Fontainebleau Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays514

Fontainebleau by Neil Young is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, C, Bm7, Cmaj7, Bm7/5- and Bm7Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
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Intro: Em7  C (4x)

Em7                    
Who put the palm over  my blonde,
C                      
Who put all the tar on the morning sand,
Em7
Who took everything where it once was and,
C                              
Put it where it last was seen?   Fontainebleau
Bm7                   Cmaj7
  They painted it green          Fontainebleau
Bm7                   Cmaj7
  For the well to do   at  the   Fontainebleau

Bm7  Bm7/5-  (1x020x)

Em7
 There's a palace in the gravy    that's
C                     
 Holding  on    and on      and on
Em7
 Even after all the blue haired ladies in the
C
 wheelchairs are  gone.
Em7
 I guess the reason I'm so scared of it is I
C
 Stayed there once and I almost fit.
Em7
 I left before I'd got out of it.
C
 People were drownin in their own Fontainebleau
Bm7                   Cmaj7
         Was that me?             Fontainebleau
Bm7                   Cmaj7
   Well I guess I'll see          Fountianebleau

Solo: over:
Em7      /       C       /
Em7      /       C       /
Em7      /       C       /
                                  Fontainebleau
Bm7                    Cmaj7
 Where the surfer works            Fontainebleau
Bm7                    Cmaj7
  Till the break of day           Fontainebleau
Bm7                    Cmaj7  
  Cause it takes a shark,         Fontainebleau
Bm7                    Cmaj7
  To catch a wave          at the Fontainebleau
Bm7                    Cmaj7
                                  Fontainebleau
Bm7                    Cmaj7
                                  Fontainebleau
Bm7                    Cmaj7
                                  Fontainebleau
Bm7                    Cmaj7
Bm7Bm7
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante