Cyclone Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays331

Cyclone by Melanie Safka is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, C, Gm and A#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Melanie Safka - Cyclone 
  
  
Dm         C         
Hold tight cyclone 
      Gm                     A#              C         
Found love in the music, but lost in the overtones 
Dm                   C                                       
Sweat on the brow, blood on the lips 
Gm                     A#                C      
Love for the money and gold at the fingertips 
             Dm   
At the fingertips 
  
  
           C       
Hold tight cyclone 
  Gm                    A#                    C       
A fool to continue, but love keeps me holding on 
Dm                 C        
And it feels good, real slow 
  Gm                       A#                    C     
I love you to hurt me, but pain makes me let you go 
                    Dm    
It makes me let you go 
  
  
INTERLUDE: 
                         C       
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh aah 
          A#   C     Dm    
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh 
                         C       
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh aah 
          A#   C     Dm    
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh 
  
  
Bridge: 
                      C                
I wait for the day to burn into night 
    A#     C        Dm    
And then I wait for dawn 
                        C              
And I open my eyes when it gets bright 
  A#     C       Dm   
I know I must be home 
  A#     C       Dm   
I know I must be home 
  A#     C       Dm   
I know I must be home 
  
  
           C        
Hold tight cyclone 
      Gm                  A#                   C     
Don't need no religion to look for the kingdom come 
      Dm                   C                                    
Gotta feel for the ground, reach for the sky,  
Gm                   A#                 C  
Leap off the edge to see if you fall or fly  
               Dm   
If you fall or fly 
  
  
INTERLUDE: 
                         C       
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh aah 
          A#   C     Dm    
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh 
                         C       
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh aah 
          A#   C     Dm    
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh 
  
  
OUTRO: 
Dm        A#          C   Dm   
Cyclone - lost in the overtones 
Dm        A#          C   Dm    
Cyclone - lost in the overtones 
Dm        A#          C   Dm    
Cyclone - lost in the overtones 
A#          C   Dm   
Lost in the overtones 
A#          C   Dm   
Lost in the overtones 
A#          C   Dm   
Lost in the overtones 
  
Hold tight! 
    	

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