America - Coastline: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Coastline" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

  Amaj7
I drive to the coastline
Emaj9              Amaj7                 Emaj9
Looking for visual pleasures to catch my eye
    Amaj7            Emaj9
The sun turns around hits me on the shoulder
Amaj7  Emaj9
I fly away

Amaj7          Emaj9
Due to the situation this morning
Amaj7                 Emaj9
All in the world's OK
  Amaj7             Emaj9
I head down Sunset, north to Santa Barbara
   Amaj7 F#7sus4  F#7
We sail away

Chorus:
B                   F#7
I could live in the walls of a prison
B                      F#    B           A
Where the warm summer winds would never blow
B                    F#7
Then again, think of what
I'd be missing (as to the other side)
B            F#          B      A              Amaj7
And how some do it I'll never know, I'll never know

I must have spent a lifetime as a sailor
Sailin' the ocean blue
But every single waterway leads to you
To you

Chorus

    F#7                 B
I'm headin' out over an ocean of blue
    F#7                 B
The trailin' wake far behind
      D#m     G#m
Won't turn me down
       C#m    B        F#
And it won't turn me around

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Amaj7

Guitar chord Amaj7

B

Guitar chord B

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#7

Guitar chord F#7

F#7sus4

Guitar chord F#7sus4

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Coastline" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Coastline" by America.

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