Birthday Chords

by Blur
KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays582

Birthday by Blur is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, F#, C, Am, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			(intro) E  F# (single notes vary in chords) 

E		  C	 Am 
It's my birthday  no one here day 
A		  B 
Very strange day  I think of you day 
E	   	C      Am 
Go outside day  sit in park day 
A		   B 
Watch the sky day  what a pathetic day 
A					  B 
I don't like this day it makes me feel so small 

(middle: repeat verse chords) 

A					      B 
I don't like these days they make me feel too small 

(electric distortion)   
D --2---4---| 
A --2---4---| 
E --0---2---| 
    	

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