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Olalla

Blanco White

FolkMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

D××
Bm×
Em
A×
G
A7×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
               
Intro D  Bm  Em  A  
        D  Bm  Em  A 
 
  D      Bm             Em   A 
Olalla more than a name 
 D                Bm                Em   A 
Rest your eyes and stay in the shade 
 D            Bm             Em   A 
You are hiding over the hill 
 D          Bm             Em  
In a quiet never so still 
 
A    D              G           Em   
From Olalla to the city lights 
A    D              G                  Em   
Somebody told me to believe in better times 
A    D              G           Em   
From Olalla to the city lights 
 A       Bm           Em   
Somebody told me to believe  
    A 
To believe 
 
( D  Bm  Em  A )  
( D  Bm  Em  A )   
 
 D      Bm             Em   A 
Oh Olalla where will you go? 
  D      Bm             Em   A 
If the line ends out on the road 
  D      Bm             Em   A 
There's a story meant to be told 
  D      Bm                  Em   
But the door is shut in the cold 
 
A    D              G           Em   
From Olalla to the city lights 
A    D              G              Em   
Somebody told me to believe in better times 
A    D              G           Em   
From Olalla to the city lights 
 A       Bm           Em   
Somebody told me to believe 
A         D  Bm  Em 
To believe 
 A         D  Bm  Em 
To believe 
 A         D  Bm  Em 
To believe 
 A         D  Bm  Em   
To believe 
 
A   D           G       Em 
Oh Olalla on the border line 
A   D                   G 
There is a world down on its knees 
 Em                         A 
For better times 
  D            G             Em   
Oh Olalla don't you fear the night 
 A            Bm         Em   
There's only time left to believe 
  A7       D 
To believe 
          
 

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Chord set

D · Bm · Em · A · G · A7

Practice tip

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