Like An Old Fashioned Waltz Chords

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Like An Old Fashioned Waltz by Sandy Denny is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Dm, Am and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
verse 1. 

C         F                C 
Roses are red  violets are blue 
          F                      C 
Primroses pale on a velvet green hue 
            Dm                Am 
Warm summer days by cool waterfalls 
              G7 
Like music we hear 
       F           C           G7 
Those things we'll always hold dear 
        Am   F         C 
Like an old  fashioned waltz 

verse 2. 
                         F 
When the moonlight shines down 
                 C 
On the Hollywood world 
                F                     C 
And the heroine waits for her love to return 
                Dm                       Am 
And the violins play from behind garden walls 
           G7      F               C      Dm 
Oh how I'd love to remain with the silver refrain 
      Am   F         C 
Of an old  fashioned waltz 
  
verse 3. 
                         F                             C  
And they dance round the floor and there's no one else there 
                    F                        C 
And the world is no more and there's never a care 
                Dm                       Am 
By the perfect lagoon as the nightingale calls 
              G7    F       C         Dm 
With only the moon  and the nostalgic tune 
      Am   F         C 
Of an old  fashioned waltz 

verse 4. 

C         F                C 
Roses are red  violets are blue 
          F                      C 
Primroses pale on a velvet green hue 
            Dm                Am 
Warm summer days by cool waterfalls 
              G7 
Like music we hear 
       F           C           G7 
Those things we'll always hold dear 
        Am   F         C 
Like an old  fashioned waltz 
    	

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