Arctic Monkeys - Old Yellow Bricks: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Old Yellow Bricks" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Old Yellow Bricks Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Arctic Monkeys

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Old Yellow Bricks" smoothly on your guitar.

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

            Am               Em
Old yellow bricks, love's a risk
        F                 Dm
Quite the little escapologist
          Am              Em
Looked so miffed when you wished
        F                     Dm
For a thousand places better than this

             Am               Em
You are the fugitive but you don't k
now what you're running from
F                    Dm
You can't kid us and you
couldn't trick anyone
Am                 Em
Houdini  love, you don't
                                F  Dm
know what you're running away from

Chorus:
    Dm    Em   F                Em
Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up?
Dm Em F                   Em
      Blinded by nostalgia
     Dm    Em F                 Em                Dm
Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up?

She was enraged by the way
That the emperor put traps in the cage
And the days she being dull
Lead to nights reading beer bottles

You're such a fugitive but
you don't know what you're running from
You can't kid us and you couldn't trick anyone
Houdini  love, you don't know
what you're running away from

Chorus

Dm     Em    F           Em
You're at a loss, just because
Dm  Em   F                          Em
     It wasn't all that you thought it was
Dm  Em     F            Em
You are a fugitive but you don't know
               Dm    Em    F   Em
what you're running away from
            Dm   Em  F
She said I want to sleep in
         Em
the city that never wakes up
Dm Em    F                 Em
    And revel in nostalgia
                  Dm    Em  F
I know I said he wants to sleep in
         Em
the city that never wakes up but
Dm
Dorothy was right though




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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

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 "Old Yellow Bricks" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Old Yellow Bricks" by Arctic Monkeys.

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