Cell Song Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays513

Cell Song by Fairport Convention is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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16
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          D                          G 
There's a tiny little window and the sun comes shining through 
D                                  G       Em 
Dancing with the dust that's in my cell 
          D                                  G 
There's a sparrow sitting on the sill and he stays for a minute or two 
         D                 G                     A 
But he's frightened by the ringing of the bell 

          D                              G                
There's a bed that I must lie on when at night I take my rest 
      D                                  G       A 
And a chair for me to sit on through the day 
    D                      G 
The men who wait beside me always know what's best 
      D               G                A                    
For a man who doesn't have too much to say 

        D                             G                    A 
Throw a laugh into the corner, blow a tear against the wall 
D                                 G 
Learn a game to play, improve the mind 
   D                                     G 
Confess your sins, you sinner, and think how the seconds fall 
D                 G                    A 
Leave all earthly cares and woes behind 

    D                                 G             Em 
And when my short affair with life is ended and I'm gone 
         D                                G      
Will you tell the world the story of John Lee? 
D                              G                   
All you see is nothing and yet everything lives on 
D             G                 A 
I was born to pay the hangman's fee 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante