[Intro]
D x 2
[Verse 1]D
Love and pain and sorrow
D/G* D/A* D
Keep the band together
D
She was like my soulmate
D/G* D/A* D
Whispered in my ear
Em
Love was playing music
Em/G* Em/F#* F#m
It was all we wanted
Em
Making plastic records
Em/G* D
Of our histo-ry
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[Verse 2]D
How I knew it mattered
D/G* D/A* D
To a certain person
D
Heard the boy in London
D/G* D/A* D
Called out from the crowd
Em
Said something that echoes
Em/G* Em/F#* F#m
To me ten years later
Em
Wishing that he still called
Em/G* D
Like he called that night
[Verse 3]D
Pulling songs from thin air
D/G* D/A* D
Pulling songs from bridges
D
Smell the air in small towns
D/G* D/A* D
Where the train line stops
Em
Ever will I love you
Em/G* Em/F#* F#m
Now your chapter's over
Em
Ever will I love you
Em/G* D
You were good to me
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[Verse 4]D
Now a pain in memory
D/G* D/A* D
Is a cherished story
D
Moan about the present
D/G* D/A* D
Venerate the past
Em
Love is like a novel
Em/G* Em/F#* F#m
Read the blessed pages
Em
Did I do my best dear?
Em/G* D
That is all you ask
[Outro]
D*
How to play Read The Blessed Page: key, chords and progression
These are the chords for Read The Blessed Page by Belle and Sebastian on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
Read The Blessed Page by Belle and Sebastian is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 10 chords: D, D/G, D/A, Em, Em/G, Em/F#, F#m, Bm, F# and A.
The progression the song keeps returning to is D – D/G – D/A – D (I – I – I – I in D major). In solfa, that is doh – doh – doh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Dm, Em, Am, E, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
Read The Blessed Page by Belle and Sebastian is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).
What chords are in Read The Blessed Page?
Read The Blessed Page uses 10 chords: D, D/G, D/A, Em, Em/G, Em/F#, F#m, Bm, F#, A.
What is the chord progression of Read The Blessed Page?
The main progression is D – D/G – D/A – D (I – I – I – I).
Is Read The Blessed Page easy to play on guitar?
Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Dm, Em, Am, E, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).
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