David Gilmour - The girl in the yellow dress
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Tuning: E A D G B E
These chords should be a little bit cleaner, clearer and easier to follow than the other versions I've found.
Gilmour beautifully uses line cliches in this song, first in Am and Dm, and then half a
step up in Bbm and Ebm.
All chords last two beats, except for the dominant 7ths which last 4 beats. I'm adding the voicings I use
for a pleasing voice leading in the harmony and ease of playing.
The basic strumming is one downstroke per beat, but to add a little more groove when I play it solo on
acoustic guitar I usually use the first beat to play the bass note of the chord and the second beat to
strum the full chord, except again for the dominant chords, where I hit all the chord with each strum.
This song is great to play around with simple strumming patterns until you find something that works for
your own style, so have fun with it!
SUGGESTED CHORD VOICINGS
Am 5 7 7 5 5 5
AmMaj7 5 7 6 5 5 5
Am7 5 7 5 5 5 5
Am6 5 X 4 5 5 X
Dm X 5 7 7 6 5
DmMaj7 X 5 7 6 6 5
Dm7 X 5 7 5 6 5
Dm6 X 5 X 4 6 5
F7 X X 3 5 4 5
E7 X X 2 4 3 4
Gb7 X X 4 6 5 6
A7 5 7 5 6 5 5
Bb's and Eb's are exactly the same as A's and D's but one fret sharper.
[Verse]
Am AmMaj7 Am7 Am6
She meeeeeeesmerizes with a smile
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 Dm6
Dark eyes as compelling as the bourbon
Am AmMaj7 Am7 Am6 F7
That girl in the canary yellow dress
Says E7yes
[Verse]
Am AmMaj7 Am7 Am6
She fliiiips a pack of cigarettes
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 Dm6
He doesn't smoke but he takes one nonetheless
Am AmMaj7 Am7 Am6 F7
It heeeeelps to keep his motives true
Gauloise-E7blue
What F7else is the poor boy supposed to E7do?
[Chorus]
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 Dm6
She dances liiiiike a flame
Am AmMaj7 A7
Words unheard
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 Dm6
Eyes closed and yellow dress
Gb7Whirls and F7swirls
[Verse]
Am AmMaj7 Am7 Am6
It's laaate the hour's growing horns
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 Dm6
The baaand seems to draw her ever closer
Am AmMaj7 Am7 Am6 F7
This giiirl gets right down in the groove
Woos and E7moves
F7Leads him on to where they play the E7blues
[Chorus]
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 Dm6
She dances liiike a flaaame
Am AmMaj7 A7
Has no cares, yellow dress flares
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Gb7
Eyes closed, arms abooove, she shakes
Swirls and F7snakes
[Verse]
Bbm BbmMaj7 Bbm7 Bbm6
Too laaate in thiiis folie à trois
Ebm EbmMaj7 Ebm7 Ebm6
He seees that her heart is pounding for
Bbm BbmMaj7 Ebm7 Ebm6 Gb7
Big daaaddy who falls down to his knees
Begging her F7please
Gb7Lifts his sax, says here's my little F7tease
[Chorus]
Ebm EbmMaj7 Ebm7 Ebm6 Bbm
Her dancing seeets the plaaace on fiiire
BbmMaj7 Bb7
Heaven and hell
Ebm EbmMaj7 Ebm7 Ebm6
The flames curl uuup his spiiine
As F7she shakes, whirls and Gb7snakes
[Solo Chords]
Bbm BbmMaj7 Bbm7 Bbm6
Ebm EbmMaj7 Ebm7 Ebm6