Adelaide Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays655

Adelaide by Alela Diane is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, Em, G, F, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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Intro: C        Am     Em 

C              Am                Em 
They said storms are coming 
C              Am                            Em 
I can smell the wood s smoke burning 
C              Am                             Em 
I can feel it rest the yearning as I wait 
C              Am                              Em 
That was a quiet day with such a pining name 
C             Am                           Em 
Along the part of time of mystery and faith 


G                               F                                 Am 
That was a long way, that was along way to Adelaide 
                          D               A            Em              G 
Adelaide, oh Adelaide, oh Adelaide I don t know you 
D                   A            Em              G 
Adelaide, oh Adelaide, I ll never know you 


D               A             G         D                   A     G 
I have left with the dawn, I don t know where I am 
D                       A                     G              D                   A     G 
I am gone gone gone with the dawn, and I don t know where I stand 

C   Am       Em 
Oh oh uohoho 
C   Am       Em 
Oh oh uohoho 

C             Am          Em                                   C       Am       Em 
When the tide poles in, come the end of the hours ooohooohoo 
 C       Am       Em                           C       Am       Em 
The tired sun, the fading wonder skies on our way 
 C                     Am                              Em      C                 Am       
                        Em 
One more year gone, giving to dark rooms, giving to wanderers farewell when we head west 


G                               F                                 Am 
That was a long way, that was along way from Adelaide 
                          D               A            Em              G 
Adelaide, oh Adelaide, oh Adelaide I don t know you 
D                   A            Em              G 
Adelaide, oh Adelaide, I ll never know you 


D                 A                    G 
Every footstep, is just an echo 
D                            A       G 
In every heart there lies agree 
D                      A       G                                 D                  A     
   G 
Unknowing, forever going, through what is bad and who has been 
D               A             G         D                   A     G 
I have left with the dawn, I don t know where I am 
D                       A                     G              D                   A     G 
I am gone gone gone with the dawn, and I don t know where I stand 


D        A                  G                    D          A        G 
Adelaide, oh Adelaide, I m just afraid of who I was 
D        A                  G                    D          A        G 
Adelaide, oh Adelaide, I m just afraid of who I was 

C   Am       Em 
Oh oh uohoho 
C   Am       Em 
Oh oh uohoho 
 
    	

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