The Yacht Club Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays528

The Yacht Club by Owl City is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, F, Dm, Am, E7 and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
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st Fret 

INTRO G C F C (4x) 

VERSE 1
 
F        C      G         C      F 
My raw candy passion is bitter-sweet, 
  C        G 
Onto the teeth, 
  F                C               G 
'Cause she would rather fall in chocolate, 
      C        F      C             G 
Than fall in love, especially with me. 
    Dm    C         F   G 
I stood under the waterfall, 
        Dm     C       F   G    
With a kiwi pineapple parasol, 
Dm     C                     F     G 
As Cinderella dropped the crystal ball,                              
              Am     E7           C         Dm     F    Fm       
And made a concrete cavern of caterpillar concert hall. 

 
                       G   Am  F    C     G   Am  C   F      
I wish that we could sail our sad days away, forever, 
     G   Am   F        C     G     
In deep blue seas of paper maché, 
         Am             C 
(Let's dance in the moonlight!) 
      F         G    Am  F    C    G    Am  C  F 
 A barracuda chased our dog days away, forever, 
       G   Am   F        C            G 
Let's sink or swim, 'til we fall in love, 
       Am            C 
(And dance in the moonlight!) 
      F             C 
 When we join The Yacht Club. 

SHORT INSTRUMENTAL
F C G C 
F C G 

VERSE 2
 
F              C     G            C            F 
I would rather go swimming with great white sharks, 
      C         G    C 
Than wade in romance, 
F                   C         G         C           F         C        G 
'Cause I can never find the courage to ask her to dinner, or even to dance, 
Dm            C         F    G    
Don't sweat under your overcoat, 
            Dm          C          F      G 
'Cause my heart can't hover this paddle boat, 
 Dm              C              F      G 
You'll hit the bottom of the highest note, 
           Am   E7               C          Dm          F    Fm 
And the chatty tree frogs will never wanna leave your throat. 


                       G   Am  F    C     G   Am  C   F      
I wish that we could sail our sad days away, forever, 
     G   Am   F        C     G     
In deep blue seas of paper maché, 
         Am             C 
(Let's dance in the moonlight!) 
      F         G    Am  F    C    G    Am  C  F 
 A barracuda chased our dog days away, forever, 
       G   Am   F        C            G 
Let's sink or swim, 'til we fall in love, 
       Am            C 
(And dance in the moonlight!) 
      F             C 
 When we join The Yacht Club. 

SHORT INSTRUMENTAL 2 
F    Am  
F Am - E7 
F    Am  
F Am - E7  

BRIDGE 
 Dm              C 
(Let go of the world you know, 
      F                 G 
And plug in the party lights) 
Dm                       C 
Soak your cares in the solar flares, 
       F                     G 
That light up these island nights, 
   Dm                    C 
(Orange eclipse, I can taste your lips, 
         F        G 
In the citrus afternoon) 
Dm                      C 
If you can fly, don't stop at the sky, 
                   F              G 
'Cause there's footprints on the Moon. 
         C 
(It was you...) 

SHORT INSTRUMENTAL 3 
G Am F C  
G Am C F 
Repeat 

 
                       G   Am  F    C     G   Am  C   F      
I wish that we could sail our sad days away, forever, 
     G   Am   F        C     G     
In deep blue seas of paper maché, 
         Am             C 
(Let's dance in the moonlight!) 
      F         G    Am  F    C    G    Am  C  F 
 A barracuda chased our dog days away, forever, 
       G   Am   F        C            G 
Let's sink or swim, 'til we fall in love, 
       Am            C 
(And dance in the moonlight!) 
      F             C 
 When we join The Yacht Club. 

OUTRO 
G Am F C G         Am             C 
           (Let's dance in the moonlight!) 
          F        C 
When we join The Yacht Club. 

Fading Out 
G Am F C  
G Am C F 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante