Damn Sam Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays532

Damn Sam by Ryan Adams is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, C 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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Matt Noldy 
 
  
 
As a G man, I ain't never been much for sunny Em days 
 
  
 
I'm as G calm as a fruit stand in New York and maybe as Em strange 
 
  
 
When the C colors go out of my eyes, it's usually the D change. 
 
  
 
But G damn, C Sam, I G love a C woman that G rains 
 
  
 
G Clear as a bell, and C sound as an old engineer G 
 
  
 
Clear as a bell, and C sound as an old engineer G 
 
  
 
With D talented breezes that C blow off your hat with a G sneer. 
 
  
 
G As a man, I ain't never been Em much for talkin' G to. Em 
 
  
 
I'm as G open as a door in her Em house that leads to her G room  Em 
 
  
 
And when the C color goes out of my eyes she's usually D too 
 
  
 
But G damn, C Sam, I G love a C woman that's G blue. 
 
  
 
As a G man, I ain't never been Em much for sunny G days Em 
 
  
 
I'm as G calm as a fruit stand in Em New York and maybe as G strange  Em 
 
  
 
When the C colors go out of my eyes, it's usually the D change. 
 
  
 
But G damn, C Sam, I G love a C woman that G  rains 
 
 
 

    	

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