A Dark Switch Chords

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A Dark Switch by Snow Patrol is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Dm/E, Bb, A, Am, F and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Dm
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 

Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 

Verse 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Your hands found a dark switch in me 
       Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
That I, that I didn't know existed 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
The lost tribes in the back of my brain 
        Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Making fires from what they've stacked for years in secret 

Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Don't give me more than I can handle 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Don't give me more than I can take 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Don't give me more than I can handle 
             Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Oh hell just give me all you've got in every way 

Dm  Am  Bb  F C 
Dm  Am  Bb  F C 

Dm                  Am 
This is not like it was before 
         Bb          F C 
Baby I'm not afraid 
Dm                            Am 
Some things fall when they're meant to fall 
    Bb                     F C 
And you can see everything 

Dm 

Verse 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Who knew when you brought me a storm 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Who knew, who knew that I would like it 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
The small town of my mind as it was 
       Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Now a city, wreaking havoc, stretching endless 

Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Don't give me more than I can handle 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Don't give me more than I can take 
Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Don't give me more than I can handle 
             Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm 
Oh hell just give me all you've got in every way 

Dm  Am  Bb  F C 
Dm  Am  Bb  F C 

Dm                  Am 
This is not like it was before 
         Bb          F C 
Baby I'm not afraid 
Dm                            Am 
Some things fall when they're meant to fall 
    Bb                     F C 
And you can see everything 

Dm - Dm/E - Dm   Bb - A - Dm  x6 

Dm               Am 
It's not like it was before 
Bb                            F        C 
Some things fall when they're meant to fall 
Dm               Am 
It's not like it was before 
Bb                            F        C 
Some things fall when they're meant to fall 

Dm                  Am 
This is not like it was before 
         Bb          F C 
Baby I'm not afraid 
Dm                            Am 
Some things fall when they're meant to fall 
    Bb                     F C 
And you can see everything 

Dm                  Am 
This is not like it was before 
         Bb          F C 
Baby I'm not afraid 
Dm                            Am 
Some things fall when they're meant to fall 
    Bb                     F C 
And you can see everything 

Dm  Am  Bb  F C 
Dm  Am  Bb  F C 
    	

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