Singing The Blues Chords

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Singing The Blues by Roy Orbison is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, B7, E7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 
        E                    A 
Well I never felt more like singing the blues 
       E                    B         B7        A 
'Cause I never thought that I'd ever lose your love, dear 
 B         B7         E 
Why'd you do me this way? 

Verse 
         E                     A 
Well, I never felt more like crying all night 
       E                       B          B7       A       B 
'Cause everything's wrong and nothing is right without you 
            B7           E    E7 
You got me singing the blues 

 
          A                 E 
Well the moon and stars no longer shine 
      A               E 
The dream is gone I thought was mine 
         A                E 
There's nothing left for me to do (mute) 
                 B 
But cry over you 

Verse 
         E                    A 
Well, I never felt more like runnin' away 
      E                     B            B7      A       B 
But why should I go, 'cause I couldn't stay without you 
            B7           E 
You got me singing the blues 

Verse 
         E                   A 
Well I never felt more like singing the blues 
       E                    B         B7        A        B 
'Cause I never thought that I'd ever lose your love, dear 
           B7         E 
Why'd you do me this way? 

Verse 
         E                     A 
Well, I never felt more like crying all night 
       E                       B          B7       A        B 
'Cause everything's wrong and nothing is right without you 
            B7           E    E7 
You got me singing the blues 

 
          A                 E 
Well the moon and stars no longer shine 
      A               E 
The dream is gone I thought was mine 
         A                E 
There's nothing left for me to do (mute) 
                 B C B 
But cry over you 

Verse 
         E                    A 
Well, I never felt more like runnin' away 
      E                     B            B7      A       B 
But why should I go, 'cause I couldn't stay without you 
            B7           E   A  E  B E 
You got me singing the blues 
    	

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