Black Rainbows Chords

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Black Rainbows by Cut Copy is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 
D 
I woke up, but was far from home 
D 
Living a life that was not my own 
    C       D 
Oh-oh, oh-oh 
D 
Places familiar but they're not the same 
D 
I have some strangers who will know my name 
    C 
Oh-oh, oh-oh 

D 
I wait for the penny drop, hey 
Am                                  C     D 
I'm never going to give you all my love 
D 
Black rainbows never stop, hey 
Am                                  C     D 
I'm never going to give you all my love 

Bridge 1 
D             Am 
Whispers the lies 
      C          D 
The closer your eyes 
D                    Am 
The burnt part, the tides 
        C           D 
Black rainbows for miles 

Verse 
D 
Turn up the volume all the way it goes 
D 
There's only silence on the radio 
    C       D 
Oh-oh, oh-oh 
D 
Woke up the songs that I used to know 
D 
I had it all but I, I let it go 
    C       D 
Oh-oh, oh-oh 

D 
I wait for the penny drop, hey 
Am                                  C     D 
I'm never going to give you all my love 
D 
Black rainbows never stop, hey 
Am                                  C     D 
I'm never going to give you all my love 

Bridge 1 
D             Am 
Whispers the lies 
      C          D 
The closer your eyes 
D                    Am 
The burnt part, the tides 
        C           D        Am 
Black rainbows for miles 

Bridge 2 
           D                       Am 
If you're tired of feeling lonely 
           D                 Am 
Don't give up the blue skies 
            D 
Leave the static for a new love 
D                C              Am 
That's what you told me so many times 

Am     D 
(Oh, ah-ah) 

D 
I wait for the penny drop, hey 
Am                                  C     D 
I'm never going to give you all my love 
D 
Black rainbows never stop, hey 
Am                                  C     D 
I'm never going to give you all my love 

Bridge 1 
D             Am 
Whispers the lies 
      C          D 
The closer your eyes 
D                    Am 
The burnt part, the tides 
        C           D 
Black rainbows for miles 

Outro 
D 
Give you up my love 
D               Am 
Give you up my love 
Am              C 
Give you up my love 
C               D 
Give you up my love 
D 
Give you up my love 
D               Am 
Give you up my love 
Am              C 
Give you up my love 
C               D 
Give you up my love 
D 
Give you up my love 
    	

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