No Ordinary Blue Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays414

No Ordinary Blue by John Prine is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Asus, F#m, F#msus, D, E, E7 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
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Intro 
A  Asus A  Asus A  Asus A 
F#m F#msus F#m  F#msus F#m 

Verse 
A 
Last night turned on the TV 
               A 
Looked out the window 
                         F#m 
And then pulled down the shades 
      F#m 
And I came to the conclusion 
                     A     Asus 
My mind could not be made 
A 
She said, "Well what're you thinking 
           A 
I'm just a-wondering 
                       F#m 
Is it something that I did?" 
              F#m 
I said, "It's nothing, just something 
                 A     Asus   A 
I picked up as a kid." 

D A      E            A 
I hear a lot of empty spaces 
D A     E 
I see a big hole in view 
D A       E            A 
I feel an outline that traces 
D  A         E 
An imaginary path back to you 
E7 
This ain't no ordinary 
A    Asus A Asus A 
Blue 

F#m  F#msus F#m  F#msus F#m 

Verse 
A 
Last night for a split sec 
        A 
I was a train-wreck 
                    F#m 
I was a complicated guy 
          F#m 
I hope we don't find this is the last time 
            A       Asus  A 
We ever say goodbye 
    A 
The orange moon is rising on the horizon 
       A               F#m 
Of the outskirts of my mind 
          F#m 
I sat and listened as it glistens 
                         A       Asus  A 
It says, "Leave the past behind" 

D A      E            A 
I hear a lot of empty spaces 
D A     E 
I see a big hole in view 
D A       E            A 
I feel an outline that traces 
D  A         E 
An imaginary path back to you 
E7 
This ain't no ordinary 

Bridge 
D   A  Bm 
Blue      too cold to hold 
            D    A 
Too deep to swim to 
Bm 
  Too cold to hold too deep to 
D     A  Bm   E 
swim to 

Outro 
A 
Last night turned on the TV 
               A 
Looked out the window 
                         A 
And then pulled down the shades 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante