Gloomy Sunday Chords
by Carmen McRae
Gloomy Sunday by Carmen McRae is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Am7/G, D/F#, F, E, Dm, Dm7+, Am7, A, D9, Bm7, C#m7, F#m, B7, F7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am Am7/G D/F# F
Sunday is gloomy my hours are slumberless
Am Am7/G D/F# E
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless
Dm Dm7+ F E
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Am Am7/G D/F# E
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you
Am Am7/G D/F# F
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Am Am7/G D/F# E F E
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you
Am7 E Am Am7/G D/F# F E
Gloomy Sunday
Am Am7/G D/F# F
Gloomy Sunday, with shadows I spend it all
Am Am7/G D/F# E
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Dm Dm7+ F E
Soon there'll be candles and prayers that are sad, I know
Am Am7/G D/F# E
Let them not weep, let them know that I'm glad to go
Am Am7/G D/F# F E
Death is no dream, for in death I'm caressing you
Am Am7/G D/F# E F E
With the last breath of my soul, I'll be blessing you
Am7 E Am Am7/G D/F# F E
Gloomy Sunday
A D9 A D9 A D9 A D9
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
A Bm7 C#m7 F#m B7 F7 E7
I wake and I find you asleep in the deep of my heart, dear
Am Am7/G D/F# F E
Darling, I hope that my dream never haunted you
Am Am7/G D/F# E F E
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you
Am7 E Am Am7/G D/F# F E Am
Gloomy Sunday