Blind Arthur's Breakdown Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays526

Blind Arthur's Breakdown by Blind Blake is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, A7, D7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			BLIND BLAKE: Blind Arthur's Breakdown 
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Intro: 
                C    A7   D7   G7   C    A7   D7   G7 
-2--3--4--3--2----0-----3---2----1----0----3----2----1- 
-1--2--3--2--1----1-----2---1----0----1----2----1----0- 
-1--2--3--2--1----0-----2---2----0----0----2----2----0- 
-1--2--3--2--1----2-----2---0----0----2----2----0----0- 
----------------3----0--------------3----0------------- 
--------------------------2----3--------------2----3--- 
 
                                                 4x 
---0----0----3--3--0-1-2----------3--1----0--||----0-----0-|| 
---1--4------2--2------1--------0---------1--||----3-----1-|| 
---0------------2-------------3---------0----||------------|| 
-----------------------0----------------2----||----2-----2-|| 
-3---------0--------------------------3------||-------0----|| 
-------------------2------3------------------||--0---------|| 
 
------------3-1---------0-3-1--------5--3---2---------------------------- 
--------------------0-3---------1----2------1----0---1--2--3---3---2--1-- 
---------0------0-3-------------0----2-----------0--2--3--4-------------- 
---------0----------------------2----2------0---------------------------- 
---0-1-2----------------------3----0-------------------------5---4--3--2- 
-3----------------------------------------2----3------------------------- 
 
-3--1----------0-3-------------2----------3--2---1--1--3-2-1-0- 
-----------0-3---------3----1--1----------2--1---3--3--------1- 
-------0-3-------------1----2--1-------------2---------------0- 
----------------------2-----3--1-----------------------------2- 
----------------------------3-----3-2-1-0--------------------3- 
-------------------0------1------------------------------------ 
 
---2-2---3-3--2----1-------------------------------0---0- 
---1-1---2-2--1----0--0---------------------3---3--1---1- 
--------------------------------------------3---3--3---3- 
-1-----2--------0--------------0-3-0--------------------- 
---------------------------0-3-------3-0--1-------3------ 
--------------2----3-----1--------------------1------3--- 
 
----------------------2--1-1-3-1------------2----0----3--2--1--1- 
----------------------1-----------1-----1---1----1----2--1--0--0- 
----------------------2-----------3-----2---1----0----2--2------- 
---------0-3-3-2-1--0-------------2-----3---1----2------------0-- 
-----0-3-------------------------3-------------3----0------------ 
-1-1---------------------3------------1-----------------2---3---- 
 
-3---3/5--1-----3/5--1-----0--3/5-0--4--5-3--2-------------------- 
---------------------------1-----------------1---0-1-2-3--3-2-1-0- 
---------------------------0---------------------0-2-3-4---------- 
---0---------0------0------------------------0-------------------- 
-------------------------3--------------0-----------------5-4-3-2- 
-3--------3-----3-------------3------0------2--------------------- 
 
---1-----------0--------------2----3-0----3--2---1-------------------- 
---0------1--4-----3-----2----1----1------2--1---0-------------------- 
-------------------1-----3----2-----------2--2---0-------------------- 
---0------2--------2-----3------0-------------------1-0---1-0---1-0--- 
--------3--------------------------3----0---------------3-----3-----3- 
-3----3----------0-----1----2---------------2--3---------------------- 
 
----------------------------3--1-------0-3-1---0------------------3- 
-0--1--2-0--0-0--1--2--3-0----------0-3--------1------------------2- 
-0-2--3--0--0-0-2--3--4--0-------0-3-----------0------------------2- 
-------------------------------0------0-------------------------0--- 
---------------------------------------------3----0-1-2--0-1-2------ 
----------------------------3--------------------------3------3----- 
 
---2-----------3---------------------0----------0---- 
---1--0--1--2--0-----8---8--7-6-5----5----------5---- 
---------------0---0---0----------------------------- 
---0---------------------------------6---6~----7---7- 
------3--2--1-----10--10---9--8-7--7---------0------- 
-2-------------3-----------------------7--------0---- 
 
----------------------------------------3----1---3-0---------0- 
-----------------------------------------------0-----1--1-1--1- 
-----------------------------------------------------0--1-1--0- 
---------------------0-3-4--0-3-4-------0----0----------1-1--2- 
-0-3-4--0-3-4--0-3-4--------------0-1-2--------------3-------3- 
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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