Melting In The Sun Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays489

Melting In The Sun by Electric Light Orchestra is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B/E, A/E, B/D#, A/C#, G#m, A, G, D, Bm, F#m, F#, Am and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			
INTRO / VERSE 

  E    B/E        A/E    E 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   
e|0-0-------------|----------------| 
B|0-0---4---------|2-2---0---------| 
G|1-1---4---------|2-2---1---------| 
D|------4---------|2-2---2---------| 
A|----------------|----------------| 
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 

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INTRO 
| E B/E | A/E E |  
| E B/E | A/E E | 


VERSE 
E               B/E             A/E    E 
 There's no way out and there's no way back 
E           B/E       A/E       E 
 Sailing forever out along your path 
E              B/D#    A/C#     G#m 
 Some troubles dare to lose you sleep 
A                            G  D   E      | G D  E   | 
 I started thinkin' that I'm in too deep 


VERSE 
E              B/E       A/E          E 
 The wheels of life will stretch your face 
E            B/E      A/E   E 
 Squeeze you flat without a trace 
         E        G#m            A          G#m 
But when I was in trouble I never heard you speak 
A                            G  D   E      | G D  E   | 
 I got the message that I'm in too deep 


 
         G#m 
Blows my mind 
Bm             F#m 
Melting in the sun (su-u-un) 
E         G#m 
Starts to shine (shi-ine) 
     Bm            F# 
Then suddenly it's gone 
Am             B      D 
Melting in the su-u-u-un 


VERSE 
E              B/E              A/E    E 
 Stayed up and wondered what was goin' on 
E            B/E           A/E        E 
 Shifted and pissed up and silent and gone 
E            B/D#          A/C#         G#m 
 Reasons for promises that no one could keep 
A                          G  D   E      | G D  E   | 
 I got the picture and I'm in too deep 


 
         G#m 
Blows my mind 
Bm             F#m 
Melting in the sun (su-u-un) 
E         G#m 
Starts to shine (shi-ine) 
     Bm            F# 
Then suddenly it's gone 
Am             B     | D | % | 
Melting in the su-u-u-un 


SOLO 
| E B/E | A/E E |  
| E B/E | A/E E |  
| E G#m | A G#m | 
| A | G D  E   | G D  E   | 


VERSE 
E               B/E           A/E    E 
 There's no way out, the only way is in 
E             B/E                A/E                 E 
 Don't matter who you are, don't matter where you've been 
E                 G#m             A          G#m 
 You can buy your freedom, but it don't come cheap 
A                           G  D   E      | G D  E   | E | 
 No doubt about it, now I'm in too deep 


 
         G#m 
Blows my mind 
Bm             F#m 
Melting in the sun (su-u-un) 
E         G#m 
Starts to shine (shi-ine) 
     Bm            F# 
Then suddenly it's gone 
Am             B     | D | % | % | A | 
Melting in the su-u-u-un  - yeah ... 


CODA 
      G  D    E  
Suddenly it's gone 
        G  D   E  
Melting in the sun 
      G  D    E  
Suddenly it's gone 
        G  D   E  
Melting in the sun 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante