Goin Away Baby Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays532

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.

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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). 
    	

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