April Skies chords by The Jesus And Mary Chain

April Skies
by the Jesus and Mary Chain, from the album Darklands
tuning:  all strings 1/2 step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
chords and lyrics transcribed by John Spencer

(This is an old favourite -- always amazes me what
they do with just three chords.  I find they mostly
strum the bass portions of chords, then sometimes
play the entire chord -- see what works for you.)


  E                                EEE A
  Hey honey ...
                                      AAA B
  As I stand here ...
          A                    E
  And the world comes ...

                                 EEE A
  Hand in hand in a vi...
                                    AAA B
  Making love on the ...
          A                    E
  And the world ...

           A
  And it's hard ...
           E
  And it's hard ...
            A
  I'm going down ...
            E
  I'm going back for the ...
              B
  And there's one thing I ...
       A
  Sacrifice ...
       E
  Sacrifice

(solo)
E  A  E  A  B  A  E

E
  Hey baby I ...
A
  Just what ...
E
  I take my hand and I ...
A
  I'm just your long-...

B                              A
  And if you walk ...
                              E
  But that's the ...
                                 A
  And that's the ...
                          E
  And now you've ...
                      A
  With all things ...

B
  Get back to where ...
          A
  I can't ...
                  E
  Under the ...
                  A
  Under the ...
                  E
  Under the ...
                  A
  Under the ....

          E
  ooh-ooh-oooh
          A
  ooh-ooh-oooh
          E
  ooh-ooh-oooh
          A
  ooh-ooh-oooh

                  E
  Under the ...
                  A
  Under the ....
                  E
  Under the ...
                  A
  Under the ...
                  E    A
  Under the ...

E
  Sun grows cold, sky ...
          A
  And you broke me up ...
  E
  Shaking hand, ....
        A
  And a broken heart...
      E
  Hey hey
                  A
  Under the ...
                  E
  Under the ...
                  A    B   A
  Under the ...
                  E
  Under the ...

chords:

     most of the time     sometimes
  E      0221xx             022100
  A      x0222x             x02220
  B      x2444x             x24442

...all feedback welcome.
John (jspencer@newbridge.com)