Yellow Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays383

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

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  			   B                                   F#  
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I  
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I  
G|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I  
D|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I  
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-I  
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-I  
 
     E   
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I  
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I  
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I  
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I  
A|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-I  
E|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-I  
 
  B   
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||  
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||  
G|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-||  
D|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-||  
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-||  
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-||  
 
B  
Look at the stars  
                      F#  
Look how they shine for you  
                    E   
And everything you do  
                        B 
Yeah and they are all yellow  
 
 
 
B  
I came along  
                   F#   
I wrote a song for you  
                        E   
And all the things you do  
                      B 
And it was called yellow  
 
 
                   F#  
So then I took my time  
                       E   
Oh what a thing to done  
                  B 
And it was all yellow  
 
 
E  
Your skin  
B                 E 
Oh yeah your skin and bones 
          B 
Turnin' to something beautiful  
E         B  
And you know  
                     E  
You know I love you so  
                     B  
You know I love you so  
 
 
(repete a intro) 
 
 
B  
I swam across  
                     F#  
I jumped across for you  
                    E  
Oh what a thing to do  
                   B 
And it was all yellow  
 
B  
I drew a line  
                  F#  
I drew a line for you  
                     E   
Oh what a thing you do  
                  B 
And it was all yellow  
 
E  
Your skin  
B                 E 
Oh yeah your skin and bones 
          B 
Turnin' to something beautiful  
E         B  
And you know  
                         E  
For you I bleed myself dryin  
                         B 
For you I bleed myself dryin  
 
(repete a intro) 
 
(intro) 
It's true look how they shine for you  
look how they shine for you  
look how they shine for you  
look how they shine for you  
look how they shine for you  
look how they shine  
 
B  
Look at the stars  
                         F#  
Look how they shine for you  
                    E  
And all things you do  
    	

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