Yellow Ledbetter
View chords used in this chart
intro:
|--------------------------9p7---------7------------5h7p5--------5----
|------------------------------7---------7h9p7------------5-----------
|--------9--9h11p9----------------8h9-----------8s6---------6h7-------
|--------9---------11s------------------------------------------------
|---9h11--------------------------------------------------------------
|-0---------------------7---------------------------------------------
|------------------12h14-14-12----------------------------------------
|--5-5h7p5---5-----12h14-14-12----------------------------------------
|----------6-------------------13s------------9--11p9-----------------
|---------------------------------------------9---9---11--------------
|----------------------------------------9h11-------------------------
|---------------0---------------------0-------------------7-----------
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7s5--5---5h7p5--------12s-------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7s5--5---5-----5------12s-------------------------------
|-------8-----8s6--6h7-6-----6----------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------0-------------------------------------
verse:E B A E
On a ceiling
On a voice of letters Let me say, "I wanna leave it again"
Once I saw her
On a piece of weathersaid, gonna say, "I wanna leave it again"
On a reelin'I wanna wish it all away
And I called and I said, that I won't wanna say and I then call out
again
In the restline
On the leave I've gone by, oh
I said, "I know and I wear, not a box or a bag."
Yeah!!! can you see them?
Around the porch, them
But they don't wait
I see them
'Round the front way
And I know and I know, I don't wanna stay
Make me cry
solo:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------9~~--9-11-11b-11-9h11p9----9---------------------------------
|--9h11--------------------------11---11p9----9-----------------------
|------------------------------------------11---9h11p9s7-7h9p7--------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------12br--12br----------------------------------
|------------------x---x-------------13-11-13p11s9-9-11-11-11-11------
|------------------x\x/x-----------------------------bend on these----
|-------7---7---9b--\x/------------------------------four notes-w/----
|--9--9---9---9-------pick scrape--------------------a whammy bar-----
|----------------------------------------------14b-12----12-14-12s----
|------------------12----14~-14p12-14p12-14p12--------14--------------
|-11p9----9--11s13----13----------------------------------------------
|------11-------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------14-14-14-14p12-------------------slow bend--------------------
|-11s13-13-13-13-------13p11s9-9-9h11p9----11b------9----9------------
|---------------------------------------11------------11---11---------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----7---9-7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9s--------------------------------------
|-7s9---9-------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
I see, I don't know if there's something else
On a carmine, on a way
I said a, "I don't know where there's a box or a bag"
Aww Yeah!!! Can you see them?
Around the Porch
Yeah, but they don't wait I see them'
Round the front way
And I know and I know, I don't wanna stay at all
I don't wanna stay I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay
verse
chorus
next section:
|------7--------5-5-5-------------------------------------------------
|-9-9--7--------5-5-5-------------------------------------------------
|-9-9--8-let----6-6-6-------repeat this 3 times-----------------------
|-9-9--9--ring--7-7-7-------------------------------------------------
|-7-7--9--------7-7-7-------------------------------------------------
|------7--------5-5-4--2-0--------------------------------------------
preouttro:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------8-9--9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------
|------------8-8-9--9-9-9-9--6--repeat--------------------------------
|-8-9--------8-8-9--9-9-9-9--7----------------------------------------
|-6-7--9-----6---7--7-7-7-7--7----------------------------------------
|------7---------------------5----------------------------------------
outtro:
|------------------------7h9p7-------7-------------5---5h7p5----------
|------------------------------7-------7-7h9p7-------5-------5--------
|--------9-9h11p9----------------8h9-----------8s6-------------6h7----
|--------9---------11-------------------------------------------------
|---9h11--------------------------------------------------------------
|-o-------------------7-----------------------------------------------
|-5----------------12s14-14-12---------------------------9p7----------
|---5-5h7p5---5----12s14-14-12---------------------------7-----5------
|-----------6------------------13s-----------9--11p9------------------
|--------------------------------------------9------9-----------------
|---------------------------------------9h11--------------------------
|----------------0-------------------0-----------------7--------------
|-----9s/------7p5-----------------12---------5-----------------------
|-5h7----------5---3-3h5-------12------12---5---5---------------------
|------------------------------<harmonics to here>--------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------then repeat the-----
|----------7s5-----------7s0------------------last half of the intro--
with 12th fret harm.
at the end.
