Lady Gaga - Disease

How to play Lady Gaga - Disease by LadyGaga on guitar

This song is a good beginner pick if you want a steady, driving feel at about 120 BPM. You get a strong, modern groove without needing a lot of flash, and the opening B - D - G - E progression gives you a clear loop to lock into.

The shape mix is friendly at first because you can use open chords like D, G, and E, but B is a barre shape, so that one will take more hand strength and clean fretting. Watch the move into B from the open shapes - that is the change most likely to slow you down.

Start by practicing the open shapes alone until they feel smooth, then add B and switch back and forth between B and the open chords. Once that feels solid, loop the full opening progression slowly, then raise the tempo in small steps until you can keep the changes even.

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.