Randy Chords

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

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verse 1 
F         G 
Oh Randy, leave it up to me 
C                          F                               
I'll pour the water if you bring the tree 
F                  G 
Nothing looks that real to me 
C                       F 
I only see two or three colors 

verse 2 
F                G 
Whats it like to breath in? 
C                        F 
Find a friend and gather with him? 
Am                      C 
I'm a wolf in a city of women 
F 
You only know the light is on 

verse 3 
F                   G 
Will you plant that sycamore baby? 
C                           F   
I'll watch it grow from the second floor 
F                        G 
I haven't left the house much lately 
C                              F 
And you don't come around here anymore 

verse 4 
F                             C 
And all those lovers in their velvet gowns 
C                 F 
I wanna take that trip uptown 
Am                        C 
Will you tell them to let me out 
F 
When you can see the light is on? 

Instrumental: G C Dm F G C F 

Verse 5 
F 
Found a horse hair in my food 
C                 F 
There's a raccoon in my room 
F                  G 
There are bluejays all in bloom 
C                    F 
All along the cement floor 

Verse 6 
F                    G 
Randy, they say I've gone insane 
C                                   F 
So could you take me dancing in the pouring rain? 
Am                        C 
You don't know me but you know my name 
         F 
Will you say it till the light is gone? 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante