Flamingo Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays560

Flamingo by Fruit Bats is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, C#, E, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro  B (4x)


 Verso 1:
    B                 C#        E          B     B A E B 
The place where I was born is a vague memory 
         B             C#        E           B     B A E B 
Like the flakes in the snow of a broke-down TV 
         B           C#        E         B      B A E B 
It could be in a big city in a beautiful dell 
       B        C#        E             B      B A E 
With a red corn silo or a broken church bell 
        B 
Here we go again 


Instrumental 
B C# E B 
B A E B 
B C# E B 
B A E B 


Verso 2:
    B                  C#             E             B         B A E B 
The girls would all be pretty and the men quiet and strong 
    B            C#         E              B      B A E B 
The autumn is beautiful and summer not too long 
         B              C#               E       B       B A E B 
Rains of May would come pouring like the Genesis flood 
         B           C#         E           B     B A E 
Left the old pink flamingo face down in the mud 
        B 
Here we go again 


Instrumental 
B C# E B 
B A E B 
B C# E B 
B A E B 



    B               C#          E              B 
The last thing I'll do before I call it quits 
   B        A            E            B 
Is probably dream just a little bit 
    B           C#         E                  B 
But nothing too hard on my sweet fadin' mind 

      B                 A             E             B 
Cause everything, everything is gonna be just fine 
      B                 A             E             B 
Cause everything, everything is gonna be just fine 
      B                 A             E             B 
Cause everything, everything is gonna be just fine 
      B                 A             E             B 
Cause everything, everything is gonna be just fine 
      B                 A             E             B 
Cause everything, everything is gonna be just fine 

D  x4  
B (Fade out) 
    	

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