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How to Play "When You're Gone" by Avril Lavigne on guitar

Person playing an acoustic guitar.

Learn how to play "When You're Gone" by Avril Lavigne on the guitar.

Chords:

Intro: C9, Em7, D

Verse: G (G9), D, Em7, C9, D(Dsus4)

Bridge "When you walk away..": Am, G, C9, D

Chorus: C9, Em7, D, Am, C, G, D, C9, D

Outro/Last bridge "We never.. I keep forever..": Bm, C, G, D, B, Em , C, A, D

Strumming: Depends if the chord is played during 2 times (1,2) or 4 times (1,2,3,4). If you count the time/tempo.

1- Down, Down Down Up (1, 2)

2- D, D, UUD, DUDU [or D,DUUD,DDU](1, 2, 3, 4)

VERSE: On G to D(the first one), strum: D,DDU. On Em7, C9, D(the last one), strum: D,D, UUD, DUDU

FIRST BRIDGE: On each chord, strum: D, D,UUD, DUDU

CHORUS: On C(the first one) strum D, DUU. Then on Em, strum D, DUDU. On D, strum: D, D, UUD, DUDU.

On Am, strum: D, DDU. On C, strum: D, D, UUD, DUDU. Same thing for the end of the chorus.

OUTRO/LAST BRIDGE: On each chord (except D to B), strum: D,D,UUD,DUDU

Or if you want to change strumming:

On Bm, C, G, strum only: D, D, UUD, DUDU. On D and B strum D, DDU. For the end, I mean for the chords Em, C, A, D strum on each chord: D(D), DDU (twice)

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