Fat Lip

How to play Fat Lip by Sum 41 on guitar

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

This song is a great one to learn if you want a driving, upbeat rock feel that stays energetic from start to finish. At about 120 BPM, it pushes you to keep a steady pulse while still sounding loose and confident.

You can lean on mostly open shapes here, with E, A, and D feeling comfortable under the fingers. The harder part is the barre shapes in Bm, B, and C#m, so watch the move from E into Bm and then into A and B, since that change can slow you down if your fretting hand is late.

Start by looping the opening progression slowly and making each chord clean before worrying about speed. Then practice the barre shapes on their own, add the open shapes back in, and finally play the full sequence with a steady count until the changes 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.