Lyric discussion by Metre7 

Cover art for Albatross lyrics by Besnard Lakes, The

i need to know the chords man i just want to jam this song out it's so good

The song is not particularly complicated. It sounds like it's based off the A major scale, so I will use this. The opening riff sounds like A, Asus4, and Amaj7 (melody note); if you wanted to jazz it up, you could do Amaj7sus4, so find that chord and work out the riff from there. The main part is mostly A and D major chords, with the noisy blast being based off Dmaj7.

All the bass notes that do not match the root of the chord are essentially slash or melodic bass parts. For example, there are several instances...