The Clouds Are Lies Chords

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The Clouds Are Lies by Brian Jonestown Massacre is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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  			Intro: D  

Verse:  
D       C      D 
Someday we can pretend 
D          C       D 
Dreams can help us be friends 
D            C        D          G 
Will friends they now dreams can change soul 
D         C      D 
Sometimes we can be friends 

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Then solo part. Other guitars playing: 
D, C, D, C, D, C, D, G, D, C, D 
So in that last D singer go to words.  

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Verse: 
D        C      D 
Somedays we can pretend 
D          C       D 
Dreams can help us be friends 
D            C        D          G 
Will friends they now dreams can change soul 
D         C      D 
Sometimes we can pretend  
D         C      D 
Sometimes we can pretend 
D         C      D 
Sometimes we can pretend 

So then outro after last line going like this: 
D, Dsus2, D, C, D 

Song ends on D 
    	

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