Arthur Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays714

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

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  			{Intro - riff 1 - play twice} 
 
    E      A      E     A     E     A 
E |-0--//--0--//--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| 
B |-9--//--2--//--0--0--2--2--0--0--2--2--| 
G |-9--//--2--//--1--1--2--2--1--1--2--2--| 
D |-9--//--2--//--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| 
A |---------------2--2--0--0--2--2--0--0--| 
E |---------------0--0--------0--0--------| 
 
E           A     E    A 
Arthur played the bass 
E           A     E    A 
He had an angel's face 
E           A   E           A 
Jiving with the Hoodoos, man, 
E                 A   E     A 
No-one could take his place 
        B   A  B  A  B  D 
No, No, No! 
 
He needed extra cash 
So he drove his brother's cab 
The day we heard the news, you know 
It really hit us bad 
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! 
                             E    A  E   D  E  A  E  A 
That was the day that Arthur died 
 
{Riff 1 - twice} 
 
A black gelato van 
Finished for the day, 
Met with Arthur's taxi head-on 
Down St.Kilda way 
(By the Prince Of Wales) 
That was the way that Arthur died 
Upon the day that Arthur died 
I cried 
 
Arthur played the bass 
He had an angel's face 
He jived with the Hoodoo Gurus and you know 
No ones ever gonna take his ever loving place 
No no not me not anyone here 
Since the day that Arthur died 
Ever since the day that Arthur died 
Ever since the day that Arthur died 
 
Copyright EMI Music Publishing; reprinted with kind permission. 
 
Transcribed by Brad Launikonis 
 
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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