Chords for Spirit In The Sky
Tempo:
102.55 bpm
Chords used:
A
Am
E
D
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] Okay, here's Spirit in the Sky.
This is the [A#m] sort of the main riff right here.
Built around [A] this A power chord.
[Am] [D]
[A] [Dm] [Am]
[A] [Am] [A]
[D] [Am] [C#]
And then when the vocal kicks [G] in, the feel changes a little bit, even though the beat's still the same.
It's [C#] still this 1, 2, [D#m] 3, 4, but [A] now we have
[F#] So it's [A] 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, [D] 3, 4, and then you come up to this D power [Dm] chord.
2, 2, [A] 3, 4, now back to the A.
[D#] And then you're going to slide [E] up to the E.
[A]
Back to A.
So let me go through that again.
So it's A, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, A, 2, 3, [E] 4, E, [A] A.
[A#m] [C#] That's kind of an 8 bar blues, basically, because you have 8 measures there, 8 measures of 4 beats.
One more time.
1, 2, [A] 3, 4, 3, [Dm] 2, 2, [A] 1, 2, 3, [E] 1, 2, 3, [A] 4.
[E]
This is the [A#m] sort of the main riff right here.
Built around [A] this A power chord.
[Am] [D]
[A] [Dm] [Am]
[A] [Am] [A]
[D] [Am] [C#]
And then when the vocal kicks [G] in, the feel changes a little bit, even though the beat's still the same.
It's [C#] still this 1, 2, [D#m] 3, 4, but [A] now we have
[F#] So it's [A] 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, [D] 3, 4, and then you come up to this D power [Dm] chord.
2, 2, [A] 3, 4, now back to the A.
[D#] And then you're going to slide [E] up to the E.
[A]
Back to A.
So let me go through that again.
So it's A, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, A, 2, 3, [E] 4, E, [A] A.
[A#m] [C#] That's kind of an 8 bar blues, basically, because you have 8 measures there, 8 measures of 4 beats.
One more time.
1, 2, [A] 3, 4, 3, [Dm] 2, 2, [A] 1, 2, 3, [E] 1, 2, 3, [A] 4.
[E]
Key:
A
Am
E
D
Dm
A
Am
E
[F] Okay, here's Spirit in the Sky.
This is the [A#m] sort of the main riff right here.
Built around [A] this A power chord.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [C#] _
And then when the vocal kicks [G] in, the feel changes a little bit, even though the beat's still the same.
It's [C#] still this 1, 2, [D#m] 3, 4, but [A] now we have_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] So it's [A] 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, [D] 3, 4, and then you come up to this D power [Dm] chord.
_ _ _ 2, 2, [A] 3, 4, now back to the A. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ And then you're going to slide [E] up to the E.
[A]
Back to A.
So let me go through that again.
So it's A, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, A, 2, 3, [E] 4, E, _ [A] A.
_ _ _ [A#m] _ [C#] That's kind of an 8 bar blues, basically, because you have _ 8 measures there, 8 measures of 4 beats.
_ One more time.
1, 2, [A] 3, 4, _ _ 3, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] 2, _ _ _ 2, _ [A] 1, 2, 3, [E] 1, 2, 3, [A] 4.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
This is the [A#m] sort of the main riff right here.
Built around [A] this A power chord.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [C#] _
And then when the vocal kicks [G] in, the feel changes a little bit, even though the beat's still the same.
It's [C#] still this 1, 2, [D#m] 3, 4, but [A] now we have_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] So it's [A] 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, [D] 3, 4, and then you come up to this D power [Dm] chord.
_ _ _ 2, 2, [A] 3, 4, now back to the A. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ And then you're going to slide [E] up to the E.
[A]
Back to A.
So let me go through that again.
So it's A, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, A, 2, 3, [E] 4, E, _ [A] A.
_ _ _ [A#m] _ [C#] That's kind of an 8 bar blues, basically, because you have _ 8 measures there, 8 measures of 4 beats.
_ One more time.
1, 2, [A] 3, 4, _ _ 3, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] 2, _ _ _ 2, _ [A] 1, 2, 3, [E] 1, 2, 3, [A] 4.
_ _ _ [E] _ _