Hearts and thoughts they fade away
intro:
|--------------------------9p7---------7------------5h7p5--------5----
|------------------------------7---------7h9p7------------5-----------
|--------9--9h11p9----------------8h9-----------8s6---------6h7-------
|--------9---------11s------------------------------------------------
|---9h11--------------------------------------------------------------
|-0---------------------7---------------------------------------------
|------------------12h14-14-12----------------------------------------
|--5-5h7p5---5-----12h14-14-12----------------------------------------
|----------6-------------------13s------------9--11p9-----------------
|---------------------------------------------9---9---11--------------
|----------------------------------------9h11-------------------------
|---------------0---------------------0-------------------7-----------
|-9-9-9-7-9-9-7s5--5---5h7p5--------12s-------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7s5--5---5-----5------12s-------------------------------
|-------8-----8s6--6h7-6-----6----------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------0-------------------------------------
verse:E B A E
On a ceiling
On a voice of letters Let me say, "I wanna leave it again"
Once I saw her
On a piece of weathersaid, gonna say, "I wanna leave it again"
On a reelin'I wanna wish it all away
And I called and I said, that I won't wanna say and I then call out again
In the restline
On the leave I've gone by, oh
I said, "I know and I wear, not a box or a bag."
Yeah!!! can you see them?
Around the porch, them
But they don't wait
I see them
'Round the front way
And I know and I know, I don't wanna stay
Make me cry
solo:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------9~~--9-11-11b-11-9h11p9----9---------------------------------
|--9h11--------------------------11---11p9----9-----------------------
|------------------------------------------11---9h11p9s7-7h9p7--------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------12br--12br----------------------------------
|------------------x---x-------------13-11-13p11s9-9-11-11-11-11------
|------------------x\x/x-----------------------------bend on these----
|-------7---7---9b--\x/------------------------------four notes-w/----
|--9--9---9---9-------pick scrape--------------------a whammy bar-----
|----------------------------------------------14b-12----12-14-12s----
|------------------12----14~-14p12-14p12-14p12--------14--------------
|-11p9----9--11s13----13----------------------------------------------
|------11-------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------14-14-14-14p12-------------------slow bend--------------------
|-11s13-13-13-13-------13p11s9-9-9h11p9----11b------9----9------------
|---------------------------------------11------------11---11---------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----7---9-7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9s--------------------------------------
|-7s9---9-------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
I see, I don't know if there's something else
On a carmine, on a way
I said a, "I don't know where there's a box or a bag"
Aww Yeah!!! Can you see them?
Around the Porch
Yeah, but they don't wait I see them'
Round the front way
And I know and I know, I don't wanna stay at all
I don't wanna stay I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay
verse
chorus
next section:
|------7--------5-5-5-------------------------------------------------
|-9-9--7--------5-5-5-------------------------------------------------
|-9-9--8-let----6-6-6-------repeat this 3 times-----------------------
|-9-9--9--ring--7-7-7-------------------------------------------------
|-7-7--9--------7-7-7-------------------------------------------------
|------7--------5-5-4--2-0--------------------------------------------
preouttro:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------8-9--9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------
|------------8-8-9--9-9-9-9--6--repeat--------------------------------
|-8-9--------8-8-9--9-9-9-9--7----------------------------------------
|-6-7--9-----6---7--7-7-7-7--7----------------------------------------
|------7---------------------5----------------------------------------
outtro:
|------------------------7h9p7-------7-------------5---5h7p5----------
|------------------------------7-------7-7h9p7-------5-------5--------
|--------9-9h11p9----------------8h9-----------8s6-------------6h7----
|--------9---------11-------------------------------------------------
|---9h11--------------------------------------------------------------
|-o-------------------7-----------------------------------------------
|-5----------------12s14-14-12---------------------------9p7----------
|---5-5h7p5---5----12s14-14-12---------------------------7-----5------
|-----------6------------------13s-----------9--11p9------------------
|--------------------------------------------9------9-----------------
|---------------------------------------9h11--------------------------
|----------------0-------------------0-----------------7--------------
|-----9s/------7p5-----------------12---------5-----------------------
|-5h7----------5---3-3h5-------12------12---5---5---------------------
|------------------------------<harmonics to here>--------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------then repeat the-----
|----------7s5-----------7s0------------------last half of the intro--
with 12th fret harm.
at the end.
How to play Yellow Ledbetter
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.