By: Robert Pollard
Appears on: Waved Out
For “Make Use,” the opening track on his 1998 solo album, Waved Out, Robert Pollard crafts an entire song with basically just one chord shape. It’s a perfect example of how much can be accomplished with the “floating chord shape” guitar technique that he uses in many of his songs. In Make Use, he uses an open position A major chord and shifts it up and down the guitar neck to create some unique chord voicings. There’s also that killer riff that’s woven in between chords during the verses. Take a look at the chord diagrams below and you’ll see that each one is just the open position A major played on different frets.
