Ivy Covered House Chords

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Ivy Covered House by Ducktails is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Dsus2, A, F#m, G6 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			

-=intro/verse=- 

G -> D (Dsus2) -> A 


G               D  Dsus2  A 
well hello it's me again 

G                      D Dsus2    A 
i'm at your door, come let me in 

G                   D Dsus2    A 
and you can whisper in my ear 

G                     D Dsus2  A 
words so precious and so dear 



F#m               G6 
smoke falls on me every night 

F#m                    G6 
wind blows through the ivy vine 

F#m                 G6              A 
you'll never spend another night alone 

-=verse=- 

G -> D (Dsus2) -> A 

G                 D  Dsus2 A 
fill the lock and turn the key 

G                        D Dsus2  A 
you shake the leaves off every tree 

G               D  Dsus2   A 
the ivy hanging from your head 

G                    D   Dsus2        A 
the grass that grows beneath your bed 



F#m               G6 
smoke falls on me every night 

F#m                    G6 
wind blows through the ivy vine 

F#m                 G6              A 
you'll never spend another night alone 

-=break=- 

Em 

G   D Dsus2 

Em 

G   D 

F#m G6 F#m G6 F#m G6 

A 

-=outro=- 

G6 (G)    D     A 
the ivy covered house 

G6 (G)          D        A 
the house where you live now 

G6 (G)    D     A 
the ivy covered house 

G6 (G)     D        A 
away from the in crowd 

G6 (G)    D     A 
the ivy covered house 

G6 (G)      D      A 
i'll always be without 

G6 (G)    D     A 
the ivy covered house 

G6 (G)    D     A 
the ivy covered house 

G6 (G)     D     A (x4) 
    	

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