What key is Blue Guitar by Jimmy Buffett in?

Blue Guitar by Jimmy Buffett is in the key of D. Use a capo on fret 4.

What are the chords for Blue Guitar?

Blue Guitar uses these chords: D, Bm, A, G, E. View the full chord chart with diagrams on Toca Aquela.

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The diagrams show where to place your fingers on the instrument. Numbers indicate frets, dots show where to press the strings.

Can I transpose the chords to a different key?

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Blue Guitar

Jimmy Buffett

Key: DCapo: Fret 4guitarIntermediate

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Repeat intro three times! Listen very closely to get timing right and how many times to

strum the chord

DOnce I knew a man Bm

Showed mDe the slight of haBmnd

DBlink of an eye, he danBmced across the stDrings Bm

Played aD song I'd never heard Bm

PDoignant and absBmurd

DTo this day, it leaves Bmme wonderiDng Bm A

GHow I wish toDmorrow I was fishin

Boy you've got a mAission

Shake it, rattle and Droll

GNow, just use your intDuition

You'll get less comEpetition

From the clock up on the Awall D

DYou are Gwhat you are

DYou dream wGhat you dream

DPlay on yourG blue guitar for Dme G

DPlay me a sGerenade

DA simple maGsquerade

PDlay on your bGlue guitar for meBm A G D

Yeah

'DWas he real or make beBmlieve

DSomeone to dBmeceive

DTime is just aBm folly we can't Dsee Bm

DIf you only know one Bmsong

DPlay it right or wronBmg

DThe truth is always sBmomewhere in betDween Bm A

GYou and I, we can't chDange the weather

We're all in this toAgether

So let the strong winds bDlow

GNow things will be much Dbetter

Don't become a priEsoner

The reason you should knoAw D

DYou are whGat you are

DYou dream whGat you dream

DPlay on your bGlue guitar for Dme G

DPlay me a Gserenade

DA lover's mGasquerade

PDlay on your bGlue guitar for meBm A G D

BREAk: Play the bass notes in the Bm-A-G-D progression

GBoy I wish toDmorrow I was fishin

Boy you've got a mAission

Shake it, rattle and Droll

GNow, just use your intDuition

You'll get less comEpetition

From the clock up on the Awall D

Repeat Chorus Chords for the rest of the song

You are what you are

You dream what you dream