Sweet Melody Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays557

Sweet Melody by Billy Joe Shaver is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, F#m, Bm, G, E7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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16
Speed
  			INTRO: D  F#m  Bm  G  D  E7  A7 
       D  F#m  Bm  G  D  A7  D 
 
D                        F#m                   Bm 
Sweet melody I love you, God knows it's really true 
G                         D             E7                     A7 
I spent the best times of my young life lovin' on the likes of you 
D                          F#m                 Bm 
In every song I'm singin', you keep on shinin' thru 
G                D                  A7            D 
Sweet melody I'd like to say, sweet melody I love you 
 
 
INTRO 
 
D                               F#m                Bm 
Down some old lonesome highway, deep in my darkest blues 
G            D             E7                    A7 
Good or bad, happy or sad, I can still depend on you 
       D                              F#m                 Bm 
You've whistled me by some graveyards more than a time or two 
G                 D                  A7           D 
Sweet melody I've got to say, sweet melody I love you 
 
 
INTRO  
 

    	

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