Goin Away Baby Chords
by Eric Clapton
Goin Away Baby by Eric Clapton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D7, E7, D and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Chords: A D7 E7
E-----------------8----8b------10-8b--------------------------------------------------|I
B--10--10--/10~~----10----10\--------10-8---------------------------------------------|I
G---9---9---------------------------------9\7--5-----------7b(9)rb-p5-----------------|I
D------------------------------------------------7---------------------7--------------|I
A------------------------------------------------root A-------------------5h7-5tr7----|I
E----------------------------------------------------------This is the main theme..---|I
0:00 0:06
E----------------------------------8----8b------------------------------7-----7-------|I
B-----------repeat--------10-10~~----10----10\--like beginning...---------5-----5-----|I
G-----------from--------9---------------------------------------------7-----7---------|I
D----5-7-7--0:06-----------------------------------------------------(E7 chord)-------|I
A--7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I
0:12 0:23
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|I
G--------------------------------7b(9)rb7-p5------------------------------------------|I
D---5h6h7-5h6h7------------------------------7....------------------------------------|I
A-----------------5b-5b----------(like-0:06)------------------------------------------|I
E-----------------------8b--5~~-------------------------------------------------------|I
0:26
There’s no guitar solo, but two short harp solos. You can play these licks also during
the vocals or just strum the chords, so you have all to go through the song. We end
with a triller 5tr6 at the D string (A7 chord).