Looks Red Tastes Blue Chords

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Looks Red Tastes Blue by Mayday Parade is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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16
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  			Intro 

D   G   D 

verse 1 
 D 
This is the longest day I've ever had 
 G 
I'm far away but I am right there 
 Bm 
If distance only makes you stronger 
  A 
Don't make it last any longer 
 D 
My mind is racing and it won't stop 
 G 
And every thought is something negative 
 Bm 
I hope this doesn't last forever 
 A 
We're always meant to be together 

Bm                 G                          D 
I won't lie, this hurts more than you'll ever know 


Pre-Chorus 
A 
That's when something told me that 


Chorus 
G          A                Bm 
If I pinch myself so that I wake 
              D 
That means it never really happened 
 G                   A                   Bm 
'Cause I can feel my tears finding their way 
            D 
I fear it's worse than I imagined 


verse 2 
D 
I'm sick of writing every thought out 
G 
Reliving every single moment 
Bm 
Say what you mean, it's now or never 
A 
Because nothing is forever 
Bm                G                           D 
I won't lie, this hurts more than you'll ever know 

(The thought of you all alone) 
     Bm                      G 
Your eyes rolled back as you fade to black 
 D 
(It's not worth living without you) 


Pre-Chorus 
A 
That's when something told me that 


Chorus 
 G         A                Bm 
If I pinch myself so that I wake 
              D 
That means it never really happened 
      G              A                   Bm 
'Cause I can feel my tears finding their way 
            D 
I fear it's worse than I imagined 


Bridge 
    Bm            A 
But I'll hold this memory 
      D             G 
And I swear I won't forget your face 
       G               A            Bm 
'Cause pictures always seem to fade away 

Bm                        G 
Now my blood turns red to blue 

And I can't breathe without you 
Bm                        G 
Now my blood turns red to blue 

And I can't breathe without you 

A 
No, I can't breathe 
A 
No, I can't breathe 


Chorus 
G            A              Bm 
If I pinch myself so that I wake 
              D 
That means it never really happened 
       G             A                   Bm 
'Cause I can feel my tears finding their way 
            D 
I fear it's worse than I imagined 


Bridge 
    Bm             A 
But I'll hold this memory 
      D             G 
And I swear I won't forget your face 
       G               A            Bm 
'Cause pictures always seem to fade away 

Bm                 D 
Why do they always fade away? 
       G               A            D 
'Cause pictures always seem to fade away 
D 
Why do they always fade? 
D 
Why do they fade away? 


Outro 
D                         Bm     A   D   A   G 
Now my blood turns red to blue 
       A                    Bm 
And I can't breathe without you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante