The Duke Chords
by Blind Melon
The Duke by Blind Melon is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, E6, Emaj7, E5, F#7add4, D(b5), C#5 and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
(Backwards guitar fade in E)
E6 Emaj7 E6 E (x4)
Verso 1:
E6 Emaj7 E6 E
Out here in nothin', engulfed by the sea
E6 Emaj7 E6 E
And there's no one here, except these fishes and me
E6 Emaj7 E6 E
I think I could die here
E6 Emaj7 E6 E
Then I'm hit, leveled hard by the rising tide
E5 F#7add4 E F#7add4
Oh, I'm hit hard by the tide
E D(b5)
I'm just livid, oh
C#5
All alone
Verso 2:
E6 Emaj7 E6 E
Sunny, so funny, not funny to me because
E6 Emaj7 E6 E
I'm bearing the scars from it burning on me
E6 Emaj7 E6
But I feel so revived
E E6 Emaj7
Just sittin' here, thinkin'
E6 E
Then I'm hit hard, really hard by the tide
E5 F#7add4 E F#7add4
Oh, I'm hit hard by the tide
E D(b5)
I'm just livid, oh
C#5
And I'm livin'
Guitar Solo
C#5 D5 E5 E (x2)
C#5 D5 E5 (x2)
E F#7add4 E
Yeah, I'm hit hard by the tide
E
I'm livid, livid
F#7add4 E
Hard by the tide
D(b5)
I'm livin', oh
C#5
All alone
Outro/Guitar Solo
C#5 D(b5) (x2)
C#5 D(b5) E5 (x6)