Learn to play Grenade by Bruno Mars

The music I have for this song is in D minor and if you are ambitious you can find it here:
Bruno Mars - Grenade - Sheet Music (Digital Download) but I thought E minor was an easier key to start with.

The picking pattern for the intro and verse is melismatic, the sort of thing any great rock guitarist might like to play to liven up their picking and make it more interesting.

The intro and chorus use mainly Em for 16 (eighth note) beats, followed by easy Bm for 16 beats, the pick up before the chorus goes Em for 16 beats, C for 8 beats and finishes with a B7 chord strummed once before a stop as the vocal leads into the main hook.

The picking pattern for intro and verse in string numbers is 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2
(Remember string 1 is the thinnest, treble string!)

When I say 16 beats - (eighth note) beats - it means you will play 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 twice.
You can pick that with your fingers: middle, index, thumb, middle, index, thumb, middle, index
If you use a plectrum, try economy picking: up, up, down, up, up, down, up, down
The pick moving in the direction you wish to travel makes it much easier to pick!

For Em, you can use the open strings of a normal Em chord, but to sound more like the song you should play version 2 of the Em chord.

The chorus goes Em C G D with 2 quarter note beats on each chord.

A simple strum would be:

Em Down, downup,
C Down, downup,
G Down, downup,
D Down, downup,

Repeat this four times, then go back into the picking for the next verse.

You will have to wait for the Bridge and Outro - I will add a chord chart later - but this should keep you busy for a day or two!