Laredo Tornado Chords

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Laredo Tornado by Electric Light Orchestra is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, Cm, Am, Bm, B, E, Abm, A, Ab and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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16
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Intro  
G               Em              C               Cm 
Em              G               Am              Cm 

verse 1 
Em                                     C               Bm 
Summer days, where did you go?  You've let me down so bad. 
Em                                         C              Bm  
Clouds fill the sky, Gone is the dream, My happy hunting ground. 
    Em       G                  Am           Em 
Wild buffalo played and I never saw a rainy day      
Em       C                 B               Em       Am   
But it looks like summer days ain't coming back. 

verse 2 
Em                                    C            Bm 
March, April, May, June and July,You took me for a fail. 
Em                                           C               Bm 
Big chief, he lie. Cold wind blows cruel, so cold to make you die. 
       Em              G          Am                Em  
Mountain breeze, ocean bay and I never saw a rainy day.  
Em      C                     B                 Em    Am        
But it looks like them summer days ain't coming back. 

Chorus 
E      Abm    B  E     Abm   B    Am 
Laredo Tornado,  Adios amigos. 
Am           E             A                              Ab                  F#m 
What can you do when your dream world is gone    And your friends and lovers too? no no .... 

Bridge 
Em              G               Am              Cm 

verse 3 
West Winter Street under the ground, The air that makes you choke. 
Towers of concrete, hellish go-round, Were there when I awoke.     
City sky pouring down with rain, That can never hope to ease the pain. 
And it looks like summer days ain't coming back. 

Chorus 
Laredo Tornado, Adios amigos. Laredo Tornado, Adios amigos. 

Outro 
Em              G               Am              Cm            repeat 
    	

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