April Skies Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays381

April Skies by Jesus And Mary Chain is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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  			tuning:  all strings 1/2 step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

  E                                E A
  Hey honey whatcha trying to say
                                      A B
  As I stand here don't you walk away
          A                    E
  And the world comes tumbling down

                                 E A
  Hand in hand in a violent life
                                    A B
  Making love on the edge of a knife
          A                    E
  And the world comes tumbling down

           A
  And it's hard for me to say
           E
  And it's hard for me to stay
            A
  I'm going down to be by myself
            E
  I'm going back for the good of my health
              B
  And there's one thing I couldn't do
       A
  Sacrifice myself to you
       E
  Sacrifice

(solo)
E  A  E  A  B  A  E

E
  Hey baby I just can't see
A
  Just what you mean to me
E
  I take my hand and I fake my words
A
  I'm just your long-time curse

B                              A
  And if you walk away I can't take it
                              E
  But that's the way that you are
                                 A
  And that's the things that you say
                          E
  And now you've gone too far
                      A
  With all things you say

B
  Get back to where you come from
          A
  I can't help it
                  E
  Under the April skies
                  A
  Under the April sky
                  E
  Under the April sun
                  A
  Under the April sky

          E
  ooh-ooh-oooh
          A
  ooh-ooh-oooh
          E
  ooh-ooh-oooh
          A
  ooh-ooh-oooh

                  E
  Under the April sun
                  A
  Under the April sun
                  E
  Under the April sky
                  A
  Under the April sun
                  E    A
  Under the April sky

E
  Sun grows cold, sky gets black
          A
  And you broke me up and now you won't come back
  E
  Shaking hand, life is dead
        A
  And a broken heart and a screaming head
      E
  Hey hey
                  A
  Under the April skies
                  E
  Under the April sun
                  A    B   A
  Under the April sky
                  E
  Under the April sky
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante