Swan Swan H Chords

by REM
KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays389

Swan Swan H by REM is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm, G, Em, F, C, Bm and D. 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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  			Intro:  Am Am  Dm G  Am Am  Dm Dm  (6/8 Takt) 
  
Am         Dm         G 
Swan swan hummingbird 
    Am             Dm  
Hurrah we are all free now 
      Am             Dm  G 
What noisy cats are we 
          Am                   Dm  
Girl and dog he bore his cross 
Am         Dm         G   
Swan swan hummingbird 
    Am             Dm  
Hurrah we are all free now 
   Am       Dm      G 
A long low time ago 
Am              Dm  
people talk to me 
  
Em                     F 
Johnny Reb what's the price of pans 
Em                F 
Forty a piece or three for one dollar 
        Em             F 
Hey captain don't you want to buy 
      Em              C    G 
Some bone chains and toothpicks 
  
Am                Dm          G  
Night weaves her hair chains 
Am                  Dm   
Years you wouldn't bring back sing 
Am                Dm              G 
Wooden beams and dove tails sweep 
   Am                  Dm          G 
I struck that picture ninety times 
   Am                 Dm 
I walked that path a hundred ninety 
Am        Dm       G   
Long low time ago 
Am              Dm 
People talk to me 
  
     G          Bm 
  A pistol hot cup of rhyme 
       C                      D 
  The whiskey is water the water is wine 
   G                Bm 
  Marching feet Johnny Reb 
              C               C    
  what's the price of heroes 
  
Six and one half dozen the other 
Tell that to the captain's mother 
Hey captain don't you want to buy 
Some bone chains and toothpicks 
  
Night weaves her hair chains 
Swan swan hummingbird 
Hurrah we are all free now 
What noisy cats are we 
Long low time ago people talk to me 
  
A pistol hot cup of rhyme 
The whiskey is water the water is wine... 
  
end on Am 

    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante