Thinking Out Loud Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays501

Thinking Out Loud by The Band is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, G, A, A7, Em, Asus4 and F#m7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
                D 
I was thinkin' out loud 
            Bm 
Talking to myself 
            G 
I was up on a cloud 
 A                  A7 
There was nobody else 
                D 
No, no I did not call 
              Bm 
I never was allowed 
               G 
To speak up at all 
Em           Asus4         D 
I was just thinkin' out loud 


Bm                    G 
Transylvania train, circus never came 
F#m7        Em        D 
The heroes are all gone 
Bm                    G 
No trampoline, fell without a scream 
F#m7        Em        D 
Who's looking for a job 



Bm                  G 
Before I realized, I was hypnotized 
F#m7       Em       D 
Flashback to the past 
Bm                  G 
Cross-eyed jack, monkey on his back 
F#m7       Em           D 
We knew it would not last 

D 
Room service gone off duty 
                Bm 
The bellman has retired 
                G 
This hotel is a beauty 
              A                A7 
Even the house dick's been fired 
                           D 
Then the sky came crashing down 
                        Bm 
And knocked me off this cloud 
                   G 
When I fell to the ground 
Em            Asus4       D 
I was just thinkin' out loud  
    	

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