Greetings,
I am teaching myself how to play the octave mandolin and learning about chords for the first time (I played violin as a youth).
I have had success using guitar chord guides for popular songs. But recently I purchased an official book of guitar music for Coldplay which includes the song Fix You as seen here:
http://www.onlinesheetmusic.com/fix-...aspx?type=list
The problem that I have is that when I play the chords as written they do not go along with the music. However when I put a capo on the first fret, and play the chords a full step down (for the E chord written in the book, I play a D chord with the capo) they work perfectly.
Can somebody explain what is happening here?
Thanks for the help, I am pretty weak on music theory, and slowly trying to learn more.
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