Slicin Sand Chords

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Slicin Sand by Elvis Presley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Am, Am7, C, C7, Fmaj7, G, G7, Em and D6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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Am                   Am7                  
Take off your shoes, put down your hair 
C           C7              C 
Turn on the music and we'll get somewhere 
Fmaj7         Am              Fmaj7     C      C           
Dance, dance, dance, til your toes gets tanned 
Am          G                     G7    - stop and break until next chord 
We're gonna have us a ball on the beach! 
          C 
a-slicin' sand 

Am             Am7 
Hug me a heap, swing me a lot 
C               C7          C 
We got a lot of ocean if it gets too hot 
Fmaj7    Am         Fmaj7   C    C 
Ooo  Ooo Ooo, baby, take my hand 
Am              G                       G7  - stop and break until next chord 
We'll have some real rockin' fun in the sun! 
          C 
a-slicin' sand 

Em         D6        
Come baby, come,  
C     C7       C 
let's dig some holes 
C                C7          C           C7     C        
You'll find it's heaven with sand on you soles, Yeah! 


Instrumental  C C Em Em C C C G G C C G 


Am                 Am7 
Slice to the left, slice to the right 
C              C7          C 
Slice down the middle baby hold me tight 
Fmaj7   Am        Fmaj7   C    C 
Ooo Eee Ooo baby, hold my hand 
Am              G                       G7  - stop and break until next chord 
We'll have some real rockin' fun in the sun! 
        C    C 
slicin' sand 

Am              G                       Fmaj7  - stop  
We'll have some real rockin' fun in the sun! 

Outro emphasise last 2 chords (G! and C!) as single downstrums to finish 

Em  G7    C     C    C    C   G C 
sli-cin'  sannnnnnnnnd        ! ! 
    	

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