Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Smoke Signals" 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 Smoke Signals Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Phoebe Bridgers

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 "Smoke Signals" smoothly on your guitar.

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

D# F                       Gm
I went with you up to the place you grew up in
Cm                      D#
We spent a week in the cold
Just long enough to Walden it with you
Any longer, it would've got old
Singing "Ace of Spades" when Lemmy died
But nothing's changed, L.A.'s alright
I'm sleeping in my bed again,
and getting in my head
And then, walk around the reservoir

Chorus:
F  Gm     Csus4                   D#
You, you must've been looking for me
         F  Gm        Csus4         D#
Sending smoke signals Pelicans circling
         Gm      F    D#
Burning trash out on the beach

One of your eyes is always half-shut
Something happened when you were a kid
I didn't know you then and I'll never understand
Why it feels like I did
"How Soon Is Now" in an 80s sedan
You slept inside of it because your dad
Lived in a campground in the back of a van
You said that song'll creep you out
until you're dead

Chorus:
And you must've been looking for me
Sending smoke signals
Pelicans circling
Burning trash out on the beach

I want to live at the Holiday Inn
Where somebody else makes the bed
We'll watch TV while the lights on the street
Put all the stars to death
It's been on my mind since Bowie died
Just checking out to hide from life
And all of our problems, I'm gonna solve 'em
With you riding shotgun, speeding,
'cause fuck the cops

Chorus:
And you, you must've been looking for me
Sending smoke signals
Pelicans circling
Burning trash out on the beach

I buried a hatchet, it's coming up lavender
The future's unwritten; the past is a corridor
I'm at the exit, looking back through the hall
You are anonymous, I am a concrete wall


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

Csus4

Guitar chord Csus4

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 Signals" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Smoke Signals" by Phoebe Bridgers.