Santa Barbara Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays643

Santa Barbara by Nick Jonas is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E, Abm and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro and verses 

e|--------------2---0---------------------2---0------------------| 
B|----------4-----------4-------------4-----------4--------------| 
G|------4-------------------------4------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 

Verse 

B 
I wish that I could hold my tongue 

Cause even when I right I'm wrong 
E 
I wish that I could pull these scabs 
               B 
And bleed you out 
            Abm      E         B 
And there's no one, no one like you 

B 
My coffees got a bitter taste 

I wish that I was in that place 
    E    
New York City 
                  B 
so far from Santa Barbara 
            Abm      E         B 
And there's no one, no one like you 


Chorus  

E  B   Abm F#  
Oh oh  oh oh 
E  B  F# 
Oh oh ohh     X2  


Verse 

B 
The summer days are so long 

It's hard to hide in the light 
  E 
So afraid 

of what you'll see 
                          B 
On the other side of the light (the light) 
            Abm      E         B 
and there's no one, no one like you. 

B 
I guess I used to love this place 

Feeling that I know it's fate 
                E 
why is New York City 
                  B 
so far from Santa Barbara 

Barbara 
            Abm      E         B 
And there's no one, no one like you. 

Chorus 

E  B   Abm F#  
Oh oh  oh oh 
E  B  F# 
Oh oh ohh     X2 
    	

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