Blur - Pyongyang: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Pyongyang" 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 Pyongyang Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Blur

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 "Pyongyang" smoothly on your guitar.

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

  Cm                 A#
I look down from my window
        G#
To the island where I'm held
Cm                    A#
Listen while you're sleeping
G#
Darkness is itself

Tomorrow I am disappearing
Cause the trees are amplified
Never ending broadcasts
To which I cannot aspire

Chorus:
D#m      B
Kid the mausoleum's fallen
         C#
And the perfect avenues
Will seem empty without you
         E                                G#m
And the pink light that bathes the great leaders
    F#
is fading
        B
By the time your sun is rising there
     C#
Out here it's turning blue
The silver rockets coming
          E               G#m
And the cherry trees, Pyongyang,
     F#
I'm leaving

I feel like I'm floating
Processed in Auto-Tune
The never ending roll on
To the palace of the doomed
Temperature keeps falling
Soon there will be no lights
Just a red glow, glass coffin
Watched by someone through the night

Chorus:
Kid, the mausoleum's fallen
And the perfect avenues
Will seem empty without you
And the pink light that bathed
the great leaders is fading
By the time your sun is rising there
Out here, it's turning blue
The silver rockets coming
And the cherry trees of Pyongyang, I'm leaving

There will be no light
Someone through the night
Someone through the night

Chorus:
Kid, the mausoleum's fallen
And the perfect avenues
Will seem empty without you
And the pink light that bathed
the great leaders is fading
By the time your sun is rising there
(Years ago, when we used to be rivals)
Out here, it's turning blue
The silver rockets coming
(Our youths' minds and arms were bound)
And the cherry trees of Pyongyang, I'm leaving
(For our own survival)
[Outro: Damon Albarn (Mumbling)]
Compliance is over
Reality is fables, fables
Ensuring humour, time's child
Ask still, Seoul


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

Guitar chord G#

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

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 "Pyongyang" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Pyongyang" by Blur.

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