Sky Blue Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays456

Sky Blue by Peter Gabriel is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D, G, C, F and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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16
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Intro: Am 

verse 1 
Am           D 
Lost my time lost my place in 
Am      G Am 
Sky blue 
Am                  D 
Those two blue eyes light your face in 
Am      G Am 
Sky blue 
C                  D 
I know how to fly, I know how to drown in 
Am      G Am 
Sky blue 
Am                D 
Warm wind blowing over the earth 
Am      G Am 
Sky blue 
Am                             D 
I sing through the land, the land sings through me 
Am 
Sky blue 
C                 D 
Reaching into the deepest shade of 
Am 
Sky blue 

 
Am      C F   G 
Sky blue 
G  Em                Am         F   G 
So tired of all this travelling 
G         Em            Am    C F    G 
So many miles away from home 
G      Em           Am       F    G 
I keep moving to be stable 
G       Em               Am 
Free to wander, free to roam 

verse 2 
Am               D 
Train pulled out said my goodbyes 
Am      G Am 
Sky blue 
 Am              D 
Back on the road alone with the sky 
Am     G   Am 
Sky blue 
          C                 D 
There's a presence here no one denies 
Am 
Sky blue 
Am      F   G 
Sky blue 

 
G  Em                Am        C F   G 
So tired of all this travelling 
G         Em            Am    F   G 
So many miles away from home 
G      Em           Am    C F  G 
I keep moving to be stable 
G       Em              Am    F 
Free to wander, free to roam 

verse 3 
F     Am                         C 
I can hear the same voice calling 
C                    G 
Crying out, from my heart 
        F 
And that cry, what a cry 
       Am                    C 
What a cry, it's going to be 
C        G              D    Em 
If I can stop to let it out, oh 
  Am  C F  G   Em 
Am   F  G  Em 
Am  C F  G  Em 
Am   F  G  Em ... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante