In April Chords
by Johnny Flynn
In April by Johnny Flynn is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em, A7 and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Standard Tuning //
The hammer on's in this song go as follows:
G C D
E|--------------------0h2--|
B|-----------1--------3----|
G|--0--------0--------2----|
D|--0--------0h2------0----|
A|--0h2------3-------------|
E|--3----------------------|
With a strumming pattern of, UP DOWN UP, MUTE, (with the hammer on on the 'DOWN' strum)
Repeat this in the verses.
A simpler strum in the Chorus of which you'll just have to work out but with no hammer on's.
Intro: G
G
The day we met my life was changed
C G
I always heard that love was strange and painful
D
painful
G
One night you slept upon your side
C G
Tangled in white you looked just like an angel
D
angel
C G D Em
So why did you fly away
C G D Em
Iâ??ve been dying a little death since that very day
C G D Em
I used to laugh when you told me
C G C
You must forget and forgive to be free
G
Down by the water dressed in black
C G
I swore revenge to get you back hateful
D
hateful
G
I made my camp upon the hill
C G
Drank whisky from the secret still blameful
D
blameful
C G D Em
So why did you fly away
C G D Em
iâ??ve been dying a little death since that very day
C G D Em
i used to laugh when you told me
C G C G
you must forget and forgive to be free
G D A7
And I never could admit
G D A7
the part I had in it
G D A7 Am7
So this is what I get my friend
G
Drunk in a field with scarlet snow
C G
I reconciled with your ghost in April
D
In April
G
I stood before the hypocrite
C G
There in the mirror brightly lit shameful
D
shameful
C G D Em
Now I know why you ran away
C G D Em
And Iâ??ve been dying a little death since that very day
C G D Em
I used to laugh when you told me
C G
you must forget and forgive
C
You must forgive just to live
Em C G
you must forget and forgive to be free
Thank you, hope you found this informative! I know there isn't even any lyrics up for this song
at the moment as it's fairly new! <3 Johnny <3