Mr. Songman Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays547

Mr. Songman by Elvis Presley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B7. 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
  			E                                          A 
Here's another dime for you, Mr. Songman 
             B7                                        A         E 
Sing the loneliness of broken dreams away if you can 
                                           A 
Yes, it's only me and you, Mr. Songman 
                          B7           A               B7     E 
Take away the night, sing away my hurt, Mr. Songman. 

E                                                                          A 
In your ivory covered house, safe behind your walls of glass 
               E                            B7 
You keep staring back at me like a memory from the past 
E 
Won't you sing me away to a summer night 
                                         A 
Let me hold you in my arms again 
                                  B7                                  E 
I know memory's not re-living but at leats it's not the end. 


E                                          A 
Here's another dime for you, Mr. Songman 
             B7                                        A         E 
Sing the loneliness of broken dreams away if you can 
                                           A 
Yes, it's only me and you, Mr. Songman 
                          B7           A               B7     E 
Take away the night, sing away my hurt, Mr. Songman. 


E 
Won't you sing me away to a summer night 
                                         A 
Let me hold you in my arms again 
                         B7           A               B7     E 
Take away the night, sing away my hurt, Mr. Songman. 
    	

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