Captains Dead Chords
Captains Dead by Guided By Voices is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, F#, D, C and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
E B F# D C B (x2)
E
Captain's dead
B F# D
The war machine has fled
C B E
The people have gone home
B F# D
Remember what he said
C B E
And you won't feel alone
Interlude
E B F# D C B
Verse
E B
You won't remember at this time tomorrow
D A
When all the sorrow has gone
E B
A pull of the lever and nothing's forever
D A
We'll ride to the heart of the sun
E
Captain's dead
B F# D
The war machine has fled
C B E
The people have gone home
B F# D
Remember what he said
C B E
And you won't feel alone
Interlude
E B F# D C B
Verse
E B
You won't remember at this time tomorrow
D A
When all the sorrow has gone
E B
A pull of the lever and nothing's forever
D A
We'll ride to the heart of the sun
Interlude
E B A (x4)
Outro
E B
Captain's dead
A E B
Captain's dead
A E B
Captain's dead
A E B E
Captain's dead