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Elbow - Grounds For Divorce Chords

Chord reference Dm, C, G, Bb, Am, Gm
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Dm]Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid I’ve been working on a cocktail called [C]Grounds for [G]Divorce [Dm]Whoah [C] [Dm] [Dm]Polishing a compass that I [C]hold in my [G]sleep [Dm]Whoah [C] [Dm] [Dm]Doubt comes in on sticks but then he [C]kicks like a [G]horse [Dm]Whoah [C] [Dm] [Dm]There’s a Chinese cigarette case And the [C]rest you can [Dm]keep And the [C]rest you can [Dm]keep And the [C]rest you can [Dm]keep

[Dm]There’s a [Bb]hole in my neighbour[Am]hood down which of [Dm]late I cannot [Gm]help but fall [Dm]There’s a [Bb]hole in my neighbour[Am]hood down which of [Dm]late I cannot help but [Gm]fall

[Dm]Whoah [C] [Dm]Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid [Dm]Whoah [C]

[Dm]There’s this whispering of jokers doing [C]flesh by the pound [Dm]To a chorus of supposes from [C]the little town whores [Dm]There’ll be twisted karaokee at [C]the Aniseed lounge [Dm]And I’ll bring you further roses, but it [C]does you no [G]good And it [C]does you no [G]good, and it [C]does you no [G]good

[Dm]There’s a [Bb]hole in my neighbour[Am]hood down which of [Dm]late I cannot [Gm]help but fall [Dm]There’s a [Bb]hole in my neighbour[Am]hood down which of [Dm]late I cannot [Gm]help but fall [Dm]There’s a [Bb]hole in my neighbour[Am]hood down which of [Dm]late I cannot help but [Gm]fall

[Dm]Whoah [C] [Dm]Someday we’ll be drinking with the [C]seldom seen kid [Dm] [Gm] [F]Whoah [Dm]

Artist Elbow
Album The Seldom Seen Kid
Genres Alternative, Indie
Year 2008
Key Dm

How to Play Grounds For Divorce on Guitar?

Elbow - Grounds For Divorce can be played in the key of Dm using the Dm, C, G, Bb, Am, Gm chords.

  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let D, G ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Grounds For Divorce with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.