Milky Chance - Fado: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Fado" 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 Fado Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Milky Chance

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 "Fado" smoothly on your guitar.

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

Gm         D7
Colorful, colorful
D#           D7
Hard to get painted black (Fado)
Gm          D7
Beautiful, beautiful
D#            D7
Doesn't know maniac (Fado)

Fragile soul, fragile soul (Fragile soul)
Never knows how to act (Fado)
Give me back, give me back
Give me that beautiness (Fado)

You don't know what to say
You don't know how to act
You just go shout around
You become maniac

Chorus:
Gm           F
What if the birds don't know how to
 D#               A#     D7
sing anymore, to sing anymore?
Gm          F                D#
What if it hurts you so, it hurts you so?
   A#            D7
I heard this is Fado
Gm           F
What if the birds don't know how to
 D#               A#     D7
sing anymore, to sing anymore?
Gm          F                D#
What if it hurts you so, it hurts you so?
I heard this is Fado
Gm
This is Fado
F         D#
This is Fado
A#        D7
This is Fado
Gm
This is Fado
F          D# A# D7
This is Fado

Run away, run away
No one can make you stay (Fado)
Mess it up, mess it up
You don't know how to stop
Get along, get along
This is just made of stone (Fado)
Baby love, baby love
You're the one, baby love (Fado)

You don't know what to say
You don't know how to act
You just go shout around
You become maniac

Chorus:
What if the birds don't know how to sing anymore, to sing anymore?
What if it hurts you so, it hurts you so? I heard this is Fado
What if the birds don't know how to sing anymore, to sing anymore?
What if it hurts you so, it hurts you so? I heard this is Fado
This is Fado (Fado), this is Fado (Fado)
This is Fado (Fado), this is Fado (Fado), this is Fado (Fado)
This is Fado

This is Fado (Fado)
(Fado)
(Fado)


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

D#

Guitar chord D#

D7

Guitar chord D7

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 "Fado" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Fado" by Milky Chance.