Pink Floyd's, "Brain Damage"

Exile's, "Kiss you all over"

The Beatles from the Sgt. Pepper album.

Easy. The opening chord to Zeppelin's "The Rain Song".

I wouldn't call it the best ever, but the best chord in a sports anthem has to be in We Will Rock You after the intro.

Townsend's repeated triple strumming A in "Won't Get Fooled Again," comes to mind.

Another vote for "The Rain Song"!

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The electric guitar chord on top of the acoustic intro to Pinball Wizard by The Who.

The opening chord to "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy.

What a way to start an album...

I'm a big fan of F!!

I believe Jim01 refers to that long, sustained chord at the very end of The Beatles' "A Day In The Life," right after the big orchestral buildup, where it sounds like they dropped the studio's grand piano to the floor.

And I agree.



Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.

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The opening to "Hard Day's Night".

The first chord of Back in Black.

How many of you luddites even know what a chord is?

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Thanks for the advice, i'll keep that in mind

At the end of the 33 1/2 minute "Mountain Jam" by the Allman Brothers, Duane Allman hits the final chord and it just sounds like a monster! It gets much louder in the mix, leading me to believe that he walked over to the amp and cranked the volume. Rock n' roll!

Fred, that is the chord I was thinking about. I drew a blank this morning. Thanks for the confirmation.

We are right.

Everyone else is wrong.

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What does that have to do with anything?

I'm a fan of Ebm myself, though obviously that doesn't sit well with guitarists.

never mind.

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I'm torn between A# or Bb

All opening chords...

E as in "Tom Sawyer" ala Rush.
E as in "Back in Black" ala AC/DC.
E as in "Iron Man" ala Black Sabbath(not really a chord though, but you get the drift).

G. A big, fat G. It not only sounds great, but when played on a fat-necked guitar, it looks like you are giving the crowd the bird.

Have you ever seen Clapton bar chord? Flips you off, holmes.

I don't know about it being my favorite, but the distortion breaking in on Radiohead's "Creep" deserves a mention.

both chords the Ramones used. All you will ever need, really.

the opening slide up to the G chord on My Morning Song by the Black Crowes

What about Neil Young's one chord solo on Cinnamon Girl?

Young's is almost a single note (not chord) solo, but he descends two additional notes at the end.

Point taken. OK, new thread...Best Single Note!