Red Hot Chili Peppers - We Turn Red: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "We Turn Red" 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 We Turn Red Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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 "We Turn Red" smoothly on your guitar.

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

Cm
We got large and we got small
Cm
We got a swimming pool and a cannon ball
Cm
We turn red and we turn green
Cm
It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever seen

Gm
Lost my mind ’cause I’m on the plastic
Gm             C
Who knew it’s so damn drastic
Gm
Show me what it is you believe in
Gm          C
Slowly she sinks all your teeth in

Do you want to go fishing in New Orleans
Do you want to get up early in the morning
Take me to the river where we do the little storming
Hallelujah, I feel it warming

Sitting here I count the moons
The orders we obeyed
Every night ’fore we go to bed
I watch while the others pray

Chorus:
A#
Send it off through Delaware just
Gm
Make it fair for the legionnaires
Dm                            Am
Paint a simple portrait of my kind
A#
Permission to the heartless bombs
      Gm
Gold Plated Hate and the waitress moms
Dm                           Am
Serving up the stories of my mind

Mexico, you are my neighbor
Home of the let's be braver
Give me all your sick and your tired
Races that we admire

Do you want to go dancing in Chicago?
Trinidad's got it bad for Tobago
Take me to the lake where we do the Avocado
Hallelujah, a desparado

Sitting here I count the moons
The orders we obeyed
Every night 'fore we go to bed
I watch while the others pray

Chorus

Coming down from the deserts where you
Caught a glimpse of the billionaire
Tell me I'm the right one for the ride
Paper signs out on the lawns
Gold minds and the priceless pawns
Does your canyon really open wide?

We got large and we got small
We got a swimming pool and a cannon ball
We turn red and we turn green
It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever seen


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

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 "We Turn Red" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "We Turn Red" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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