How to play Undressed by Sombr

Song Guides
Written By Michelle Nelson
 
 

Undressed by Sombr (Shane Michael Boose) is one of the hit singles from his 2025 album I Barely Know Her. Going viral on Tik-Tok, it created a global audience for Boose. Undressed features a repeating bass riff, a simple lead melody and a chord progression with some variety, making it an ideal song for learner electric players.

Chords: Am G Fmaj7 F/A F C C/E Dm E7

What does F/A and C/E mean? Chord symbols with a / followed by another letter name tell us the chord has a bass note that is not the tonic note; ‘F/A’ means ‘F over an A bass’ ; ‘C/E’ means ‘C over an E bass’

Do I have to use the F bar-chord? No, if you can’t manage the bar-chord, use the F/A shape. The bar-chord gives us the low F bass note we hear in the recording but it’s not essential for chord accompaniment.

Pick or Fingers? Pick will be best, although you could adapt it to finger-style on acoustic guitar.

Acoustic or Electric? Electric guitar ideally but Undressed will also work on steel-string acoustic.

Do I need a capo? Not unless you need to raise the key to suit your vocal. Undressed is in the key of A Minor and the suggested chords are all within the first three frets.

Lead guitar : the lead melody is heard in the intro and then once again after the first Chorus. Play it with lightly palm-muted downstrokes and use a little reverb to emulate the recorded guitar sound.

Relevant pages in Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1 : to learn more about the chords and suggested rhythms in Undressed see pages 8, 10, 12 - 13, 18 - 19, 28 and 34. For an excellent introduction to Electric lead soloing, and to learn more about the TAB presentation used in our charts, check out the very helpful Electric Guitar Solo Style 1

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Michelle Nelson

Michelle Nelson is a professional guitarist, composer, and educator with decades of experience across classical and electric styles. A fully accredited VMTA teacher, she has performed in rock bands, classical ensembles, and plucked string orchestras, and currently composes for the Birrarung Trio and Concordia ensemble. Michelle specialises in Classical (Classical era to Modern), Rock, and Blues guitar, and draws inspiration from artists like Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Beck, Wes Montgomery, and Mauro Giuliani.

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