Stop Waiting - Cigarettes After Sex

How to play Stop Waiting - Cigarettes After Sex by Cigarettes After Sex on guitar

This song is a good beginner pick because it moves at a steady pace and lets you focus on clean changes instead of fast fretting. It has a calm, dreamy feel, so you can work on making each chord ring clearly and keeping your timing even.

You can lean on the open shapes G, D, and Em, but the harder barre shapes Gm, A#, and Cm will ask for more finger pressure and accuracy. The main change to watch is the opening move between Gm and G, since that shift comes back right away and can feel awkward at first.

Start by looping the opening progression slowly until the hand motion feels automatic. Then add the rest of the chord changes one at a time, keeping your strums even. Once you can switch cleanly at a slow tempo, bring it up to full speed in small steps.

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.