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Buddy Holly - That’ll Be the Day Chords

Chord reference E7, D, A, B7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑

[E7]Well, [D]that’ll be the day, When you say goodbye. Ye-hess, [A]that’ll be the day, When you make me cry-hi. You [D]say you’re gonna leave, You know it’s a lie. ‘Cause [A]that’ll be the day, [E7]When I [A]die.

Well, you [D]gimme all your loving, And your [A]turtle doving. [D]All your hugs and kisses, And your [A]money too. Wee-lla, [D]you know you love me, Baby, [A]still you tell me, “Maybe, [B7]that someday, well, [E7]I’ll be blue.”

Well, [D]that’ll be the day, When you say goodbye. Ye-hess, [A]that’ll be the day, When you make me cry-hi. You [D]say you’re gonna leave, You know it’s a lie. ‘Cause [A]that’ll be the day, [E7]When I [A]die.

[A] [A] [A] [A] [D] [D] [A] [A] [E7] [D] [A] [E7]

Well, [D]that’ll be the day, When you say goodbye. Ye-hess, [A]that’ll be the day, When you make me cry-hi. You [D]say you’re gonna leave, You know it’s a lie. ‘Cause [A]that’ll be the day, [E7]When I [A]die.

Well, [D]that’ll be the day, whoooo, [A]That’ll be the day, whoooo, [D]That’ll be the day, whoooo, [A] That’ll be the day. [E7] [A]

Artist Buddy Holly
Album Jukebox 1957
Genres Pop
Year 1957
Key E7

How to Play That'll Be the Day on Guitar?

Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day can be played in the key of E7 using the E7, D, A, B7 chords.

  • For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, 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.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For B7, To play B7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, B ring open.

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

You can play That'll Be the Day with the ↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.