Milky Way Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays414

Milky Way by Syd Barrett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B7, D, C, A, Dm and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			E                                                                   B7    
What'd you ever say today when you're the milky way 
                   D         C                              A            Dm           F            A                F             A 
Oh tell me please       just to give a squeeze if i met you  i told you what to do seems a while 
          F          C            F             A    B7      E   
since i could smile the way you do....         How many time's if i try if i may when    
                     B7                                 D   C                    A           Dm                          F 
You're in the milky way  half of your time  beside me only atmosphere the singular raised by   
                   A       F             A             F          C             F            A            B7  
Heats and wet  seems a while since i could smile the way you do........             \ 
 E                                                                         B7 
What can anyone mean to you  standing in the milky way    
                 D       C                      A                    Dm 
Take life easy..........i mean so easy  why so empty...?     
   F                     A           F         A             F                     C            F                A            B7                    
i told you  i can tell you what to do when i hold you and i tell you i love i'm the way you do       
E                                                                   B7    
Give a grasp of life today when you're in the milky way      
                 D          C                                         A                  Dm                F                    A 
Oh, try to pleasa......... knock on wood of the trees glad to mould you mould you and hold you   
   F                C           F       A       B7    
Means five miles in everyway for you....                  

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante