Smashing Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays446

Smashing by Ray Lamontagne is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, Ab, C#, F#, D, Bm, Gmaj7, E, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
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B                          Ab 
Listen to the sound of the seaside crashing 
B                      Ab 
Cloak on a hook in the hallway. Smashing  
B                      Ab 
red and yellow Teacups tripping over clover 
B                             Ab 
"Have another pull" cries the Piping Plover 

C#          F#        
I'll be the one who stays 
C#          F#      B   
I'll be the one who stays 

B                          Ab 
Sitting in the cool of the shadows under 
B                                Ab 
Can you hear the laughter of the River Daughter?
B           Ab 
Under water fish are flashing 
B            Ab 
In the sky a thunder crashing 

C#          F#        
I'll be the one who stays 
C#          F#      D   
I'll be the one who says 

Bm             D                          Gmaj7 
    "I look at you and I don't know who I am" 
Bm             D                       Gmaj7 
    "I look at you, I see my life as a sham" 
Bm         D         Gmaj7 
    "Am I just a con man?" 
Bm                D                       Gmaj7 
    "I fooled you once...and I can do it again..." 

E           A        
I'll be the one who stays 
E           A       F#      
I'll be the one who stays 
G             D          F#        B 
"You should   be here    with me   now" 

B                                Ab 
Looking through the glass as the Moon rolls over  
B                   Ab 
Church and Steeple, Hill and Harbor 
B                          Ab 
Do you ever wonder what it is inside us? 
B                          Ab 
Do you ever wonder where it is inside us? 

C#          F#        
I'll be the one who stays 
C#          F#      D   
I'll be the one who says 

Bm             D                          Gmaj7 
    "I look at you and I don't know who I am" 
Bm             D                       Gmaj7 
    "I look at you, I see my life as a sham" 
Bm         D         Gmaj7 
    "Am I just a con man?" 
Bm                D                       Gmaj7 
    "I fooled you once...and I can do it again..." 

E           A        
I'll be the one who stays 
E           A       F#      
I'll be the one who says 
G             D          F#        B 
"You should   be here    with me   now" 
G             D          F#        B 
"You should   be here    with me   now" 
    	

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