The Blackout Chords
by Sam Airey
The Blackout by Sam Airey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, Csus2, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Drop C (CGCGCD)
Capo:
4th fret
Chords:
(Relative to capo)
C Csus2 Am F
|0| |0| |0| |0|
|0| |0| |0| |0|
|0| |0| |4| |2|
|4| |2| |4| |0|
|0| |0| |2| |6|
|0| |0| |0| |6|
Intro:
C Csus2 Am Csus2 x2
verse 1:
C Csus2
The candles on the table lit you up,
Am Csus2
And I wondered if we'd done enough.
C Csus2
The blackout came to slow down everyone
Am Csus2
And it spoke to us, said "you've had your fun".
verse 2:
C Csus2
The autumn in your eyes, it lit me up.
Am Csus2
I was a fallen leaf, you were a firework.
C Csus2
When winter came, I tried to keep us warm
Am Csus2
At least warmer than... than we'd been before.
F C Csus2 F C Csus2
On our way back home, on our way back home.
F C Csus2 F C Csus2
On our way back home, on our way back home.
verse 3:
C Csus2
I pulled you close to me and soon forgot
Am Csus2
About those heavy hearts, about those other ones.
C Csus2
The blackout came to slow down everything
Am Csus2
That we'd come to know, we still had songs to sing.
F C Csus2 F C Csus2
On our way back home, on our way back home.
F C Csus2 F C Csus2
On our way back home, on our way back home.
Outro:
C Csus2
The candles on the table lit you up,
Am Csus2
And I wondered if we'd done enough.