Eight Miles High Chords
by The Byrds
Eight Miles High by The Byrds is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Fm with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Dm, Em, F, C and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Eight Miles High:The Byrds.
#24 in UK and #14 in USA in 1966.
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INTRO: Dm Em F Em
#1.
Dm Em F C Bb
Eight miles high...and when you touch down,
F C Bb
you’ll find that it’s...stranger than known.
Dm Em F C Bb
Signs in the street, that say where you’re going,
F C Bb Dm Em Dm Em
are somewhere, just being their own.
#2.
Dm Em F C Bb
No..where is, there warmth to be found,
F C Bb
among those afraid of losing their ground.
Dm Em F C Bb
Mean gray town...known for it’s sound,
F C Bb
in places, small faces unbound.
(LEAD GUITAR BREAK:)
#3.
Dm Em F C Bb
Round the squares, huddled in storms..
F C Bb
some laughing, some just shapeless forms.
Dm Em F C Bb
Sidewalk scenes, and black limousines..
F C Bb Dm Em F Em
Some living, some standing alone.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.