Blue-eyed Suicide Chords
Blue-eyed Suicide by Across Five Aprils is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7-7-7-5-x-3--3-3-3-3-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-x-----------------|
D|--0-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-x-3--3-3-0--0-0-0-|
A|--0-5-5-5-3-x-1--1-1-1-1-x-0--0-0-0-0-0-x-3--3-3-0--0-0-0-|
D|--0---------------------------------------3--3-3-0--0-0-0-|
After the first one of those riffs, Guitar 2 kicks in and plays these riffs:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10-9-10-12-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-12-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-12-10-9--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| x1
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----1010109-x-7--7-7-7-7-x-5--5-5-5-5-5-x----------------|
D|--0-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-3--3-x-0--0-0--|
A|--0-8-8-8-7-x-5--5-5-5-5-x-3--3-3-3-3-3-x-3--3-x-0--0-0--| x2
D|--0-------------------------------------x-3--3-x-0--0-0--|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10-10-9--7-7-7-7-9--10--10-10--10-12--14-12-10--12--|
D|---x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x---x---x--x---x--x---x--x--x---x--|
A|---8--8-7--5-5-5-5-7---8---8--8---8-10--12-10--8--10--| x1
D|------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----1010109-x-7--7-7-7-7-x-5--5-5-5-5-5-x----------------|
D|--0-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-3--3-3-0--0-0--|
A|--0-8-8-8-7-x-5--5-5-5-5-x-3--3-3-3-3-3-x-3--3-3-0--0-0--| x1
D|--0-------------------------------------x-3--3-3-0--0-0--|
Guitar 1 gets his metal on here with some nice fast strumming:
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--000000000000555555555555888888777333000000000000--| x4
D|--000000000000555555555555888888777333000000000000--|
Guitar 2 plays this over the top:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--7-10-7---7-10-7-10--9-5-7-7-10-7--|
D|--x--x-x---x--x-x--x--x-x-x-x--x-x--|
A|--5--8-5---5--8-5--8--7-3-5-5--8-5--|
D|------------------------------------|
Little rest for a little drum fill, then onto both guitars playing this four times with
decreasing tempo:
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------9----9-----| (Let these 9's and 12's ring out
G|-----------------------------12---12---12--| to give that dischord sound)
D|--0-00-000-0000-00000-000000---------------|
A|--0-00-000-0000-00000-000000---------------|
D|--0-00-000-0000-00000-000000---------------|
. .. ... .... ..... ......
The tempo builds back up as both guitars play this once:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--|
A|--0--0--0--0--|
D|--0--0--0--0--|
We launch back into the awesomeness here, as Guitar 1 plays these chords twice:
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--5-----7-----12-----9------|
A|--5-x16-7-x16-12-x16-9-x16--|
D|--5-----7-----12-----9------|
Guitar 2 plays this lovely little fill eight times over the top:
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--------------10-10-10-8-8-8-7h8p7------|
G|--7-7-7-6-6-6----------------------9-7--|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 then plays this little fill once:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-----8---------8--------6-------6----|
G|--10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 plays this small clean undistorted fill eight times:
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--3-----4-------3-----5----|
A|----5-0---2-0-1---1-3---3--|
D|---------------------------|
Guitar 2 plays this six times over that fill:
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|--------2-------------5----|
D|--0-3-5---5-3-2-3-2-0---3--|
A|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
Mmm... back into heavyness, Guitar 1 gets palm-muted, playing this four times:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------10-9-7-------10-9-7-------10-9-7-------10/12/10--9-10--|
D|---------x-x-x--------x-x-x--------x-x-x--------x--x--x--x--x--|
A|--0-0-0--8-7-5-5-5-5--8-7-5-8-8-8--8-7-5-0-0-0--8/10/-8--7--8--|
D|--0-0-0--------5-5-5--------8-8-8--------0-0-0-----------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2 starts a harmony of the above part here, playing it twice:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------14-12-10-------15-14-12-------17-15-14-------14/15/14-12-14--|
D|---------x--x--x--------x--x--x--------x--x--x--------x--x--x--x--x--|
A|--0-0-0-12-10--8-5-5-5-13-12-10-8-8-8-15-13-12-0-0-0-12/13/12-10-12--|
D|--0-0-0----------5-5-5----------8-8-8----------0-0-0-----------------|
Guitar 2 goes back to his cool fill from earlier, and plays it ten times, then the fill
once:
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--------------10-10-10-8-8-8-7h8p7------|
G|--7-7-7-6-6-6----------------------9-7--|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----8----8---------6---6----|
G|--10---10---10----9---9---9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
Guitar 1 plays the following twice during the first fill above:
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--5-----7-----12-----9------|
A|--5-x16-7-x16-12-x16-9-x16--|
D|--5-----7-----12-----9------|
Then we're into the outro, a nice held open D chord (0-0-0) followed by both guitars
this until the end:
e|----------------------------|
B|-------------------------6--|
G|-------------------------9--|
D|----------------------------|
A|--000000-00-00-00000000-----|
D|--000000-00-00-00000000-----|
...... .. .. ........