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ZOMBIE

Original Tempo: 88bpm - Video Tempo: 60bpm

Two versions of Zombie by The Cranberries. One uses only one fretting hand finger making it super easy for beginners and once you've done that you can try the full chord version which is also beginner friendly. So hit that play button and follow along!

FULL CHORDS SONG

ONE FINGER SONG

STRUMMING PATTERN

These are the strumming patterns used in the full chords version of the song.

INTRO & VERSES

Zombie Strumming Pattern.png

CHORUS'S

Zombie Strumming Pattern Chorus.png

CHORDS

FULL CHORDS

Em Open Position.png
C Major 7 Open Position.png
G6 Open Position.png
Em7 OVER F# Open Position.png
E5 Two Note Power Chord Open Position.png
C5 Two Note Power Chord Pos 3.png
G5 Power Chord E String Root Position 3 (Two Strings).png
D OVER F# Power Chord Pos 2.png

ONE FINGER CHORDS

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CHORDS & LYRICS

INTRO 1 (0:00)

|Em          |Cmaj7      |G6          |Em7/F#    |

|E5           |C5             |G5          |D/F#         |   (x2) 

HEAVY INTRO (0:13)

INTRO LICK (0:42)

VERSE 1 (0:48)

Em                   Cmaj7                      G6                     Em7/F#
      Another head hangs lowly child is slowly taken
Em                                   Cmaj7                           G6                     Em7/F#
   And the violence caused such silence who are we mistaken
                   Em                                    Cmaj7
But you see it's not me, it's not my family,
                G6                                                  Em7/F#
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
                          Em                                                          Cmaj7
With their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs and their guns
                    G6                                            Em7/F#
In your head, in your head, the are crying.

CHORUS 1 (1:33)
               E5                 C5                   G5                     D/F#
In your head, in your head, zom
bie, zombie, zombie
                               E5                    C5         G5                         D/F#
What's in your head, in your head, zombie, zombie, zombie

 

CHORUS TAG 1 (1:58)

E5       |C5       |G5       |D/F#  |     (x2)

INTRO 2 (2:09)

|Em          |Cmaj7      |G           |Em7/F#    |

VERSE 2 (2:20)
Em                     Cmaj7                             G                Em7/F#
   Another mother's breaking, heart is taking over
Em                                    Cma7                   G                         Em7/F#
   When the violence causeS silence, we must be mistaken.
                    Em                                 Cmaj7
It's the same old theme since 1916,
                 G6                                                      Em7/F#
in your head, in your head, they're still fighting
                          Em                                                          Cmaj7
With their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs and their guns
                      G6                                          Em7/F#
In your head, in your head, they are dying.

CHORUS 2 (3:06)
                E5                     C5                G5                     D/F#
In your head, in your head, zombie, zombie, zombie
                                 E5                C5              G5                         D/F#
What's in your head, in your head, zombie, zombie, zombie

CHORUS TAG 2 (3:29)

|E5       |C5       |G5       |D/F#  |    (x2)

BREAKDOWN (3:53)

|Em          |Cmaj7      |Em         |Cmaj7   | (x2)...

HEAVY OUTRO (4:14)

|E5       |C5        |G5        |D/F#     |   (repeat to fade)

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