Blake Says Amanda Palmer Amanda Palmer - Blake says This song is in standard tuning with a capo on the second fret. all of the cords shown are relevent to the second fret, (so the actual chords are E, C#m and A) The main riff is based around a D chord with the bass note changing every time. their two parts to the main riff which are very similar and it sounds ok if you only play the part over twice since its easier to do with a pick. the whole song is picked and only parts of chords are strum (azchords.com)