• Registered: 2007-09-01
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Topic: D9/6 chord - need help

i am trying to play "horse with no name" and can't find this chord - can someone help me find it?
thanks in advance.

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: D9/6 chord - need help

Hi bretbennett & welcome to chordie!  On the 'Resources' page there is a large chord chart.  Click on any chord and you can see alternative fingerings.

I believe you are seeking the D9add6 chord which is listed there:
http://www.chordie.com/chords.php

Hope this helps, James

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  • Registered: 2007-09-01
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Re: D9/6 chord - need help

thats what i thought...at first i thought it would be a different chord cuz it didnt match d9/6 exactly . does the "ad" part mean anything?

thanks in advance

  • From: Anchorage
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 82

Re: D9/6 chord - need help

It's  Dadd6add9 . . . 200200

e-----0------------
B-----0------------
G-----2------------
D-----0------------
A-----0------------
E-----2------------

5 Reply by gitaardocphil (edited by gitaardocphil 2007-09-05 09:02:52)

  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Re: D9/6 chord - need help

Like Royce Drake: start Em and the first chord to play is as described. There is a little "switch"and if you compare the chord is
e   x      o

B   x      x

G   x      x

A   x      o

E   x       x    this chord is actual a Em9

I use the o to tell you where to put your fingers, staying, in fact this whole song is played on the 2nd fret.
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The add means something, Aadd6: is the A on the second fret but you add the little E chord. So an A but instead of 3 fingers, you add a 4th finger on 2nd fret. It looks like this:
x   x   x   x   x   x  1th fret 
x   x   o   o   o   x  2nd fret

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