Whisper a Prayer for the Dying Chords
by WhiteSnake
Whisper a Prayer for the Dying by WhiteSnake is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Note the dropped D tuning
Fig. 1
E-|-------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------0-----0-----------|
A-|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0---0-----0-------------|
D-|-0-----2-----3-----5-----3---2---3-----2-----0---------|
Fig. 2
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5---------3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5s0-----------|
A-|-3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5---------3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5s0-----------|
D-|-3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5---------3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5s0-----------|
Fig. 3
E-|--------------------------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------------------|
A-|-0----2-3-0-2-3-0----2-3-0-2-3-0-2-3-2-3-0--------|
D-|-0----2-3-0-2-3-0----2-3-0-2-3-0-2-3-2-3-0--------|
Fig. 4
E-|-2--0--0--3---|----2--0--0-------|
B-|-3--2--1--0---|----3--2--1-------|
G-|-2--2--0--0---|----2--2--0-------|
D-|-0--2--2--0---|----0--2--2-------|
A-|-0--0--3--2---|----0--0--3-------|
D-|--------------|------------------|