Black Smoke Rising Chords
Black Smoke Rising by Greta Van Fleet is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Em, D, Bm, C, B, G, Am7, Asus4 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
E|----7--------------------------------------|
B|----8-------7--5-5-5h7-------5--3-3-3h5----|
G|----9-------7--7-7-7-----4---5--5-5-5------|
D|----9-------7--7-7-7-----4---5--5-5-5------|
A|----7-------5--5-5-5-----2---3--3-3-3------|
E|--2/7--------------------------------------|
Em D Bm C
I didn't know there was a tower
Em D Bm C
Where they look out to the land
Em D Bm C
To see the people quickly passing by
Em D Bm C
This is for their own desire
Em D Bm C
As they spit down to the earth
Em D Bm C
To feel the power boiling in their veins
C B C B
Oh oh oh oh oh yeah yeah
C B C B D
Oh oh oh oh oh yeah yeah
G D C Em
E|--3-----2-----0-------------------0---|
B|--3-----3-----1-------------------0---|
G|--0-----2-----0-------------------0---|
D|--0-----0-----2--0-2~~-0-2~~ x4---2---|
A|--2-----0-----3-------------------2---|
E|--3-------------------------------0---|
G D C
And the black smoke rises
G D C
From the fires we've been told
G D C
It's the new age crisis
G D C
And we will stand up in the cold
Em
Stand up in the cold
Em D Bm C
Many people are dividing
Em D Bm C
And a world apart with just one heart
Em D Bm C
Is bound to keel and fade away
Em D Bm C
None of us will be deciding
Em D Bm C
And the fate of man is in the hands
Em D Bm C
Of he who stands and heeds the call
C B C B
Oh oh oh oh oh yeah yeah
C B C B D
Oh oh oh oh oh yeah yeah
G D C
And the black smoke rises
G D C
From the fires we've been told
G D C
It's the new age crisis
G D C
And we will stand up in the cold
Am7
Stand up in the cold
Am7 Asus4
E|--0--------0-------------|
B|--1--------3-------------|
G|--0--------0-------------|
D|--2--------4-------------|
A|--0--------0-------------|
E|-------------------------|
E|----5----|
B|----3----|
G|----0----|
D|----4----|
A|----5----|
E|---------|
G D C
And the black smoke rises
G D C
From the fires we've been told
G D C
It's the new age crisis
G D C
And we will stand up in the cold
Em
Stand up in the cold
( E7 )
G D C
And the black smoke rises
G D C
From the fires we've been told
G D C
It's the new age crisis
G D C
And we will stand up in the cold
Em
Stand up in the cold