Slide Chords
by James Bay
Slide by James Bay is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, Am, C/E, D/F#, G/F#, Em7, Cadd2 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
G C Em G
From the hot strobe lights and the spiked punch bliss
G C Em G
And the long walks home in the dark we'll miss
G C Em G
Nobody teaches you how to reminisce
G Am C/E D/F# G
Nobody teaches you to hurt like this
G C G G/F#
Then we slide into the arms of someone else
Em C G
Yeah, we slide into the arms of someone else
verse 2
G C Em7 G
No more coked up, broke, nocturnal kids
G C Em7 G
Was that ever even us? Do we know what we missed?
G C Em7 G
Nobody teaches you how to win big
G C Em7 G
Nobody said there's no reverse on this
G C G G/F#
Then we slide into the arms of someone else
Em7 C G
Yeah, we slide into the arms of someone else
G C G Cadd2 G C
In disguise, we get a little better at controlling ourselves around midnight
G C G
Then we slide into the arms of someone else
Bridge
G Am
Nobody wants to, nobody wants to
G Am
Nobody wants to, nobody wants to
G C D
Nobody wants to wake up alone
G C G G/F#
Then we slide into the arms of someone else
Em C G
Then we slide into the arms of someone else
G C G Cadd2 G C
In disguise, we get a little better at controlling ourselves around midnight
G C D G
But then we slide into the arms of some, someone else
Underscoring
G Cadd2 G G
C D C G
G C C D G
G C G D G
Spoken Outro: David Harris
The weight of the world is love
Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we carry is love
And so must rest in the arms of love at last, must rest in the arms of love