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The Duke

Blind Melon

MetalAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

E6Diagram coming soon
Emaj7Diagram coming soon
E○○○
E5Diagram coming soon
D××○
C#5Diagram coming soon
D5Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro 
(Backwards guitar fade in E) 
E6 Emaj7 E6 E  (x4) 
 
 Verse 1:
E6          Emaj7         E6           E 
Out here in nothin', engulfed by the sea 
           E6      Emaj7               E6        E 
And there's no one here, except these fishes and me 
E6   Emaj7        E6   E 
  I think I could die here 
E6          Emaj7        E6          E 
   Then I'm hit, leveled hard by the rising tide 
 
 
E5  F#7add4   E              F#7add4 
              Oh, I'm hit hard by the tide 
E                   D(b5) 
    I'm just livid, oh 
C#5 
All alone 
 
Verse 2:
 E6        Emaj7     E6        E 
Sunny, so funny, not funny to me because 
E6              Emaj7         E6         E 
I'm bearing the scars from it burning on me 
E6         Emaj7    E6 
But I feel so revived 
E      E6              Emaj7 
Just sittin' here, thinkin' 
         E6               E 
Then I'm hit hard, really hard by the tide 
 
 
E5  F#7add4   E              F#7add4 
              Oh, I'm hit hard by the tide 
E                   D(b5) 
    I'm just livid, oh 
C#5 
And I'm livin' 
 
Guitar Solo 
C#5 D5 E5 E  (x2) 
C#5 D5 E5  (x2) 
 
 
E             F#7add4       E 
Yeah, I'm hit hard by the tide 
    E 
I'm livid, livid 
F#7add4     E 
Hard by the tide 
             D(b5) 
I'm livin',  oh 
C#5 
All alone 
 
Outro/Guitar Solo 
C#5 D(b5)    (x2) 
C#5 D(b5) E5  (x6)

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Chord set

E6 · Emaj7 · E · E5 · D · C#5 · D5

Practice tip

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