1816, The Year Without a Summer Chords by Rasputina, Rasputina

Tempo:
155.9 bpm
Chords used:

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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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1816, The Year Without a Summer chords
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[C]
[Db]
[Bb]
[Eb] In the spring [Gb] of [C] [Bb] 1315, [Bbm]
[F] there began an [Gb] era of unpredictable [Bb] weather.
[Ebm] It did not lift [Eb] until [Bbm] 1851.
You remember [Eb] 1816 [Db] as the [C] year without [Bb] a summer.
[Eb] [C]
June [Bbm] 1816, a [Ebm] sudden snow storm blankets all [Bb] the countryside.
So [Ebm] Mary Shelley had [Cm] to stay inside and she wrote [Eb] [Db] Frankenstein.
Oh [Eb] 1816 [Bbm] was the [Bb] year without a summer.
[C] [Bb] [Bbm]
Spring couldn't [Ab] ripen under [Bbm] these conditions.
[Bb]
It [Bbm] was blighting [Eb] doors and arms and [Db] pots.
[Bb]
It grew [Ebm] from 95 degrees to freezing [Bbm] within hours.
[Fm] A brutal struggle for the people and the starving [Bb] livestock.
Hey yeah yeah yeah yeah.
[Ebm] [Bb]
[Bbm] Ooooooooooh.
[Bb]
[Eb] During the most severe years [Bbm] of this little-eyes [Bb] age,
[Eb] we looked for scapegoats to [Bb] blame.
Many people [Ebm] tried to blame it all [Cm] on a past for amazing [Bbm] conspiracy
of Benjamin [Eb] Franklin and his [Db]
[C] experiments with [Bb] electricity.
[Bbm] The eruption of [Db] the volcano [Bbm] tempura, ooh
Blankets hit [Ab] the earth [Db] with ash
[Bb]
[Ebm]
[Ab] [Bbm] Explora, ooh
Years [Eb] later, [Bbm] looking back [C] at the [Bb] past
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Db] [Bb]
[Bbm] I [Bb]
will give you my red color
To take away your sickly pallor
For you are so very color -imperfect
So please beware the melting sun
And all the ejection
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[Am] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ebm]
[Gb] [F]
[Bb] [Gb]
[F] [Bb]
[C] [Bbm]
[Fm] [Db]
[Eb] [Db] [Bbm]
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Gb]
[Bbm]
[Ebm] 1816, [Db] but the year was wild [Bb] as summer
[Bbm]
[Ebm]
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To learn Rasputina, Rasputina - 1816, The Year Without A Summer chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Ab, Bb, Bbm, Bb, Eb, Bbm, Ab, Am and Bbm. A strategic approach would be to train at 77 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 156. With an eye on the song's key Bb Minor, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] In the spring _ [Gb] of _ [C] [Bb] 1315, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [F] there began an [Gb] era of unpredictable [Bb] _ weather. _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] It did not lift [Eb] until _ _ _ [Bbm] 1851. _ _ _
You remember [Eb] _ 1816 [Db] as the [C] year without [Bb] a summer. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
June [Bbm] 1816, _ _ _ _ a [Ebm] sudden snow storm blankets all [Bb] the countryside. _ _
So [Ebm] Mary Shelley had [Cm] to stay inside and she wrote _ [Eb] [Db] Frankenstein.
_ Oh _ [Eb] 1816 _ _ [Bbm] was the [Bb] year without a summer. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ Spring couldn't [Ab] ripen under [Bbm] these conditions.
_ _ [Bb] _
It [Bbm] was _ blighting [Eb] doors and arms and [Db] pots.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
It grew [Ebm] from 95 degrees to freezing _ [Bbm] within hours. _ _ _
[Fm] A brutal struggle for the people and the starving [Bb] livestock.
_ Hey yeah yeah yeah _ yeah. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] Ooooooooooh.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] During the most severe years [Bbm] of this little-eyes [Bb] age, _
_ _ [Eb] _ we looked for scapegoats to [Bb] blame. _ _ _
Many people [Ebm] tried to blame it all [Cm] on a past for amazing [Bbm] _ conspiracy
_ of Benjamin [Eb] Franklin and his [Db] _
[C] experiments with [Bb] electricity. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] The eruption of [Db] the _ volcano _ [Bbm] tempura, ooh _ _
_ _ _ _ Blankets hit [Ab] the earth [Db] with ash
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] Explora, _ _ ooh
Years [Eb] later, _ [Bbm] looking back [C] at the [Bb] past
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] I [Bb] _ _
_ _ will give you my red color
To take away your sickly pallor
For you are so very color _ -imperfect
So please beware the melting sun
And all the ejection
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] 1816, _ [Db] but the year was wild [Bb] as summer _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
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_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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