Trying To Get To You Chords
by Colin Hay
Trying To Get To You by Colin Hay is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, G/F#, Em, Bb and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C G 4x
Verse:
G C
Trying to take that midnight train
D G G/F#
But it's gone and broken down again
Em C
Now I'm stuck on Empty Avenue
D G
Trying to get to you
G C
Talking on the telephone
D G G/F#
Only makes me feel more alone
Em C
Killing time with a chosen few
D G
Trying to get to you
Bridge:
Bb F
In this world of constant danger
Bb C
I still look for kindness in strangers
F Bb C
And why oh why and why is not enough
F Bb C
And we cry oh cry our tears are not enough
Verse:
G C
Through firestorms and hurricanes
D G G/F#
I'm 16 hours on an airplane
Em C
10 thousand miles of ocean view
D G
Trying to get to you
Guitarsolo
Bridge:
Bb F
In this world of constant danger
Bb C
I still look for kindness in strangers
F Bb C
And why oh why and why is not enough
F Bb C
And we cry oh cry our tears are not enough
Verse:
G C
Walking through the driving rain
D G G/F#
Just the thought of you remains
Em C
Lines are down I can't get through
D G
Trying to get to you
Em C
Lines are down I can't get through
D C > outro
Trying to get to you
Outro:
C G 4x
Last one is a C