James Arthur - Smoke Clouds: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Smoke Clouds" 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.

        Gm
Look no farther than the father's
who go farther than they should
       Cm7
To the point where we're surrounded
by the scars behind their hoods
     Gm                            Cm7
and who is gonna teach them wrong from right?
who's gonna tell them it's alright?
      D               Cm7
just pass the just cigarette uh
             D                    Cm7
take these brain cells out of my head
         D
fill my lungs, drain my heart

Chorus:
             Gm                       Cm7
'Cause this smoke cloud's giving me shelter
                 F
and I feel much better
            D
and demons wave the white flags for me
          Gm                     Cm7
Still my bones keep pleading to walk out
                  F
from all of this fall out
                D
but there's no way that I could leave
            D#
so I don't leave
                        D
turn my bitterness to sweet
               Cm7          D
I gotta find a new release yeah
                 Gm
So I'm trading blues for green
                  Cm7
Da da da da da da da da yeah

Listen
See, I'm a simple man
I don't even have a phone
If I did, I wouldn't pick it up
I wanna be alone
I don't trust anyone in this one-track town
When the people walk by, watch my eyes fall down

And who is gonna teach them wrong,
is gonna teach them wrong from right? Ah, ah
Just pass the jazz cigarette
And take these brain cells out my head
Fill my lungs, drain my heart,
heart, heart, heart, heart

Chorus:
'Cause this smoke cloud's giving me shelter
And I feel much better
And demons wave the white flag for me
Still, my bones keep pleading to walk out
From all of this fallout
And there's no way that I could leave
So I don't leave
Turn my bitterness to sweet
I gotta find a new release, hey
So I'm trading blues for green
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da (da-da-da), eh
Oh-oh-oh, eh, yeah, hah, yeah, ah, wow

Just pass the jazz cigarette
And take these brain cells out of my head
Oh, fill my lungs, drain my heart

Chorus:
'Cause this smoke cloud's giving me shelter
And I feel much better
And demons wave the white flag for me
Still my bones keep pleading to walk out
From all of this fallout
But there's no way that I could leave
So I don't leave
Turn my bitterness to sweet
I gotta find a new release, yeah
So I'm trading blues for green


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

Cm7

Guitar chord Cm7

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

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 "Smoke Clouds" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Smoke Clouds" by James Arthur.