On The Red Clay Chords by Mark Murphy

Tempo:
134.3 bpm
Chords used:

Cm

F

Bbm

Eb

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mark Murphy - On The Red Clay chords
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[C]
[Db] [B] [Db] [Eb]
[G] [C]
[Bbm] [B] [Db]
[Eb] [G]
[A]
[Cm] Screen doors slapping [Eb] somewhere on a [Bbm] side porch
[B] A sleepy [Db] morning way [Eb] out in the [F] wind [Cm] docks
Stories are being [F] told [Bbm] on the red clay
[Ebm] [Db]
[Eb] [F] [Cm] Hey, red clay's where we came from to [Bbm] begin with
[B] And where we're [Db] going, [Eb] time comes to [F] split
[Cm] Sounds are being dug [Bbm] on the red [Db] [Eb] clay
[F]
[Cm] [C]
[Bbm] Grooving, [Abm] [Db] always [Eb] [G] grooving
[Cm]
[Bbm] [Db] [Ebm] Morning, [Db] midnight
[F] Sleep tight as [C] someone's playing something on [Bb] backstep
[Abm] The [Db] happy faces [C] look out of the [F] windows
[Cm] Always [Bbm] something good on the red clay
[Eb]
[G] [Cm]
[Bbm] [Ab]
[D] [F] [Cm]
[Bb]
[D] [G] [Cm] [A]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Fm]
[D] [G] [Cm]
[Bb] [G] [Ab] [Fm]
[F] [Cm]
[Ab]
[D] [Cm]
[Bbm] [Ab]
[D] [Cm]
[C] [Ab] [Fm]
[G] [Cm]
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [F]
[Cm]
[Fm] [F] [Ab]
[D] [G] [C]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[D] [Abm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Bbm] [Abm] [Db] Yalanda,
[C] [F] yalanda
[Cm]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Db]
[F] Yalanda, [C] yalanda
[Fm] [Eb] Yalanda,
[G] yalanda
[Cm]
[Bbm] Yalanda, [Bb] [Eb] [G] yalanda
[Cm]
[F] [Bbm] [B] [F]
[G] [Cm]
[Bbm] [Db] [Eb]
[F] [G] [Cm] Yalanda,
[Bbm] yalanda
[B] [Db] Yalanda,
[F] yalanda
[Gm]
[Bbm] [B] [Eb]
[F] [Cm] Waiting for the picnic [Bb] to [Bbm] ease
[Eb] You watch the roses climb out of their [G] beds
[Gm]
[F] Lives being lived [Bbm] on the red [Ebm] clay
[Fm]
[Eb] [F] [Cm] Moving down my baby's [Bbm] tired eye
[Db] I tell [F] her fun things and watch her [Am] start [Gm] smiling
Nobody [Bb] being sad on my [Eb] red clay
[G] [C]
[Bb] [B] [Db]
My [Eb] moves, [F] check me [Cm] out
He [Bbm] [Eb] moves, they [Fm] move, they [F] make me
[C] Red clay's just the dirt but it's [Bb] alive, so
[Db] So [Eb] what you do [C] is just sit in there [F] [Cm] goofing
Always a lot to [Bbm] do on the red [Abm] clay
[E]
Key:  
Cm
13421113
F
134211111
Bbm
13421111
Eb
12341116
Db
12341114
Cm
13421113
F
134211111
Bbm
13421111
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To learn Mark Murphy - On The Red Clay chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - F, Cm, Bbm, F, Bbm, Db, F, Db and Cm. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 67 BPM before aiming for the song's 134 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Eb Major.

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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Eb] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] Screen doors slapping [Eb] somewhere on a [Bbm] side porch
[B] A sleepy [Db] morning way [Eb] out in the [F] wind [Cm] docks
Stories are being [F] told [Bbm] on the red clay
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] Hey, red clay's where we came from to [Bbm] begin with
[B] And where we're [Db] going, [Eb] time comes to [F] split
[Cm] _ Sounds are being dug [Bbm] on the red _ [Db] [Eb] clay
_ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bbm] Grooving, _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] always [Eb] _ _ [G] grooving
_ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] Morning, [Db] midnight
_ [F] Sleep tight as [C] someone's playing something on [Bb] _ backstep
_ [Abm] The [Db] happy faces [C] look out of the [F] windows
[Cm] _ Always [Bbm] something good on the red clay
[Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Abm] _ [Db] Yalanda, _
[C] _ [F] yalanda
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[F] _ Yalanda, _ [C] _ _ yalanda
[Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Yalanda, _
[G] _ yalanda
_ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bbm] Yalanda, [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ yalanda
[Cm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ Yalanda, _
[Bbm] yalanda
_ _ [B] _ [Db] Yalanda, _
[F] _ yalanda
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] Waiting for the picnic [Bb] to [Bbm] ease
_ _ [Eb] You watch the roses climb out of their [G] beds
[Gm] _
[F] Lives being lived [Bbm] on the red _ [Ebm] clay
[Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] Moving down my baby's [Bbm] tired eye
[Db] _ I tell [F] her fun things and watch her [Am] start [Gm] smiling _
Nobody [Bb] being sad on my [Eb] red clay _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Db]
My [Eb] moves, [F] check me [Cm] out
He _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] moves, they _ [Fm] move, they [F] make me
[C] Red clay's just the dirt but it's [Bb] alive, so
[Db] _ So [Eb] what you do [C] is just sit in there [F] [Cm] goofing _
Always a lot to [Bbm] do on the red _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] clay _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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