Don't Fade Away Chords

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Don't Fade Away by WhiteSnake is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A9, A, D, Bm, F#m, F#m9, E/G#, D/F#, G and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Speed
  			Intro:A9 
 
       A           D 
As I stand at the crossroad, 
          Bm          F#m 
I see the sun sinking low... 
         A            D 
With my cross of indecision, 
        Bm                F#m  F#m9 
I can't tell which way to go... 
           A             D 
Now I have seen the seven wonders 
           Bm             F#m 
And I have sailed the seven seas, 
       A                    D 
I've walked and talked with angels, 
               Bm               F#m     E/G# 
And danced all night with gypsy queens... 
                     D/F# 
All in all it's been a rocky road, 
G          D/F#          A 
Twists and turns along the way... 
      E/G#                D/F# 
But, I still pray for tomorrow, 
       Bm        D 
All my hopes, my dreams 
            E                A     A9 
Don't fade away... Don't fade away... 
        A            D 
I have painted many portraits, 
   Bm              F#m 
Memories of love and pain, 
           A                D 
Though cut down by life's deceptions 
              Bm               F#m     E/G# 
I found the strength to start again... 
                      D/F# 
All in all it's been a rocky road, 
G          D/F#          A 
Twists and turns along the way... 
      E/G#                D/F#       
But, I still pray for tomorrow, 
       Bm        D 
All my hopes, my dreams 
            E                A       E 
Don't fade away... Don't fade away... 
E 
Heaven help a man 
          D/F#        A 
Trying to make up his mind, 
E 
 With the darkness closing in, 
            D/F#          A 
I feel I'm running out of time... 
E 
  Shine a light for me, 
        F#m 
Help me find the way to go, 
    D                E 
And take me where I've never been before... 
A9 
         A            D 
And so I stand at the crossroad, 
             Bm           F#m 
Watching the sun sinking low... 
         A           D 
With my cross of indecision, 
          Bm             F#m    E/G# 
Trying to find the way to go... 
                     D/F# 
All in all it's been a rocky road, 
G          D/F#          A 
Twists and turns along the way... 
      E/G#                D/F# 
But, I still pray for tomorrow, 
       Bm        D 
All my hopes, my dreams 
            E                A      A9 
Don't fade away... Don't fade away...Don't fade away...  

    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante