My Pretty Quadroon Chords

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My Pretty Quadroon by Jerry Lee Lewis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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C     F          C 
Oh my pretty quadroon 

                                G7 
You was a flower that faded too soon 

              C                              F 
You know your heart's like the strings on my banjo 

    G7                   C 
Are broken my pretty quadroon 
  

         F          C 
Oh oh my pretty quadroon 

                              G7 
A flower bud that's faded too soon 

            C                             F 
You know my heart's like the stings on my banjo 

    G7                   C 
Are broken my pretty quadroon  


            F          C 
Oh oh oh my pretty quadroon 

                                                  G7 
Honey you know you just got here a little bit too soon 

            C                             F 
You know my heart's like the stings on my banjo 

    G7                   C 
Are broken my pretty quadroon  


C     F          C 
Oh my pretty quadroon 

                                G7 
You was a flower that faded too soon 

              C                              F 
You know your heart's like the strings on my banjo 

    G7                   C 
Are broken my pretty quadroon 
    	

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