Drawing A Blank Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

Drawing A Blank by Cherri Bomb is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			


   Main Riff (Also the chorus) Play it 3x 
e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------5---------7-5-7------7-5-7-------5-7-9-7-5-| 
E|-7--7-5-7---7-5--4-4-------3-3--------4-4------------| 
   and then: 

e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------5---------7-5-7------7-5-7-------5-7-9-7-5-| 
E|-7--7-5-7---7-5--4-4-------3-3--------0-0------------| 

You can also play the 4th fret on the D string instead of the 9th fret of the D  
string, whichever is more comfortable to you. 

  Verse: I was too lazy to put it all in here, so just strum it until the bridge. PALM MUTE! 
e|-----------------|   
B|-----------------| 
G|-----------------| 
D|-----------------| 
A|-9---------------| 
E|-7---------------| 

After the SECOND verse, before you go into the pre-chorus, you do this: 
    
e|---------------| 
B|---------------| 
G|---------------| 
D|---------------| 
A|-7-6-5---------| 
E|---------------| 


  Pre-chorus 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------|  
G|--------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------| 
A|-5555555555666666667777777799999999---------| 
E|-3333333333444444445555555577777777---------| 

e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------|  
G|--------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------| 
A|-55555555556666666677777777-----------------| 
E|-33333333334444444455555555-----------------|                                    
                      (---) 
                     Palm mute      

e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------5---------7-5-7------7-5-7-------5-7-9-7-5-| 
E|-7--7-5-7---7-5--4-4-------3-3--------4-4------------| 

e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------5---------7-5-7------7-5-7-------5-7-9-7-5-| 
E|-7--7-5-7---7-5--4-4-------3-3--------0-0------------| 

e|----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------5---------7-5-7---2--2--2--2---5^5^5^5^5^5^5^5--|  
E|-7--7-5-7---7-5--4-4--------0--0--0--0--------------------|  
                                                          
Main riff 
Verse 
Pre-chorus 
Chorus 

Bridge: 

e|------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------| 6x 
G|------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------9-----------9----------9---------------| 
A|------------------------------------7-6-5-------| 
E|-7--7-7------3--3-3-----0--0-0------------5-4-3-| 

When Julia sings: It's worth the fight (when the bridge has been played 4 times) 

e|----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-77777778888888999999999999997777777888888899999999999999-| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------| 

Then palm mute the riff the first time and then play the whole chorus. 

Outro 

Guitar 1 

e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--b55555555----| 
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| 

Guitar 2 

Slide up with alternate picking. 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-2/----------------------------|  
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------| 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante