Ladies Of Cambridge Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays516

Ladies Of Cambridge by Vampire Weekend is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Am, Bb and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: F  Am  F  Am  Bb  F  Am  F 

F        Am        F        Am 
Chestnut park on a saturday night 
Bb       F    Am     F 
Mystical boys feelin alright 
F       Am          F       Am 
Raggedy wisdom falls from my hand 
       Bb        F         Am         F 
As the ladies of cambridge know who i am 

Bb                                   F 
I've held dreams of boston all of my life 
Bb                                 F 
Chinatown between the sound of the night 
Am                                         Bb   F 
But if you leave i just dont think i could take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 

( F  Am  F  Am  Bb  F  Am  F ) 

F         Am           F         Am 
Graveyard freaks we're fallin in style 
Bb          F        Am            F 
Lady's the pharaoh, charles is the nile 
F         Am     F           Am 
Thats a museum, thats a cool place 
Bb             F        Am       F 
Stones of your fathers standin' today 

Bb                                   F 
I've held dreams of boston all of my life 
Bb                                 F 
Chinatown between the sound of the night 
Am                                         Bb   F 
But if you leave i just dont think i could take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 

( F  Am  F  Am  Bb  F  Am  F ) 

Bb                                   F 
I've held dreams of boston all of my life 
Bb                                 F 
Chinatown between the sound of the night 

Am 
Cause when you left my room 
             Bb  C 
To go to the kitchen 
Am              Bb       F 
I imagined that you were dead 
         Am 
A morbid steak runs through 
                Bb  C 
The whole of my family 
Am                  Bb        F 
But for you i could put it to rest 

Am                                         Bb   F 
But if you leave i just dont think i could take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 
Bb   F 
Take it 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante