Clean Slate Chords
by M. Ward
Clean Slate by M. Ward is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C and D6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G Em C
E|---------------------------------------0----------------|
B|---------------------3-----3-0h3-3-0h3—--3p0------------|
G|---2-0h2-2-0h2-2-0h2---2p0-------------------2----------|
D|-0----------------------------------------------2----2--|
A|-2----------------------------------------------2----3--|
E|-3----------------------------------------------0----0--|
G
E|---3-2p0---------------------------------------|
B|---------3-----1—0h1-1—0h1--0------------------|
G|-----------2p0----------------2-0--------------|
D|-0--------------------------------2-0------0---|
A|-2------------------------------------0h2--2---|
E|-3-----------------------------------------3---|
G
When I was a younger man I thought
C D6
the pain of defeat would last forever
G
But now I don't know what it
C D6 Em C
would take to make my heart back down
Em C
Cause I only have to wait a little while
D6 G (Riff)
Before I get my clean slate
G
Then somewhere in another place,
C D6
Who knows? Could be another lifetime
G
Everything we gave away
C D6 Em C
Returns like a seed from a fugitive tree
Em C
And you only have to wait a little while
D6 G (Riff)
Before you find the truth
Em C
Yeah I only had to wait a little while (x3)
D6 G
Before I got my clean slate