Drawing A Blank Chords
by Cherri Bomb
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.
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|-------------------------------|