Birthright Chords

by A-Ha
KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays625

Birthright by A-Ha is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Dsus, F#m, G, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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16
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  			Intro 
D Dsus D Dsus 
 
D   Dsus             D 
You don't wanna hang around 
     Dsus             F#m           G 
Said you were leaving town for the summer 
          A       D 
At least till sundown 
 
    D    Dsus                   D 
Cuz time ain't gonna grind you down, 
 Dsus                   F#m 
ain't gonna waste your life 
         G        A          D 
chasing rainbows like some clown 
 
     F#m         G         D     A 
But who's gonna come with you tonight 
                G       D       A 
Who's gonna to tell you it's alright? 
             G      D     A 
Everything changes over time 
           D   Dsus   D    Dsus 
Just like wine 
 
 D   Dsus                 D 
Time ain't gonna hold you up, 
 Dsus                    F#m        G             A   D 
Ain't going to make it stop long enough to ease your mind, 
 Dsus             F#m  G      Dsus   D    Dsus 
Ain't gonna make it last forever 
 
    Bm 
And you... 
               G 
whatcha gonna do? 
             Bm 
Walk it solitary? 
           G  
So unnecessary 
         F#m  G 
But it's alright 
          F#m   G 
It's your birthright 
 
A                      G         D        A 
Hey, hey everything's different down the line 
             G       D   A 
Everything changes over time 
 
Time ain't gonna make it worse 
It's gonna make you start feeling better 
Just like wine 
We're gonna make it last forever 
 
Hey you... 
Whatcha gonna do? 
Just be ordinary? 
So unnecessary 
 
But it's all right 
Yes it's alright 
It's your birthright 
 
It's your birthright 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante