Swelling Chords

KeyEm Capo8st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays393

Swelling by Sarah Jaffe is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 8st fret. It uses the chords Em, G, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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Em                  G 
Hello 
Em                  G 
How do you feel? 
Em                  G 
What does that mean? 
Em                  G 
What does that mean? 

Em G 
Hi 
  Em                G 
I guess I feel high 
Em        G  
Cold sweat 
D            A 
Dripping down 
   Em   G D A 
My body 


Em                G       D                   A 
Are you trying to tell me something with your eyes? 
Em          G         D            A 
All I wanna do now is lay down and die 
Em              G     
If you're gonna do it 
D                A 
You better do it right 
Em                
But my heart won't stop swelling 

   Em G D A 
Hello 
Em              G D A 
How do you feel? 
Em                  G D A 
What does that mean? 
Em                  G D A 
What does that mean? 


Em G D A 
Hi 
  Em               G D A 
I guess I feel high 
Em        G  
Cold sweat 
D            A 
Dripping down 
   Em   G D A 
My body 



Em                G       D                   A 
Are you trying to tell me something with your eyes? 
Em          G         D            A 
All I wanna do now is lay down and die 
Em              G     
If you're gonna do it 
    D            A 
You better do it right 
    Em             G D A 
But my heart won't 



Em                G       D                   A 
Are you trying to tell me something with your eyes? 
Em          G         D            A 
All I wanna do now is lay down and die 
Em              G     
If you're gonna do it 
    D            A 
You better do it right 
       Em         G D A 
But my heart won't 
       Em         G D A 
But my heart won't 
       Em        G D    A        
But my heart won't stop swelling 

Em G D A Em  
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante