Rainbow Trout Chords
Rainbow Trout by Gordon Lightfoot is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C/G, D, D/C, G/B, C, D7, A, A/G, D/F#, Asus4 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G
verse 1:
C/G
In the name of love she came
G C/G
This foolish winsome girl
D D/C G/B C
She was all decked out like a rainbow trout
D D7 G
Swimming upstream in the world
C/G G
And she said "Please, please, I've lost my way
C/G
The current is too strong
D D/C G/B C
In the name of love, kind sir I pray
D D7 G C A D A D
In the name of love"
verse 2:
G
So I took her by the hand
D G
She took me by the will
A A/G D/F# G
She was all dolled up like a blue eyed pup
A Asus4 A
Looking for something to spill
D D/F# G D
And she said, "Please, please, I've lost my way
G
The current is too strong
A A/G D/F# G A
In the name of love, kind sir, I pray
A7 D G D G D
In the name of love"
verse 3:
G
In the name of love she came
D G
This foolish winsome girl
A A/G D/F# G
She was all decked out like a rainbow trout
A A7 D
Swimming upstream in the world
D/F# G D
And she said, "Please, please, I've lost my way
G
The current is too strong
A A/G D/F# G A
Then she gave one flip of the rainbow tip of her tail
A7 D
And she swam back down
D/F# G D
And she said, "Please, please, I've lost my way
G
The current is too strong
A A/G D/F# G A
In the name of love, kind sir, I pray
A7 D G D G D
In the name of love"
D/F# G D
And she said, "Please, please, I've lost my way
G
The current is too strong
A A/G D/F# G A
In the name of love, kind sir, I pray
A7 D G D G D
In the name of love"
D/F# G D
And she said, "Please, please, I've lost my way
G
The current is too strong
A A/G D/F# G A
In the name of love, kind sir, I pray
A7 D G D G D
In the name of love"