in my city, I just made another killing, I’mma spend it [D]all on [C#]bitches [Bm]
[Bm]And everybody fucking, everybody fucking, pussy on the [E]house, every[D]body [C#m]fucking
[C#]Man, I miss my city, man, it’s been a minute, MIA a habit, [D]Cali was the [C#][Bm]mission
[Bm]Cruise through the west-end in my new Benz, I’m just tryna live [E]life through [D]a new [C#m] lens
[C#m]Driving by the streets I used to walk through, when I had no crib,
I guess [D]you call [C#]that shit a [F#]miracle

[chorus]
Go [F#]tell [F#]your [F#]friends about it (about it), go [Bm]tell [Bm]your [Bm]friends about it (about it)
Go [F#]tell [F#]them [F#]what you know, what you seen, how [F#]I [F#]roll, [F#]how I get it on the low[Bm]
Go [Bm]tell your friends about it (about it), go tell your [E]friends about [D]it [C#m](about it)
[C#]I’m the nigga with the hair, singing bout popping pills, fucking bitches, living [D]life, so [C#] [Bm]trill

[verse 4]
[Bm]My cousin said I made it big and it’s unusual, she tried to take a selfie
At [E]my [D]Grandma’s [C#m]funeral, [C#]used to roam on Queen, now I sing Queen street anthems
Used to hate attention, now I pull [D] up in [C#] that [Bm] wagon, [Bm]and I was broken,
I was broken, I was so broke, I used to roam around the [E]town when I [D]was home[C#m]less
[C#]Me and Lamar would rob a nigga for his Jordans, and flip it
just to get [D]these hoes [C#]another nose [Bm]fix, [Bm]now we get faded
when we want, girl, we got choices, lay them on the fucking [E]table,
we got [D]choices, [C#m]and if they wanna fuck my niggas, they got choices
They told me not to fall in [D]love, that [C#]shit is [Bm]pointless

[Closing]
[Bm]Yeah, that shit is pointless, they told me not to fall [E]in love, [D]that shit is [C#m]pointless
[C#]Yeah, that shit is pointless, they told me not to fall [D]in love, [C#]that shit is [F#]pointless

[chorus]
Go [F#]tell [F#]your [F#]friends about it (about it), go [Bm]tell [Bm]your [Bm]friends about it (about it)
Go [F#]tell [F#]them [F#]what you know, what you seen, how [F#]I [F#]roll, [F#]how I get it on the low[Bm]
Go [Bm]tell your friends about it (about it), go tell your [E]friends about [D]it [C#m](about it)
[C#]I’m the nigga with the hair, singing bout popping pills, fucking bitches, living [D]life, so [C#] [Bm]true

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ArtistThe Weeknd
AlbumBeauty Behind the Madness
GenresR&B, Soul
Year2015
KeyBm

How to play Tell Your Friends on Guitar (Step-by-step)

The Weeknd - Tell Your Friends on guitar requires 7 chords and 11 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.

Tell Your Friends uses these transitions most often: D → C#m (19), Bm → E (15), and E → D (15). 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 Bm - E chord transition.

1. Bm → E chord transition

Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram
Guitar E chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-1-0-0Guitar E chord diagram

To move from Bm to E;

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

2. E → D chord transition

Guitar E chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-1-0-0Guitar E chord diagram
Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram

To move from E to D;

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

3. D → C#m chord transition

Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
Guitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram Fingering: x-4-2-1-2-xGuitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram

To move from D to C#m;

  1. Slide your index finger on G string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 3 to fret 2.
  4. Place pinky on A string fret 4.
D to C#m

4. C#m → Bm chord transition

Guitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram Fingering: x-4-2-1-2-xGuitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram
Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram

To move from C#m to Bm;

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

5. C#m → C# chord transition

To move from C#m to C#;

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

6. C# → D chord transition

To move from C# to D;

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

7. C#m → F#m chord transition

To move from C#m to F#m;

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

8. F#m → F# chord transition

To move from F#m to F#;

  1. Keep index finger on E string fret 2.
  2. Keep ring finger on A string fret 4.
  3. Keep pinky on D string fret 4.
  4. Place middle finger on G string fret 3.

9. F# → Bm chord transition

To move from F# to Bm;

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

10. C# → Bm chord transition

To move from C# to Bm;

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

11. C# → F# chord transition

To move from C# to F#;

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

Tell Your Friends chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Tell Your Friends.

  • Tell Your Friends includes 108 chord transitions, 11 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.03% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how Tell Your Friends connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After Bm, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (25%), A (19%), and Em (13%).
    • Bm → E: 4%
    • Bm → F#: 1%
    After D, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (29%), A (17%), and Em (17%).
    • D → C#m: 0%
    • D → C#: 0%
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