Flash Chords
Flash by Cigarettes After Sex is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Ab. It uses the chords Ab, Cm, Bb, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Ab Cm Bb (x4)
Ab
verse 1
G C Bb Ab C Bb Ab
I'm a flash, you were blinded by the love I had
G C Bb Ab C Bb
I'm a flash, the light could only get in through the cracks
Chorus
Bb Ab Cm Bb
And you've got to do the right thing, do the right thing, baby
Ab Cm Bb
You're the white swan in the photograph
Ab Cm Bb
Do the right thing, do the right thing, baby
Ab Cm Bb
You're the white swan in the photograph
verse 2
Ab Cm Bb Ab C Bb Ab
When they crash, the helicopters in my heart are red
G C Bb Ab C Bb
Cut in half, you saw me lying there bleeding to death
Bb Ab Cm Bb
And you've got to do the right thing, do the right thing, baby
Ab Cm Bb
You're the white swan in the photograph
Ab Cm Bb
Do the right thing, do the right thing, baby
Ab Cm Bb
You're the white swan in the photograph
Interlude
Ab Cm Bb Cm (x2)
Ab Cm Bb Ab Cm
Bridge
Bb Ab Cm Bb
Now I stand on the stage, I forget my lines
Ab Cm Bb
Do you play Satan's imagination
Ab Cm Bb
And a voice in my head's causing suicide
Ab Cm Bb
Searching for any way to remember them
Interlude
Ab Cm Bb Cm (x2)
Ab Cm Bb Ab Cm
Bb Ab Cm Bb
And you've got to do the right thing, do the right thing, baby
Ab Cm Bb
You're the white swan in the photograph
Ab Cm Bb
Do the right thing, do the right thing, baby
Ab Cm Bb
You're the white swan in my photograph
Outro
Ab Cm Bb (x3)
Ab Cm Ab