Blue Days, Black Nights Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays425

Blue Days, Black Nights by Buddy Holly is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, D and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
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16
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  			#1. 
A                 E 
Blue days - black nights,  
     A              D             A 
blue tears, keep on fallin' - for you dear,  
E          A 
now you're gone.  
A                 E 
Blue days - black nights,  
   A               D            A 
my heart, keeps on calling, for you dear,  
E        A    A7 
and you alone.  

Chorus: 
D                       A 
Memories of you make me sorry.  
D                    A 
I gave you reason to doubt me.  
E              A         E     A              D 
But now you're gone, and I, am left here all alone  
          A          E          A 
with blue memories - I think of you.  

#2. 
A                 E 
Blue days - black nights, 
  A            D            A 
I didn't real..ize, I would miss you,  
E         A 
the way I do.  
A            E      A           D 
And now, somehow, I know I will pay, 
        A             E        A 
for the times I, have made you blue. 

Chorus: 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante