Pointless

How to play Pointless by Lewis Capaldi on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 4 you play C, F, G, Am, Dm, the shapes the player above shows.

Pointless is a great beginner song because it sits in a comfortable key and moves at a steady pace, so you can focus on clean changes and smooth timing. It feels calm and emotional to play, with a simple progression that lets the melody and chords do the work.

You can lean on the open E and A shapes, then add the harder barre shapes for B and any C#m or F#m you see in the chart. The main change to watch is the jump from an open shape into B, since that shift can feel abrupt at first. The opening move is E - A - B - E.

Start by looping just the opening progression slowly until the hand motion feels automatic. Then practice the barre shapes on their own, and finally connect them back into the full song at tempo. Once the changes are clean, play along from start to finish and keep the rhythm 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.