Sad Ol Red Chords
by Simply Red
Sad Ol Red by Simply Red is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm7, C, Am7, D, C7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Gm7 C Gm7 - C
I walk on stone, it leads me home
Gm7 C Gm7 - C
We don't have streets, just pure concrete
Am7 D Am7 D
I'm not glad when I get home
Am7 D Am7 D
I'm sad old red, I don't wanna be alone
Gm7 – C7 Gm7 – C7
Gm7 – C7 Gm7 – C7
Gm7 C Gm7 - C
I go whiter in the face, my feet begin to shake
Gm7 C Gm7 - C
I go upstairs to that heavenly place
Am D Am D
I'm not glad when I get home
Am D Am D
I'm sad old red, I don't wanna be alone no more
Gm7 C
Sad old red, sat at home
Gm7 C
Sad old red, living on his own
Gm7 C
Sad old red, sat at home
Gm7 C
Sad old red, let me take you home
Solo
Am7 – D Am7 – D
Am7 – D Am7 – D
Gm7 – C Gm7 – C
Gm7 – C Gm7 – C
Gm7 C Gm7 C
It's a cubic room, two holes peep through
Gm7 C Gm7 C
Shadows on the wall of trees so tall
Am D Am D
I think of her again, the joy she used to bring
Am D Am D
Lay there in bed, two words she said
Gm7 C
She said : oh red
Gm7 C
She said : oh red
Gm7 C
All the time : oh red
Gm7 C
every night : oh red
Gm7 C
Sad old red, that’s what I am
Gm7 C
All the time
Gm7 C
Every night
Gm7 C
Sad old red
Gm7 C
Sad old red
Sax solo : Gm7 C