Plainest Thing Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays436

Plainest Thing by Tift Merritt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Dm and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			VERSE I 
          C                        G 
I found a mark, where the ink bled through 
        Dm                     G 
Under a song I was writing for you 
                 C                    G 
Crumbled up in a drawer, stained with blue 
          Dm                     G 
Quiet and easy, what I wanted to prove 

             C                   F 
The plainest thing, the plainest thing 
             Dm     F                      C 
I walk right by it, it's just the plainest thing 
 
 
VERSE II 
             C                      G 
Sun hits the floor, same as shadows will 
                Dm                       G 
So I sat in the light, and I stayed very still 
           C                  G 
Heat on my skin, bright in my face 
                   Dm                             G 
I didn't have any questions, I didn't feel out of place 
 
 
CHORUS 
 
 
SOLO:  C    G    Dm    F    C 
 
 
VERSE III 
                    C                          G 
I don't know how it works, I don't know how to say 
               Dm                          G 
I was thinking about us, it's the plainest thing 
 
 
CHORUS 
 
         Dm        F                        C 
I forgot about it, it was just the plainest thing 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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