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Mary Black - Katie Chords

Chord reference G, G7, C, C7, Am, D
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑

[G]Tumbling curls of [G7]green by [C]stained glass [C7]streaming [Am]light And a [C]yellow [D]colored [G]lampshade used to keep us up all [D]night

[G]And the smile upon your [G7]face And the [C]tears up [C7]on your [Am]cheek And the [C]night sky [D]on the [G]window Your [C7]heart calling out to [D]me.

[G]Come running home [G7] again, Katie Come [C]running [C7]home a[Am]gain [C]Cross my [D]heart and [G]hope to [C]die Shall I [C7]cause another [D]tear from your eye

The [G]mirror that won’t [G7]talk And your [C]nightgown [C7]on the [Am]door And the [C]old [D]pedal [G]singer Just don’t sing no [D]more

You can [G]roll the reels for [G7]hours From the [C] movie [C7]of this [Am]book It’s a [C]question [D]mark on this [G]heart of [C]mine Sends an [C7]elder back to [D]look.

[G]Come running home [G7]again, Katie Come [C]running [C7]home a[Am]gain [C]Cross my [D]heart and [G]hope to [C]die Shall I [C7]cause another [D]tear from your eye

Now I’m [G]looking through a [G7]tunnel [C]Back in [C7]to the [Am]room With the [C]genius [D]of a [G]druid When the sunlight floods the [D]tomb

And I’m [G]never going [G7]back there And I [C]couldn’t [C7]any[Am]way ’cause [C]though I [D]made the [G]great [C]escape I [C7]never got a[D]way.

[G]Come running home [G7]again, Katie Come [C]running [C7]home a[Am]gain [C]Cross my [D]heart and [G]hope to [C]die Shall I [C7]cause another [D]tear from your eye

[G]Come running home [G7]again, Katie Come [C]running [C7]home a[Am]gain [C]Cross my [D]heart and [G]hope to [C]die Shall I [C7]cause another [D]tear from your eye, [G]Katie

Artist Mary Black
Album By the Time It Gets Dark
Genres Folk
Year 1987
Key G

How to Play Katie on Guitar?

Mary Black - Katie can be played in the key of G using the G, G7, C, C7, Am, D chords.

  • 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 G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
  • 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 C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • 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 D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

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

You can play Katie with the ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑ strumming pattern.