Red Dress Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays430

Red Dress by James McMurtry is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Cadd9, D, Bm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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  			This song is repetitive as it does the same chord progression. The  
riff you hear is sorta like this when you are in the Cadd9  
 
E-------------| 
B-------------| 
G-------------| 
D-----------0-| 
A-0-3-2-3-2---| 
E-------------| 
 
 
D                  Cadd9 
Remember when we'd get together 
D               Cadd9 
Burn the candle don't you know  
D                   Cadd9  
Smoke and drink and live forever 
D               Cadd9 
No one there to tell us no 
 
  
This time I'm gonna kill that bastard 
This time I'm not gonna miss 
This time there ain't no doubt about it 
Let me be quite clear on this 
 
Out the back and down the alley 
Gone to get your bucket spiked  
Come back when you think you need me  
Come back any time you like 
 
 
Chorus: 
D                    Cadd9      D  Cadd9 
Where'd you get that red dress 
D                    Cadd9      D  Cadd9 
Where'd you get that red dress 
 
Solo 
 
Yes I'm drunk but damn you're ugly 
Tell you one thing, yes I will 
Tomorrow morning I'll be sober 
You'll be just as ugly still  
 
Chorus 
 
 
Bridge: 
Bm                        G 
I don't know what you got going on 
      Bm                              G 
But I know I never seen you with that red dress on 
        D                    Cadd9    
Tell me where'd you get that red dress 
 
 
Watching out the kitchen window  
Right here in this old brown chair  
Stack the empties on the table 
Toss 'em down the basement stairs  
 
Where'd you get that red dress 
Where'd you get that red dress 
 
Remember when we'd get together 
Burn the candle don't you know  
Smoke and drink and live forever 
No one there to tell us no 
    	

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