Medley Chords

KeyEm Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays453

Medley by Rihanna is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Em, C, G, D, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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Em                       C   
On the first page of our story 
    G                D  
The future seemed so bright 
          Em                  C  
Then this thing turned out so evil 
             G                 D 
I don't know why I'm still surprised 
     Em                C 
Even Angels had, their wicked schemes 
    G                  D 
And you take that, to new extremes 

              Em            C 
Though you'll always be my hero 
     G                        D  
Even though you've lost your mind 

           Em                        C 
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn 
                G                              D 
But that's alright because I like the way it hurts 
           Em                      C 
Just gonna stand there and here me cry 
                G                              D 
But that's alright because I love the way you lie 
                   Em 
I love the way you lie 

Em C G D 

Em            C              G              D 
Another mother's breaking heart is taking over 
Em                  C           G                D 
And the violence causes silence we must be mistaken 

         Em                     C   
It's the same, old theme, since 1916 
        G                                    D 
In your head, In your head they're still fighting 
           Em                                    C          
With their tanks, and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns 
        G                            D   
In your head, in your head, they are dying 

        Em            C        G               D  
In your head, In your head, Zombie, Zombie, Zombie 
               Em            C        G               D   
What's in your head, in your head, Zombie, Zombie, Zombie 

C D G Em 

                          C       D 
It was the wicked and the wild wind 
              G               Em 
Blew down the doors to let me in 
                          C        D  
Shattered windows and the sound of drums 
       G                     Em 
People couldn't believe what I'd become 


          C     D            G                Em 
Revolutionaries wait, for my head on a silver plate 
                   C      D 
Just a puppet on a lonely string 
   G                       Em 
Oh who would ever wanna be king? 

  C              D 
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing 
G             Em 
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing 
C                D 
Be my mirror, my sword and shield 
   G                 Em  
My missionaries in a foreign field 

C                 D 
For some reason I can't explain 
  G                   Em 
I know St Peter won't call my name 
         C      D 
Never an honest word 
             G                Em 
And that was when I ruled the world 

C Am C Am 

  C                 Am 
I heard there was a secret chord 
     C                    Am 
That David played, and it pleased the Lord, 
    F                G              C        G 
But you don't really care for music do ya? 

        C                   F           G 
Well it goes like this: The fourth, the fifth 
    Am                 F 
The minor fall and the major lift 
    G               Em          Am 
The baffled king composing Hallelujah, 

      F           Am          F          C G C 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah x 2 
    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante