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Sound And Color

Alabama Shakes

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

D××○
Bm×
Em○○○○
F#mDiagram coming soon
G○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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D 
A new world hangs 
Bm 
Outside the window 
Em 
Beautiful and strange 
F#m                       G 
It must mean I've fallen away 
           D 
I must be 
 
          Bm 
Sound and color 
 
With me, for my mind 
        Em 
And the ship shows me where to go 
               G 
When I needn't speak 
 
Em 
Now, far down 
 
Now, far down 
 
Now, far now 
 
Far, far now 
 
Far, far, far, far, far 
               F#m 
Far, far, far, far out 
 
D 
          F#m 
Sound and color 
               Em 
With me, in my mind 
 
(Sound and color) 
D 
Try to keep yourself awake 
 
(Sound and color) 
Bm 
This life ain't like it was 
 
(Sound and color) 
F#m 
I wanna touch a human being 
 
(Sound and color) 
Bm 
I want to go back to sleep 
 
(Sound and color) 
D 
Ain't life just awful strange? 
 
(Sound and color) 
Em 
I wish I never gave it all away 
 
(Sound and color) 
Bm 
No more, to see the setting of the sun 
 
(Sound and color) 
     F#m 
Life in¦ 
 
(Sound and color) 
     G 
Life in¦ 
 
(Sound and color) 
     D 
Life in... 
 
(Sound and color) 
 
(Sound and color) 
 
(Sound and color)

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Chord set

D · Bm · Em · F#m · G

Practice tip

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