Quiet Amplifier Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays691

Quiet Amplifier by Wilco is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, C(b5), Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Verso 1: 
C 
I wish your world was mine 
C 
I wish your world was mine 
C 
Prayers run along the wires 
C 
Home, ain't no trains gonna come 
C 
I have waited my whole life 
  C 
I tried, in my way, to love everyone 

Verso 2: 
C 
I wish your world was mine 
F                     C 
I wish your world was mine 
C 
I have a quiet amplifier 
C 
Siren sings more truth 
C 
Every guitar is too much 
  F                         C 
I tried, in my way, to love you 

Verso 3: 
C                     C(b5) 
I wish your world was mine 
Dm                    C 
I wish your world was mine 
C                       C(b5) 
I wouldn't mind feelin' fine 
Em                    C 
I wish your world was mine 

Verso 4: 
   C                   C(b5) 
If only your world was mine 
   Dm                  C 
If only your world was mine 
C                     C(b5) 
Shy little stars must shine 
Dm                       C 
Shy little flower on the vine  
    	

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