Independence Day Chords
Independence Day by Elliott Smith is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, Dm, C, Bb, G#, F, G, C/B, Am, D, Cmaj7 and C/A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Independence day
Cm – Dm –
C – Bb – G# - C* - F – G – G# - C (x2) C/B
Am G# D
A future butterfly, gonna spend the day
F
Higher than high
G# G Cmaj7 Am
You'll be a beautiful confusion, ooh
G#
Once I was you
C – Bb – G# - C* - F – G – G# - C (x2)
Ah, ah...
Am G# D
I saw you caught between all the people out
F
Making a scene
G# G Cmaj7
In a bright, ideal tomorrow, ooh
Am G#
Don't go too far, stay who you are
C – Bb – G# - C* - F
Ah, ah...
G#
Everybody knows
C
Everybody knows
Bb
Everybody knows
F
You only live a day
G G# C
But it's brilliant anyway
F G G# C C/A
C Bb G#
I saw you out
C*
A perfect place
F G G#
It's gonna happen soon
C
But not today
Bb G#
So go to sleep
C*
Amid the change
F G G#
I'll meet you here tomorrow
F
Independence day
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Independence day
G#
C – Bb – G# - C* - F – G – G# - C
I highly recommend using Travis picking on some parts of the song!