Black Gives Way To Blue Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays539

Black Gives Way To Blue by Alice in Chains is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, D, Bm and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro:   
A    E    D    Bm    A    E 

D            Bm         A          E 
I don't wanna feel no more 
D            Bm         A          E 
    It's easier to keep falling 
D      Bm          A           E 
    Imitations are pale 
D            Bm      A 
    The emptiness of tomorrows  
C#              D          Bm 
haunted by your ghost  

A        E                  D         Bm 
Lay down black gives way to blue  
A        E          D          Bm 
Lay down I remember you 

Break: 
A    E    D    Bm    A     C# 

D          Bm     A          E 
    Fading out by design  
D            Bm          A          E 
    Consciously avoiding changes  
D            Bm             A          E 
    Curtains drawn now it's done  
D         Bm      A 
    Silencing all tomorrows,  
C#        D          Bm 
forcing a good-bye  
A        E                  D         Bm 
Lay down black gives way to blue  
A        C#            D 
Lay down I'll remember you 
    	

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