The Bilbao Song Chords

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The Bilbao Song by Andy Williams is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Em7, A7/13-, D, D6, D9, Dm7+, Dm6, Fdim, A7, D7/9, G6, G5, Gm7, Gdim, F#m, Edim, G, E7 and A7sus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			 A   Em7 A7/13-  D       D6  D9  
That old   Bilbao      moon,    
   D6      Dm7+    Dm6  Dm7+ 
I won't forget it soon 
     Fdim   A7  Em7   A7  
That old Bilbao moon,     
      A7/13-   D6     D   D6 
Just like a big balloon 
     D7/9   G6   G5  G6  
That old Bilbao moon    
       G5       Gm7          Fdim 
Would rise above the dune 
     Gdim     D        F#m Edim 
While Tony's Beach Saloon       
       Gdim     D        D6   D 
Rocked with an old-time tune 
      F#m    G       Gdim        Edim    Gdim     D        D6   D 
We'd sing a song the whole night long and I can still recall 
      A7/13-      D      D6    D         D6      Fdim     E7 Fdim 
Those  were  the  greatest      those  were  the  greatest  
      E7        A7      G  A7sus4 A7/13-      D   A  G  A7 
Those were the greatest  nights  of  them  all. 
A   Em7 A7/13-  D       D6  D9 
No paint was on the door, 
     D6         Dm+7       Dm6  Dm7+ 
The grass grew through the floor 
  Fdim   A7     Em7   A7 
Of Tony's Two By Four 
  A7/13-    D6     D   D6 
On the Bilbao shore  
    D7/9        G6          G5  G6 
But there were friends galore 
     G5       Gm7          Fdim 
And there was beer to pour 
     Gdim     D       F#m   Edim 
And moonlight on the shore 
    Gdim    D     D6   D 
That old Bilbao shore. 
     F#m     G       Gdim        Edim    Gdim     D     D6   D 
We'd sing a song the whole night long and I can still recall 
      A7/13-      D      D6 D      D6      Fdim     E7 Fdim 
Those were the greatest      those were the greatest  
      E7        A7      G  A7sus4 A7/13-      D    Gdim   D  A7  D6 
Those were the greatest  nights  of  them  all 
    	

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