Into White Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays536

Into White by Cat Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, Fadd9 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Capo II 

Intro:C G D (4x) 

  C     G  D          C   G  D 
I built my house from barley rice 
C     G      D         C  G  D 
Green pepper walls and water ice 
G         C           D          Fadd9 
Tables of paper wood, windows of light 
    C          G             D   E             
And everything emptying into white. 

C G D (4x) 

  C   G  D            C     G  D 
A simple garden, with acres of sky 
  C     G      D 
A brown-haired dog mouse 
   C   G       D 
If one dropped by 
G        C           D             Fadd9 
Yellow delanie would sleep well at night 
     C          G             D  E 
With everything emptying into white. 

C G D (4x) 

  C        G    D         C       G  D 
A sad blue eyed drummer rehearses outside 
  C     G      D          C      G   D 
A black spider dancing on top of his eye 
G          C              D        Fadd9 
Red legged chicken stands ready to strike 
    C          G             D  E 
And everything emptying into white. 

  C     G  D          C   G  D 
I built my house from barley rice 
C     G      D         C  G  D 
Green pepper walls and water ice 

G  C  D Fadd9 

    C          G             D   E             
And everything emptying into white.  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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