Pretty Saro Chords

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Pretty Saro by Bob Dylan is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                       Am 
Down in some lone valley  
                      G 
In a sad lonesome place  
                       D 
Where the wild birds do all  

Their notes to increase  


                G 
Farewell pretty Saro  
               D 
I bid you Adieu  
                       Am 
But I dream of pretty Saro  
            G 
Wherever I go  


G                           Am 
Well my love she won't have me  
           G 
So I understand  
                 Am 
She wants a freeholder  
                       D 
Who owns a house and land  


               Am 
I cannot maintain her  
                  G 
With silver and gold  
                    D 
And all of the fine things  
                     G 
That a big house can hold  


          Am 
If I was a poet  
                          G 
And could write a fine hand  
                    D 
I'd write my love a letter  

That she'd understand  


                    Am 
And write it by the river  
                      G 
Where the waters overflow  
                       D 
But I dream of pretty Saro  
           D 
Wherever I go                 G 
 
    	

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