Thursday's Child Chords

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Thursday's Child by David Bowie is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, D#m, C#, B, E, D, G#, Bb and B/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: F#    D#m  C#  B
       F#    D#m  C#  B
 
F#            E                  F#
   All of my life I've tried so hard
          C#               D
Doing my best with what I had
                C#              D     G#       
Nothing much happened all the same
 
F#             E              F#
   Something about me stood apart
              C#                  D              
A whisper of hope that seemed to fail
           C#                   G#
Maybe I'm born right out of my time
             B         F#
Breaking my life in two
 
CHORDS:
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F#            C#    B
  Throw me tomorrow
                  G#           F#
  Now that I've really got a chance
             C#      Bb  
  Throw me tomorrow
                 G#           F#
  Everything's falling into place
               C#    B
  Throw me tomorrow
             G#             F#
  Seeing my past to let it go
              C#     Bb
  Throw me tomorrow
            G#           B/F#
  Only for you I don't regret
               F#
  That I was Thursday's Child
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D#m     C#       B                    F#                 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was 
D#m     C#       B                    F#
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was 
 
                E                 F#
  Sometimes I cried my heart to sleep
           C#                  D
Shuffling days and lonesome nights
               C#                D    G#
Sometimes my courage fell to my feet
 
F#            E            F#
   Lucky old sun is in my sky
           C#                  D
Nothing prepared me for your smile
                C#            G#
Lighting the darkness of my soul
                  B     F#
Innocence in your arms
 
CHORDS
 
D#m     C#       B                    F# 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was Thursday's Child
D#m     C#       B                    F# 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was Thursday's Child
D#m     C#       B                    F# 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was 
D#m     C#       B                    F#    
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
D#m     C#       B                    F#    
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante