Sun Arise Chords

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Sun Arise by Rolf Harris is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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Speed
  			To get a sound as similar as possible to this song try to strum the E chord 
with as much emphasis as possible on the low E string to give a firm bass sound. 

Intro = E 

verse 1      
E 
Sun arise she bring in the morning 
E 
Sun arise bring in the morning 
E              B           E 
Fluttering her skirts all around 
  
verse 2 
E 
Sun arise she come with the dawning 
E 
Sun arise come with the dawning 
E                 B          E 
Spreading all the light all around 
  
verse 3 
E 
Sun arise on the kangaroo paw 
E 
Sun arise on the kangaroo paw 
E              B        E 
Glistening the dew all around 
  
verse 4 
E 
Sun arise filling all the hollows 
E 
Sun arise filling all the hollows 
E               B          E 
Lighting up the hills all around.    
  
Bridge 
     A                  E 
Sun arise come with the dawning 
     A                   E 
Sun arise she come every day 
     A                 E 
Sun arise bring in the morning 
     A    B                       E 
Sun arise every every every every day 
  
Verse 5 
E 
She drive away the darkness every day 
E 
She drive away the darkness 
E                 B              E 
Bringing back the warmth to the ground 
  
Bridge 2 
E         A 
Sun arise oh oh 
E         A 
Sun arise oh oh 
E                 B          E  
Spreading all the light all around 
  
Verse 6 
E 
Sun arise bring in the morning 
E 
Sun arise bring in the morning 
E 
Sun arise bring in the morning 
E                 B          E     E to fade 
Spreading all the light all around 
    	

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