Bank Holyday Chords

by Blur
KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays478

Bank Holyday by Blur is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, G, B, C, Eb and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Speed
  			A                             G 
Grandma has new dentures 
       A                     G 
To eat the crust of pizza 
           A                        G 
Been taken out by her daughter 
A	                            G 
Because she thought she ought'a 
        A                       G 
The kids are eating snickers 
A                               G 
Because they're so delicious 
A                              G 
Then there's sticky fingers 
A	                     G	 B    C 
And mother loses her knickers 

            Eb                Bb              C 
Bank holiday comes six times a year 
                   Eb                      Bb             C 
Days of enjoyment to which everybody cheers 
            Eb                 Bb                     C 
Bank holiday comes with six pack of beer 
                     C  Bb   G 
......then its back to work A.G.A.I.N. 

A                     G 
Bar-b-que is cooking 
A                     G 
Sausages and chicken 
          A           G 
The patio is buzzing 
          A	                            G 
The neighbours they are looking 
A                         G 
John is down the fun pub 
A                         G 
Drinking lots of lager 
A                           G 
Girls and boys are on the game 
A                                    G    B    C 
And all the high streets look the same 

(Chorus) 
(instrumental same as verse and Chorus) 
(Chorus) x2 
    	

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