Heatstroke Chords

KeyC Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays453

Heatstroke by Bricks And Mortar is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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verse 1: 
                  C 
my father was a story 
                  Am          G  
my mother was afraid  
                     C   
they didn't mean to make me 
                  Am          G  
but i got made anyway  
              C 
since i was a young child  
                       Am         G 
i much prefferred the rain  
                       C 
they asked me are you happy 
                    Am (hold) 
i said i can't explain 
and i say.... 


G          Am 
heatstroke yellow  
      C 
maybe strawberry blue  
    G                 Am 
the strongest thing i ever felt  
    C 
was feelings for you  
   G      Am             C 
so try to look me in the eye  
             G  
a difficult goodbye  
   Am                C 
to all the things we hide 

verse 2:  

C                     Am      G             
i live my life upon a crystal ship  
C                     Am      G 
its unbelievable but i keep believing  
C                       Am     G 
i never give up till the day i die  
C                       Am      G 
i never give up till the day i die 
i say... 
C                                Am           G 
every single time they come back home from the road  
      C                                 Am             G 
i say tell me where you been to tell me what you gone for  
     C                              Am          G 
they tell me on the road you end up losing your soul  
     C                              Am             G 
i'm thinking when they made me they forgot one of those 
i say.. 


G         Am             C            
rich kids singing of the silver spoon blues   
     G               Am                  C        
they tell me i can't get in cause theres just no more room  
         G        Am                C 
but they lie they look me in the eye  
G                    Am 
scared of what they'd find  
C  
underneath my side uh ohhhh..... 

Bridge:  

      C                  Am            G 
and i hope your right so i can see the sunshine  
      C                       Am                 G 
and i hope your right so cause i don't like this way  
      C                  Am                 G 
and i hope your right so i can change the future 
      C           Am             G 
cause i was only hiding in the rain
 
verse 3: 

              C                                Am           G 
since i was a young child i seemed to like the rain  
                     C                         Am           G 
you asked me are you happy i said can't explain  
                 C          Am                 
i told you i'm a monster uh oh  
                    G 
and i can't seem to feel uh oh  
                   C        Am 
you ask me are you happy uh oh  
                  G (hold) 
said no but i am real 
and i say... 

 
G          Am 
heatstroke yellow  
      C 
maybe strawberry blue  
    G                 Am 
the strongest thing i ever felt  
    C 
was feelings for you  
   G      Am             C 
so try to look me in the eye  
             G  
a difficult goodbye  
   Am                C 
to all the things we hide uh oh  
G         Am             C            
rich kids singing of the silver spoon blues   
     G               Am                  C        
they tell me i can't get in cause theres just no more room  
         G        Am                C 
but they lie they look me in the eye  
G                    Am 
scared of what they'd find  
C  
underneath my side 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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100 BPM Andante