Blur - Russian Strings: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Russian Strings" 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.

C
Where are you now?
Dm
Where are you now?
                G
Are you coming back to us?
C
Are you online?
Dm7               G
Are you contactable again?
C
Wear the blue lights
Dm7               G
Wear the red dress
        C
Puppet dancing on strings
Dm7            G
Balalaika and singing

Chorus:
     Am       Dm
The tenement blocks come crashing down
G               Gm            F           C/E
With headphones on you won't hear that much
Dm               C      G/B
There's nothing fake on earth
 G                            C     G/B
There are strings attached to all of us
Am         G#m         C          D
There's nothing in the end, only dust
    F              G
So turn the music up
I'm hitting the hard stuff

Flew to Belgrade
Stayed in a hotel sinking
Went to museums, tobacco, and midweek grave digger

Chorus:
The tenement blocks came crashing down
With headphones on you won't hear that much
There's nothing fake on earth
There are strings attached to all of us
There's nothing in the end, only dust
When you pull the lever down
I'll be hitting the hard stuff



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

B

Guitar chord B

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Dm7

Guitar chord Dm7

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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

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