Thatll Be The Day Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays476

Thatll Be The Day by Waylon Jennings is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, A/, D and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: A E 
 
A                         E 
That'll be the day, when you say goodbye 
A                        E 
That'll be the day, when you make me cry 
     A                          E 
You say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie 
         A/                         A     E 
'Cause that'll be the day-hey-hey when I die 

Verse 
D                               A 
You know you're mad about me, you couldn't live without me 
D                               A 
Gimme all your lovin' then your money too 
D                              A 
You know you love me baby, and still you tell me maybe 
B7                 E 
That someday well we'll be thru, well 

D                         A 
When cupid shot his dart, he shot it at your heart 
D                     A 
And we ever part then I'll leave you 
D                     A 
You sit and hold me, you tell me boldly 
B7                 E 
That someday well I'll be blue, well 

Solo 
A  E   A  E    D  A  E  D  A  E 

D                         A 
When cupid shot his dart, he shot it at your heart 
D                     A 
And we ever part then I'll leave you 
D                     A 
You sit and hold me, you tell me boldly 
B7                 E 
That someday well I'll be blue, well 

A                    E 
That'll be the day, when you say goodbye-hi-hi 
A                        E   E    E  E 
That'll be the day, when you make me cry 
    A                           E 
You say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie 
         A/                    E   A 
'Cause that'll be the day 
    	

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