Breathless Chords
by Camel
Breathless by Camel is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, G#m, F#m, E, D, D/C#, D/B, B, F, Bbmaj7, Gm, Bb, Dsus2, G, Em, Am7, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
riff
e|---12----12-12----12-12--10--9-------9--10---9---------------------------|
B|-----10--------9----------------10-12------------10-9--10--12--9-9-------|
G|-------9--------9------9---9--9--------9---9---9---9--9---9---------9----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---12----12-12----12-12--10--9-------9--10---9-----------------|
B|-----10--------9----------------10-12------------10-9--10--12--|
G|-------9--------9------9---9--9--------9---9---9---9--9---9----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
verse 1:
A G#m F#m
She is my first love
E D A
Graceful in all her ways
A G#m F#m
Holding the insight
A E A
Turning the sky from night into day
D D/C# D/B B E
She won't fail to take my breath away
riff
verse 2:
A G#m F#m
So soft the silence
E D A
She brings before the dawn
A G#m F#m
A time of twilight
A E F
When all the world waits, to be reborn
Bbmaj7 Gm F
Nobody knows her name
Bbmaj7 F Bbmaj7 F
No one, knows how she came to be here at all
Bb Dsus2 D E G D
Giving her loving, hoping, to everyone
D E G D
Giving her hoping to everyone (repeat 6 times)
Flute Solo:
D D/C# D/B (repeat 3 times)
Em D
D Am7
Old as the hills
D Am7 D
Young just like the rising sun
D Am7 D
Over fields, that lie
Am7 G
Away beneath her feet
Am Em
Every time we meet
C D G
She takes my breath away
e|---10----10-10----10-10--8--7--------------|
B|------8--------7----------------8----------|
G|-------7--------7------7---7--7---7--------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
repeat till fade out...
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D/C# D/B Bbmaj7 Dsus2 Am7
e|--2------2------1------0------0---|
B|--3------3------3------3------1---|
G|--2------2------2------2------0---|
D|----------------3------0------2---|
A|--4------2------1-------------0---|
E|----------------------------------|