Kryptonite

How to play Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 2 you play G, Am, F, A, D, Dm and more, the shapes the player above shows.

Kryptonite is a great song to learn because the groove is steady and the changes lock into a strong, familiar rock feel. You get a driving, confident sound without needing a lot of flash, so it feels good once the pattern settles in.

You can lean on the open shapes A, G, E, and Em, but the harder barre shapes Bm, B, and F# will test your hand strength and clean fretting. The main thing to watch is the move between A and Bm, then back into G, since that opening A - Bm - G - Bm cycle needs to stay smooth and even.

Start by looping the opening progression slowly and making every change clean before worrying about speed. Then practice the barre shapes on their own, add them back into the full sequence, and only push toward the tempo once your shifts feel automatic.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.