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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: Em
Difficulty: Intermediate
Nick Drake - Way to Blue, from 1969's "Five Leaves Left".
Intro:
Em Am6/E Adim7 Em
Em Am6/E Adim7 C Am7 Esus4 E
Verse 1:
Em Am6/E
Don't you have a word
Adim7/E Em
to show what may be done?
Em Am6/E Adim7/E C
Have you never heard
Am7 Esus4 E
a way to find the sun?
Chorus:
Esus2 E Esus2 E Bsus4 B
Tell me all that you may know
Esus2 E Esus2 E Bsus4 Bsus2 B
Show me what you have to show
Em Am6/E Adim7/E
Won't you come and say
C Am7 B7sus4 B7 Esus4 E
If you know the way to blue?
Verse 2:
Em Am6/E
Have you seen the land
Adim7/E Em
living by the breeze?
Em Am6/E Adim7
Can you understand
C Am7 Esus4 E
a light among the trees?
Chorus:
Esus2 E Esus2 E Bsus4 B
Tell me all that you may know
Esus2 E Esus2 E Bsus4 Bsus2 B
Show me what you have to show
Em Am6/E Adim7/E
Tell us all today
C Am7 B7sus4 B7 Esus4 E
If you know the way to blue
Bridge:
Esus4 E Bsus4 B
Look through time and find your rhyme
Asus4 A Esus4 E
Tell us what you find
Esus4 E Bsus4 B
We will wait at your gate
Asus4 A Esus4 E
Hoping like the blind
Interlude:
Em Am6/E Adim7/E Em
Em Am6/E B11b9/E Em
Em Am6/E B C Am7 Esus4 Esus2 E
Verse 3:
Em Am6/E
Can you now recall
Adim7/E Em
all that you have known?
Em Am6/E Adim7/E
Will you never fall
C Am7 Esus4 E
when the light has flown?
Chorus:
Esus2 E Esus2 E Bsus4 B
Tell me all that you may know
Esus2 E Esus2 E Bsus4 Bsus2 B
Show me what you have to show
Em Am6/E Adim7/E
Won't you come and say
C Am7 B7sus4 B7 Esus4 E
If you know the way to blue?
Song History
Last Updated: February 25, 2026