The saints are coming Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays690

The saints are coming by U2 and Greenday is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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  			Intro: Em  G  D  A 

         Em      G                     D             A 
There is....  a house in New Orleans 
         Em           G     D       A 
They call.... the rising sun 
     Em              G        D                  A 
It's been..... the ruin of many a poor boy 
        Em       G             D        A 
And God.... I know I'm one 

  Em                                   G 
I cried to my daddy on the telephone 
        D               A 
How long now 
              Em                       G       
Until the clouds unroll and you come home 
       D              A 
The line went 
             Em                                     G  
But the shadows still remain since your descent 
         D             A 
Your descent 


  Em                                   G 
I cried to my daddy on the telephone 
        D               A 
How long now 
              Em                       G       
Until the clouds unroll and you come home 
       D              A 
The line went 
             Em                                     G  
But the shadows still remain since your descent 
         D             A 
Your descent 

  
       Em           G                Em           G 
The saints are coming, the saints are coming 
  Em                                   G                  
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply 

    Em                                     G 
A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief 
         D              A 
How long now 
           Em                           G 
Until a weather change condemns belief 
        D               A 
How long now 
                 Em                           G 
When the night watchman lets in the thief 
            D                  A 
What's wrong now 
   Em           G                Em           G 
The saints are coming, the saints are coming 
  Em                                   G                  
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply 
   Em           G                Em           G 
The saints are coming, the saints are coming 
  Em                                   G                  
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply 
Em                                   G                  
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply 
Em                                   G                  
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply 
Em                                   G                  
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply 

    	

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