Birthday Chords
by Mac Miller
Birthday by Mac Miller is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, Fm7, Cm7, Bm7 and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em7 Fm7 Cm7
e|--7---8------------------|
B|--8---9----------8-------|
G|--7---8----------8-------|
D|--9---10---------8-------|
A|--7---8----------10------|
E|-----------------8-------|
Oh, there's a bird on the lawn!
Bm7 Cm7 Cm7
e|--------------------2---3-----------------------------------------------------3---|
B|--------------------3---4-----------------------------------------------------4---|
G|--------------------2---3-----------------------------------------------------3---|
D|--------------------4---5-----------------------------------------------------5---|
A|--------------------2---3-----------------------------------------------------3---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I think it must be a nightingale come over on the Cunard or the White Starline.
Bm7 Cm7 Cm7 Em7 Fm7 Cm7
e|-------------------2---3----------3--------------------7---8---------------------|
B|-------------------3---4----------4--------------------8---9------------------8--|
G|-------------------2---3----------3--------------------7---8------------------8--|
D|-------------------4---5----------5--------------------9---10-----------------8--|
A|-------------------2---3----------3--------------------7---8------------------10-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--|
He's singing away it's romantic isn't it Tom?
Bm7 Cm7 Cm7
Yes, it is romantic
Em7 Fm7 Cm7 Eb
It had been a golden afternoon, and I remember having the familiar conviction that life
was beginning over again with the summer