Chord Charts for "Amber" by 311 | Resound School of Music

"Amber" by 311 (Chord Chart)

Song Info

Key: C major
Chord Family: C

Skills: Basic Strumming, Barre Chords, Riff Playing, "Textured" Strum, Open Chords

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INTRO
|-MAIN RIFF-|  
/C-Am-/Em---/  x4   then   /C-Am-/

VERSE 1
Em                                C   Am  
Brainstorm; take me away from the norm.
Em                        C        Am
     I've got to tell you something.
Em                C  Am                    Em
     This phenomenon; I had to put it in a song.
            
And it goes like...

CHORUS
C        Am  Em                               C
    Whoa-oh. Amber is the colour of your energy.
     Am  Em                                 Dm
Whoa-oh. Shades of gold displayed naturally-y.

VERSE 2
                        G                 Dm
You ought to know what brings me here. Oh-oh.
                                   G        G7
You glide through my head blind to fear.
             C
And I know why.

CHORUS
     Am  Em                               C
Whoa-oh. Amber is the colour of your energy.
     Am  Em                                 
Whoa-oh. Shades of gold displayed naturally-y.

Interlude
/C---/Am---/Em---/----/    x2

SOLO
/C---/Am---/Em---/----/    x2
/D---/G---/D---/G-G7-/

CHORUS
C        Am  Em                               C
    Whoa-oh. Amber is the colour of your energy.
     Am  Em                               C                            
Whoa-oh. Shades of gold displayed naturally.

Interlude
-Dm-/Em-G-/

VERSE 3
Am                Em      Am
     You live too far away.
                        Em      G    F
Your voice rings like a bell anywaaa-ay.
                      Em
Don’t give up your independence
                   F
unless it feels so right.
                     Em
Nothing good comes easily.
G                      C
   Sometimes you gotta fight.

CHORUS
     Am  Em                               C
Whoa-oh. Amber is the colour of your energy.
     Am  Em                                 Dm                            
Whoa-oh. Shades of gold displayed naturally-y.

VERSE 3
                    G
Launched a thousand ships in my heart.
     Dm
So easy.
                      G    G7
Still it’s fine from afar,
             C               
and you know that...

OUTRO
Whoa-oh. Brainstorm; take me away from the norm.
Whoa-oh. I got to tell you something.

*Bonus - Solo TAB

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