Red, White, And Blues Chords
Red, White, And Blues by The Menzingers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C C F G
C C Am F
C
You called it no man's land
Em F
With machine guns blasting to hell
C G
I let my guard down and carried my heart so far away
C Em
And in a letter sent, that I don't want to be here any more than them
Am
I'm sipping on coffee gone stale again
F G
Is this how it tastes to mix drinks with sour grapes?
Am C F
So kiss me before it's over, if only for a minute
Am C F
So kiss me before it's over, if only for a minute
G
We can argue who was first to bleed
C
Or let your walls do the talking
Interlude: Em C Em C Em Em C
G
(We're falling faster now)
Em C Em C Em Em C
G Am C
But in the middle of the night
Em Am C
I lay there frozen in a memory
Em Am C
Of us down by the river
Em F G
With your hands clenched into mine
Am C
Well I still remember
Em Am C
All the promises you swore
Em Am C
That we'd never outlive
Em F G
Please tell me you remember, forever friends
Am C F
So kiss me before it's over, if only for a minute
Am C F
So kiss me before it's over, if only for a minute
G
We can argue who was first to bleed
C
Or let your walls do the talking
Interlude: C C Am F
C Em
'Cause in the red light I'm singing all alone
C F
I watched my favorite dream fall from grace to stone
C Em
Hiding in the basement, we kept our voices low
Am G
You gave me that old troubled look that said, "I don't know"
C Em
Hold onto twilight, the sun brings empire
Am F G
We are the last fight, we are the fire
And just like your mother said
C Em
(Hold onto twilight, the sun brings empire)
You're too pretty and young for this
You'll make it better on the outside
Am F G
(We are the last fight, we are the fire)
Just keep your head and keep your fire.