# Help me read this guitar music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 6, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155 "2020-06-06T13:42:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155/21 "2020-06-08T13:52:03Z")

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Note: it says “Capo 5th fret”, so if you do that you are in C

The internet says that Jeff Buckley’s version is in Db, so capo up one more fret to play along with that.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155/22 "2020-06-08T14:11:59Z")

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> [@K364](#):
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> Note: it says “Capo 5th fret”, so if you do that you are in C

:smack: Missed the capo note.

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**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155/23 "2020-06-08T17:43:22Z")

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Oooooh does this mean I should have a capo clip on the fifth fret? I missed that completely

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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155/24 "2020-06-08T17:49:46Z")

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> [@Teuton](#):
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> Oooooh does this mean I should have a capo clip on the fifth fret? I missed that completely

I think Rufus Wainwright does a nice version of this song in C (Shrek soundtrack).

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155/25 "2020-06-08T18:02:56Z")

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> [@Teuton](#):
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> Oooooh does this mean I should have a capo clip on the fifth fret? I missed that completely

Yes.

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