Blue Bandana Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays441

Blue Bandana by Jerrod Niemann is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords E, D, A and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 
E x2, D,  A 

E                                                  D 
She was dancing in a sundress on a Carolina sunset on the last night of Merle Fest 
A                                       E 
Told me she ain’t missed one since the summer she turned 18 
                               D                               A 
hit that road on a gyspy dream Hitched a ride in a beat up van following her favorite band 

 
E 
And Now she’s a Bonaroo baby, she’s Coachella crazy, 
D                                  A 
She’ll be Folking out in Newport, you’ve probably seen her before 
E 
Up at Lollapalooza, In the muddy Wakarusa, 
D                                    A 
She’ll be at the Hangout down in Alabama, 
                                        E 
Just look for the girl in the blue bandana 
      D          A 
whoooooa    whooooa 

E 
She had a flower in her hair, a little smoke was in the air 
D                                 (No chord) (No strum) 
We were chillin’ in some lawnchairs saying we wish we could’ve seen Woodstock 
E 
Told me she was leaving in the morning, heading down to New Orleans 
D                                 A 
Said boy, you oughta come along and I knew I shoulda gone 


*Chorus* 


F#                          A 
Several thousand faces in a crowd 
F#                                   A 
And I know she’s out there somewhere jamming out 


*Chorus* 


outro (one strum) 
E                           E 
Now I got a beat up van and I’m driving across this land 
D                     A 
Looking for a blue bandana 
    	

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