Starless Summer Sky Chords

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Starless Summer Sky by Marshall Crenshaw is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, C#m7, Bm7, C#m, F#m7, E, A/E, Bm, D/A and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: A D C#m7 Bm7 {x2} 

  A           Bm7        C#m7   Bm7 
    The heat of the day begins to die 
  A           Bm7          C#m7    Bm7 
    The faintest breeze comes drifting by 
         D           C#m        C#m7        F#m7 E 
    And you and I we watch the clouds roll by 
          D                C#m7    Bm7      A 
    All alone beneath the starless summer sky 

D C#m7 Bm7 

  A             Bm7    C#m7    Bm7 
    Each night we talk about the day 
  A         Bm7        C#m7    Bm7 
    When we run out of things to say 
        D            C#m      C#m7    F#m7  E 
    We sit and gaze into each other's eyes 
         D                C#m7    Bm7      A  D 
    So alone beneath the starless summer sky 

                   E                     F#m7 
    Sometimes the best words are left unspoken 
                   D                    C#m7 
    Sometimes the best words are left unsaid 
                   Bm7            A/E 
    Sometimes it's nobody else's business 
            Bm            D/A     E7 
    Well together, tonight, you know that it's right 

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 {x2} 

        D            C#m      C#m7    F#m7  E 
    We sit and gaze into each other's eyes 
            D                C#m7    Bm7      A   D 
    And we kiss beneath the starless summer skies 

                   E                     F#m7 
    Sometimes the best words are left unspoken 
                   D                    C#m7 
    Sometimes the best words are left unsaid 
                   Bm7            A/E 
    Sometimes it's nobody else's business 
            Bm            D/A     E7 
    Well together, tonight, you know that it's right 


  A           Bm7        C#m7   Bm7 
    The heat of the day begins to die 
  A           Bm7          C#m7    Bm7 
    The faintest breeze comes drifting by 
         D           C#m        C#m7        F#m7 E 
    And you and I we watch the clouds roll by 
          D                C#m7    Bm7      A 
    All alone beneath the starless summer sky 

      Bm7           C#m7     
    Starless summer sky... 
                Bm7      E       A 
    'neath the starless summer sky... 
      Bm7           C#m7     
    Starless summer sky... 
                Bm7      E       A 
    'neath the starless summer sky... 
      Bm7           C#m7     
    Starless summer sky... 
                Bm7      E       A 
    'neath the starless summer sky... 
      Bm7           C#m7     
    Starless summer sky... 
                Bm7      E       A 
    'neath the starless summer sky... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante