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RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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D5Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro Dm  C#º  Dm  C#º 
        Dm  C#º  Dm  C#º 
        Dm  C#º  Dm  C#º 
        Dm  C#º  Dm  C#º  A5 
        Dm  C#º  Dm  C#º 
        Dm  C#º  Dm  C#º  C#º 
        Dm  C#º  A 
 
 
C#º  D       Bm            A 
How green, how green was my valley? 
 
Verse 1:
      D            G             
To be told of such hills 
       A 
To be held in such spots 
   A 
To behold such warmth 
A       D          Bm   A 
Call to arms these harmonies! 
A 
And in happy agony we sing 
C#º  D       Bm            A 
How green, how green was my valley? 
 
Break A  G  D  A 
        A2  D 
 
( Dm  F  Am ) 
( Dm  F  Am ) 
( Dm  F  Am )  
( Dm  F  Am ) 
( D  F#m  G  Bm  A5 ) 
( D  F#m  G  Bm  A5 ) 
( Em  D  G  A ) 
( D5  G  A )  
( Em  D  G  A ) 
( D5  G  A ) 
 
 
 
C#º  D       Bm            A 
How green, how green was my valley? 
 
Segunda Parte 
 
          D               G                
Oh, your deeps and your shades 
           A 
Where the wild roses pray 
A 
Such heat from pride 
A    D         Bm       A 
Glorious, the voice of man! 
A 
Like the nightingales, we sing 
 
 
 
C#º  D       Bm            A 
How green, how green was my valley? 
C#º  D       Bm            A 
How green, how green was my valley? 
 
 
      D                G 
Clear softness in our hymn 
A 
Soft, like coming rain 
A 
Soft, like Bronwen 
A     D      Bm  A 
Victoria! Victoria! 
A 
Voices our queen might envy 
 
 
C#º  D       Bm            A 
How green, how green was my valley? 
C#º  D       Bm            A 
How green, how green was my valley?

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Chord set

Dm · A5 · A · D · Bm · G · F · Am · F#m · Em · D5

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.