There Goes My Babe Chords

KeyE Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays370

There Goes My Babe by Neil Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords E, A, B, G#m, F#m and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			 
 

Intro 
 
E A B A 
E A B A 

verse 1 
 
E      A       B     A 
   The end has come, 
E      A       B         A 
   The sky has lost it's sun, 
E      A      B     A 
   The hum is done, 
E     A       B    A 
   He was the only one. 
 
 
E                A 
   There goes my babe, 
E                  A 
   There goes what might have been, 
E                G#m 
   There goes my babe, 
          A            E 
   In the cool morning rain, 
A             B           F#m       D      E 
   And now my heart, lies empty and still, again.  

Interlude 
 
E A B A 
E A B A 

verse 2 
 
E     A       B     A 
   If he were here, 
E      A       B        A                
   I'd long to hold him near, 
E      A        B      A 
   But now it's clear, 
E      A        B       A 
   The price of love is dear. 

 
E                A 
   There goes my babe, 
E                  A 
   There goes what might have been, 
E                G#m 
   There goes my babe, 
          A            E 
   In the cool morning rain, 
A             B           F#m       D      E 
   And now my heart, lies empty and still, again. 


Outro  
E A B 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante