A Hard Day's Night chord: the Beatles' opening chord on guitar (Fadd9)

A Hard Day's Night Chord (Fadd9): guitar chord

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FamousA Hard Day's Night ChordA Hard Day's Night, 1964 · The Beatles (Lennon–McCartney); guitar part by George Harrison

The opening chord: the single struck chord that starts the song (and the film and album of the same name) before the first verse.

The single crashing chord that opens the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964). George Harrison said he played an F chord with a G on top on his twelve-string, while the bass and piano add a D underneath, so the whole sound blurs F major, D minor and G together. That unresolved mix is why it rings out like a question before the song lands on G.

Also called Hard Day's Night chord, the opening chord, the Hard Day's Night opening chord, the most famous opening chord in pop

Sources: A Hard Day's Night (song) (Wikipedia) · The 'A Hard Day's Night' opening chord (The Beatles Bible) · Mystery chords (Disc Makers blog) · A Hard Day's Night: Solving a Beatles mystery with mathematics (ABC News)

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What’s in it

R F×23 A×25 C9 G

About this shape

Lowest note: F2, the root
Highest note: G4, the 9th
Stretch: 3 frets
Fingers: 4 fingers and the thumb

Where it sits on the neck

Fingering not checked by a guitarist yet.

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