Elephant Song Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays421

Elephant Song by The Strokes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G and Bm. 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
  			Intro: D  A 

D 
I was just sitting there 
A 
Dime in hand 

I will be the one 
D 
And it's so easy darling, 
A 
Please take off and I'll be safe 
D 
He's all alone outside 
A 
And if you try too hard then you got to let go 
D 
I had it all worked out 
A 
And in the end I'll still be alone 

G         D 
In your eyes 
A                  D 
And it is no big surprise 
G           D         A           D 
Safe in my eye sight, open up the EEEeee... 

D 
I wanted all of this 
A 
And in the end I'll still be alone 
D 
Atop your hills your face 
A 
Pass me down a look in your eye 
D 
And in this beacoming 
A 
You'll be changing just for me 
D 
Your screaming says that I'm 
A 
The one in looking out yourssss... 

Bm G A Bm (2x) 

Bm G A (4x) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
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