Sad Song Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays512

Sad Song by Oliver Pigott is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, Cadd9, G, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Chords used: 

      D   Cadd9   G     Am    C 
e-|---2-----3-----3-----0-----0---| 
B-|---3-----3-----3-----1-----1---| 
G-|---2-----0-----0-----2-----0---| 
D-|---0-----2-----0-----2-----2---| 
A-|---x-----3-----2-----0-----3---| 
E-|---x-----x-----3-----x-----x---| 

Intro - D Cadd9 G x2 

D                     Cadd9        G 
   Have this faded photograph, a faded scene 
D                         Cadd9       G 
   Can't help livin' in the past, sometimes it seems 
Cadd9                 D        G    Cadd9 
Sometimes I hear your music in every room 
                     D           G      Cadd9 
Sometimes I get the feeling that someday soon 

Chorus 
       Am                C 
I will be where you are 
 G                     D 
Playin' sad songs with you 
      Am          C 
And I ask you to please 
      G              D     D (hit once) 
Play a sad song with me 

          D         Cadd9          G 
Once in every little while, I get lonely blues 
D                       Cadd9           G 
   For the beauty and the style of only you 
Cadd9              D             G     Cadd9 
I'm holdin' on and don't leave me on my own 
                     D           G      Cadd9 
I'm waiting for your sad song to take me home 

Chorus 
      Am                C 
Wanna be where you are 
 G                     D 
Playin' sad songs with you 
      Am          C 
And I ask you to please 
      G              D 
Play a sad song with me 

                 Cadd9                  G 
A song from love's soul, a song we both know 
             Cadd9                D 
Of sorrow and pain, and tragic refrain 
                Cadd9                  G 
Of love that was lost, and how much it cost 
         Cadd9                  D 
For us to learn, what we had to learn 

Cadd9              D           G  Cadd9 
I'm holding on and playing the memories 
                     D           G     Cadd9 
I'm waiting for your sad song to set me free 

Chorus 
        Am                  C 
Take me back where you are 
 G                     D 
Playin' sad songs with you 
      Am          C 
And I ask you to please 
      G              D 
Play a sad song with me 
    Am                 C 
Playin' sad songs with you 
G           D 
Ohhh ho, no no oh 
  Am            C 
Ohh whoa, ho, no no 
      G              D 
Play a sad song with me 

D                  Cadd9           G (let ring) 
Once in every little while, I hear only blues 
    	

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