Enola Gay Chords
by Conor Oberst
Enola Gay by Conor Oberst is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords B, Em, Bm, C, D, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Listen to the recording for the strumming pattern.
If the slide chords are too difficult in the Instrumental just play the e and B string portions.
Em Bm
He didn't give you that nickname
C D
But you smile when he calls you the Enola Gay
Am C
Turns the lights down low for your migraines
G D
And fetches what you've strewn
Em Bm
All around the room up and down the hall
C D
Asking for your Sodium Pentathol
Am C
So you can read aloud from your big tell-all
G D
Anecdotes in platitudes
C D
This world's mean getting meaner too
G C
So why'd you have to make it all about you
C D Em
There's no harm in stepping to the side
C D
Light your hurricane lamp when the sky grows dark
G C
The wind's pissed off and the sun's at large
C D Em
What you've gotta do, it's just a matter of pride
D C G
Until you vanish like the rest, out of sight and out of mind
After Chorus Instrumental: