Avalon Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays590

Avalon by Bad Religion is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm, F, Em, Bm, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: 
                                            
                                                       
   Am                  Dm              F                    Em 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
G|-14--14--14--14--|-14--------------|-10--10--10--10--|-109---9---9-9-9-| 
D|-14--14--14--14--|-1412--12--121212|-10--10--10--10--|-109---9---9-9-9-| 
A|-12--12--12--12--|-1212--12--121212|-8---8---8---8---|-8-7---7---7-7-7-| 
E|-----------------|---10--10--101010|-----------------|-----------------| 


         
      Em     Dm      Em        Dm      Em        Dm      Em 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
G|-109---9---7-7-7-|-9---------7-7-7-|-9---------7-7-7-|-9-------9---9---| 
D|-109---9---7-7-7-|-9---------7-7-7-|-9---------7-7-7-|-9-------9---9---| 
A|-8-7---7---5-5-5-|-7---------5-5-5-|-7---------5-5-5-|-7-------7---7---| 
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 


   F 
e|-----------------| 
B|-----------------| 
G|-10--10--10--10--| 
D|-10--10--10--10--| 
A|-8---8---8---8---| 
E|-----------------| 


Verse 1 

       Am                 Bm     C      
As the sun comes creeping up the mountain 

        G                        Dm  Em 
and the wind blows over from the sea. 

           Am                          Bm   C      
Hey, we're brought into this land like tiny particles of sand, 

G                                    Dm                  Em 
unsure of who we're smarter than, or what we're meant to be. 

       Am                   Bm          C          
Oh the grains sift coarsely through the hour glass 

       G                              Dm   Em 
and collect like their victims in the bowl. 

      Am                    Bm         C 
The ungodly force of change erodes all sense of earthly gains. 

      G                           Dm             Em 
While tending to the mundane will terrorize your soul. 

 

         Am       G      Em                   Am 
And it's no! It's no use thinking that you're wrong. 

    G       Dm      F                        G 
The past is old and gone. It's best to move along 

    G    Am   Bm 
and find your Avalon. 


Interlude: Am Bm C G Dm Em 


Verse 2 
Well, I wish that I could tell you it was easy, 
just take the paved road right to paradise. 
But the truth is my friend, the pain and suffering never ends. 
Make amends with medicine, amnesia, and lies. 
The grains sift coarsely through the hour glass 
and they pound like boulders on the brain. 
All those things you did for fun, never hurting anyone, 
careless shadows in the sun, just empty and lame. 


And it's no! It's no use thinking that you're wrong. 
The past is old and gone. It's best to move along 
and find your Avalon. 



Interlude 

Play intro-riff 


Solo 

Play verse under solo 


Verse 3 
So now the day races from the twilight. 
How the fields are enveloped by the shade. 
And the story that you'll tell, inventory of your well, 
crack the shell and find the mortar silted and decayed. 


Chorus 
And it's no! It's no use thinking that you're wrong. 
The past is dead and gone. It's best to move along 
and find your Avalon. 
It's best to hurry on and find your Avalon. 
    	

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