J Holiday Suffocate Guitar Tutorial w/ Tabs

Basic Chord progression:
dm7 - am7 - em7 - FM7

(complete tabs/chords are below)

My beginner tutorial on how to play J. Holiday's Suffocate on Guitar. I'm relatively new to guitar and tutorials (been playing seriously for about 6 months), so please send or comment me any feedback/suggestions. Also feel free to msg with questions. Hope the tutorial helps some people learn the song. =)

*Note: I used different versions of the same chords (dm7, am7, em7, FM7) for different parts of the song. I did this to 1. Stay true to the original arrangement as much as possible 2. Illustrate that you can play the same chord in many different ways on a guitar 3. Make certain transitions easier (the bridge). For example, I have 3 different versions of the dm7 chord, one for the intro, one for the verse/chorus, and one for the bridge.
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CHORD PROGRESSIONS:
Intro:
dm7 - am7 - em7 - FM7

Verse/Prechorus/Chorus:
dm7 - am7 - em7 - FM7

Bridge:
em7 - am7 - dm7 - (dm7/G or G11)
em7 - am7 - BflatM7 - (dm7/G or G11)
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TABS:
String Key
e-1
B-2
G-3
D-4
A-5
E-6
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dm7 (intro)
-8- (bar 5th fret)
-6-
-5-
-7-
-5-
-5-
Pick strings together: A,G,B,e
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am7(intro)
-8-
-8-
---
-7-
---
---
Pick strings together: D,B,e
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em7 (intro)
-7- (bar 7th fret)
-8-
-7-
-9-
-7-
-7-
Pick strings together: A,D,G,B
Then pick string together: B,e
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FM7 (intro)
-8- (bar 8th fret)
-10-
-9-
-10-
-8-
-8-
Pick strings together: A,D,G,B
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dm7
-5- (bar 5th fret)
-6-
-5-
-7-
-5-
-5-
Pick strings separately: A,D,G,B
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am7
-5- (bar 5th fret)
-5-
-5-
-5-
-5-
-5-
Pick strings together: E,D,G,B
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em7 & em7 (bridge)
-3-
-3-
-0-
---
---
-0-
Pick strings separately: E,G,B,e
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FM7
-0-
-1-
-2-
-3-
---
---
Pick strings together: D,G,B,e
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am7 (bridge)
-0-
-1-
-0-
---
-0-
---
Pick strings together: A,G,B,e
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dm7 (bridge)
-1-
-1-
-2-
-0-
---
---
Pick strings together: D,G,B,e
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dm7/G or G11
-1-
-1-
-2-
---
---
-3-
Pick strings together: E,G,B,e
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B-flatM7
-1- (bar 1st fret)
-3-
-2-
-3-
-1-
-1-
Pick strings together: A,D,G,B or Strum entire chord
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Holiday
• Suffocate
• guitar
• tutorial
• Del
• Soul
• Daiyel
• acoustic
• beginner
• tabs
• chords

[prestonafonso]

Thx for the tutorial! learned alot out of it! And i respect the way you touch! so calm!!! God bless and greetings from The Netherlands

[935164122093]

U play soooooooo beautifully...i really wanna learn to play guitar

[hittmannjoe]

what type of guitar is that . Im thinking about buying one.

[kon48823]

Great tutorial. And you have been playing for longer than 6 months. No need to lie. You made a great lesson and didnt make any mistakes that u have to make excuses for. Thank you though.

[TheWannaBAsianAmazin]

After the last run when you switch back to dm7 you do a string slide, what are the tabs to that? I think it sounds really cool :p

[damiman23]

your such a good teacher . i learned this song in about half an hour . make more tutorials !

[ShkiraW]

i swearrrr this should be the guitar used in the actual song .. goosebumpss

[JazzySooFlii]

you are the greatest teacher i swear.. and you're so passionate.. i loved it .. thanx and blessings from Bermuda.!

[TMusik19]

Dont wanna be the stickler but i wanna help out... that Fm7 in the intro is actually an Fmaj7 played

6----0

5----8th

4----10th

3----9th

2----10th

1----8th

[thecrazymuzician1]

Beautiful! Thank you for posting, much appreciated!

[hiphopolopulus]

Thank you, you are so amazing.



[RomeoNova85]

What Key is your guitar toned to?