The Bright Blue Rose Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays417

The Bright Blue Rose by Maura O'Connell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
C                                 F 
I skimmed across black water, without once submerging 
C                              G 
Onto the banks of an urban morning 
C                             F 
That hungers the first light, much, much more than the 
C         G    C 
Mountains ever do 


verse 2 
C                               F 
And she like a ghost beside me, goes down with the ease of a dolphin 
C            G 
And emerges unlearned, unshamed, unharmed 
C                            F 
For she is perfect creature, natural in every feature 
    C        Am             G          C 
And I am the geek with the alchemists' stone 


Bridge 
F           G              C 
For all of you who must discover, 
F             G          C 
For all who seek to understand, 
F              G              C 
For having left the path of others 
Bb             F            G 
You'll find a very special hand 


verse 3 
C                           F 
And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time 
C                  G 
And it is the only way 
C                                     F 
Forget-me-nots among the snow, it's always been and so it goes 
C             Am            G        C 
To ponder his death and his life eternally 


verse 4 
C                           F 
And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time 
C                  G 
And it is the only way 
C                                   F 
Forget-me-nots among the snow, it's always been and so it goes 
C             Am            G        C 
To ponder his death and his life eternally 


Verse 5 
C 
One bright blue rose outlives all those 
F 
Two thousand years and still it goes 
   C          Am            G        C 
To ponder his death and his life eternally 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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