Whose Authority Chords

KeyG# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays546

Whose Authority by Nada Surf is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, D, A, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G#
Text
16
Speed
  			(ª casa) 

(intro)  G   D    A 

(verso 1) 

G            D                                     A 
I walk like you guide me, my eyes, are shut like I'm blind 
G   D    A                 G  D                          A 
Turn to you and listening and tryin' to be in your mind 
G              Em     Bm 
There's a feeling that I get when I look to the west 
G A                           G 
'Bout having all the answers still failing the test 

(verso 2) 

G  D                              A 
Wolf packs and convoys, and captains and men 
G        D                          A 
Surprised in translation, world without end 
G     Em                 Bm 
Welcome back to real life, the picture is gone 
G   D 
Put a contract out on things that go on and on 
Em                                               Bm 
How do you stay where you most want to be? 
G        D 
Where'd you get the patience, did it come easily? 
Bm                G            D 
ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh 

          G                                      D 
On whose authority, I have none over me 
         Bm                                     G 
On whose authority, There's none that I can see 
         G                                        D 
On whose authority, I have none over me 
          Bm                      G 
On whose authority, No one speaks to me 
          G                                       D 
On whose authority, I have none over me ... 
Bm   G    D     Bm 
ahhhhhhh 

(ponte) 
               G                            D 
All the tales with paper heroes 
         Bm                             G 
The ones who dyed the sun 
                         D 
And called it yellow 
         Bm                                G 
The ones who made you run 

         G                                      D 
On whose authority, I have none over me 
           Bm                                     G 
On whose authority, There's none that I can see 
          G                                      D 
On whose authority, I have none over me 
          Bm                        G 
On whose authority, None that' speaks to me 
        G                                        D 
On whose authority, I have none over me ... 
Bm    G     D 
ahhhhhhh 
    	

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