Sierra

How to play Sierra by Unknown on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 3 you play Am, G, F, Dm, the shapes the player above shows.

Sierra is a great beginner song to learn because it stays in a steady groove and keeps cycling the same few shapes. At about 120 BPM, it feels driving but still manageable, so you can focus on clean changes and timing instead of memorizing a long progression.

All of the chords here are barre shapes - Cm, A#, G#, and Fm - so your main challenge is getting each shape to ring clearly without extra buzz. The change to watch out for is the move between Cm and A#, since that shift comes up right away in the opening Cm - A# - G# - Cm pattern and keeps returning.

Start by looping just Cm to A# until the switch feels smooth, then add G# and finish the full cycle. Practice slowly with even downstrokes, then raise the tempo little by little until the changes stay relaxed. Once the shapes feel automatic, play along with the full song and keep the rhythm steady.

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.