“Roxanne” by The Police is a great example of using partial major and minor shapes based on the CAGED guitar chord system. This song also includes suspended 4 chords. See the Roxanne chords and guitar tabs below.
Opening Verse Chord Progression
Gm (“Em form”)
Dm (“Dm form”)
Gm (“Dm form”)
F (“C form”)
Eb (“C form”)
Fsus (“E form”)
Gsus (“E form”)
E----3----1----6----5----3----1----3------------------|
B----3----3----8----6----4----1----3------------------|
G----3----2----7----5----3----3----5------------------|
D-------------------7----5----3----5------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
To learn more about the guitar CAGED system see Fretboard Theory Chapter 3 or the CAGED Template Chord System DVD. Chord extensions such as sus4, maj7, and add9 are covered in Fretboard Theory Chapter 10.
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