The Girl In The Yellow Dress Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays610

The Girl In The Yellow Dress by David Gilmour is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G#m7, Am7, Dm, F, E7, Adim, Am/D, Am/C#, A, Dm/C#, Dm7, Dm6, F#, Bbm, Bbm7, Ebm, F7, Bdim, Bm/Eb, Bm/D, Bb, Ebm/D, Ebm7, Ebm6 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
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Am  G#m7  Am7 
She mesmerizes with a smile 
Dm 
Dark eyes as compelling as the bourbon 
Am  G#m7  Am7                  F 
That girl in the canary yellow dress 
E7 
Says yes 

Am  G#m7  Am7 
She flips a pack of cigarettes 
Dm 
He doesn't smoke, but he takes one nonetheless 
Am  G#m7  Am7                F                  E7 
It helps to keep his motives true, the girl was blue 
     F                                E7 
What else is the poor boy supposed to do 

Am  Adim    Am/D   Am/C#              
She bounces like a flame,  
Am         A 
clothes on her 
Dm   Dm/C#  Dm7    Dm6 
Eyes closed Yellow dress 
F#       F 
Runs and swirls 

Am   G#m7      Am7 
It's late, the hour's growing horns 
Dm 
The band seems to draw her ever closer 
Am   G#m7      Am7               F                 E7 
This girl gets right down in the groove, grooves a move 
F                                    E7 
Leads him out to where they play the blues 

Am  Adim   Am/D   Am/C# 
She dances like a flame 
Am 
Has no cares, yellow-dressed flame 
Dm   Dm/C#   Dm7  Dm6 
Eyes closed, arms above 
    F#                F 
She shakes pearls and snakes 

Bbm  Am7         Bbm7 
Too late in this folie a troix 
Ebm 
He sees that the heart is pounding for 
Bbm Am7       Bbm7              F#                 F7 
Big daddy who falls down to his knees, begging her please 
F#                                    F7 
Lifts his sax, says "here's my little tease" 

Bbm Bdim    Bm/Eb    Bm/D 
Her dancing sets the place on fire 
Bbm        Bb 
Heaven and hell 
Ebm Ebm/D       Ebm7   Ebm6 
The flames come up his spine 
       G                  F# 
As she shakes, whirls and snakes 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante