Tryptophan Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays470

Tryptophan by Neva Dinova is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                           C 
  I don't want to fight the heater fan 
        Em               C 
and the tryptophan, am I weak? 
G                        C 
   Stay awake I hear the reapers hand 
            Em            C 
drag across my bed in the silence. 


D                   Em 
I don't want to go now. 
             G      D 
Just want to stay asleep, 
              Em 
it don't hurt now. 
            C 
Where's the pain? 

G    C    Em     C  (2x)


G                           C 
    Now I'm old and I don't understand 
          Em       C 
where I'm going. 
G                                  C 
   The floor is cold, the floor is all I have, 
         Em           C 
holding me up in the darkness. 


D                    Em 
I don't want to go now. 
             G      D 
Just want to stay asleep, 
                Em 
it don't hurt now. 
             C        
Where's the pain? 
             G 
Where's the pain?  
    	

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