No Cigar Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays500

No Cigar by Travis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, E, Bb, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F
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16
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  			Intro: F E 
F                  E 
I've got a lot of answers 
F                    E 
For someone with no questions 
F                  E 
I've got a lot of questions 
F 
But questions give you cancer 
Bb         C      Bb   F      
Oh, we've come so far 
 
So close, but 
No cigar 
 
(Intro) 
 
F                   E 
Our love is like a flower 
F                  E 
It needs an april shower 
F                       E 
I've been dying in the gutter 
F 
But not for very much longer 
Bb         C      Bb  F 
Oh, we've come so far 
 
So close, but 
No cigar 
 
F E F 
 
Bb 
The distance from 
F 
Here to there 
G 
Is greater than 
G          C     Bb 
Here from now ? 
 
Dobber 
 
(Intro) 
Solo 
 
e----------------------------------------------------------- 
B--------9/10-------9/10-----10-9--------------------------- 
G----11---------11--------11-------------------------------- 
D----------------------------------------------------------- 
A----------------------------------8--5-----5--------------- 
E----------------------------------------8-----8--5---4----- 
 
e----------------------------------------------------------- 
B--------9/10-------9/10-----10-9--------------------------- 
G----11---------11--------11-------------------------------- 
D----------------------------------------------------------- 
A----------------------------------8--5------8-8-8--5------- 
E----------------------------------------8--------------8--- 
Bb         C      Bb 
Oh, we've come so far 
Bb         C      Bb  F 
Oh, we've come so far 
So close, but 
No cigar  
 
(F E)x4 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

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