Yellow Bike chords by The Pedro

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

PEDRO THE LION
"Yellow Bike"
From the album "Phoenix" (2019)

Standard Tuning
Tempo = 120 bpm

INTRO:
    E MajorE

VERSE 1:
       A augmentedA              E MajorE
    On a desert Christmas morning, 1981
         BB
    One month shy of six years old
        F# minorF#m
    In the valley of the sun
    A augmentedA                E MajorE
    My first two-wheel bicycle stood by the tree
         F# minorF#m
    My heart thumping in my chest
          A augmentedA         BB
    Though I'd tried, I couldn’t ride one yet

INSTRUMENTAL:
            A augmentedA                E MajorE
    e|--------0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0--0--0-|-(0)----------|
    BB|--------0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0--0--0-|-(0)----------|
    G+G|--------9-9-|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6---6--4--4-|-(4)--6-------|
    D MajorD|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------6-----|
    A augmentedA|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
    E MajorE|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|

           BB                 F# minorF#m
    e|--------0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0---0-0---0-|
    BB|--------0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0---0-0---0-|
    G+G|--------2-|-2---/11-11---2-|-2---/11-11---9-|-9---8-8---9-|
    D MajorD|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
    A augmentedA|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
    E MajorE|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|


    e|-0----0--0----0-|--0----|
    BB|-0----0--0----0-|--0----|
    G+G|-9---11-11---13-|-13----|
    D MajorD|----------------|-------|
    A augmentedA|----------------|-------|
    E MajorE|----------------|-------|

VERSE CONTINUED:
      A augmentedA                E MajorE
    Out on our street when my dad let go of the seat
        F# minorF#m
    I rode off and down the road
         A augmentedA        BB
    Somehow I never went back home

CHORUS 1:
        E MajorE
    But I remember what it was like
     A augmentedA
    Astride my yellow bike
        E MajorE
    First freedom, second life
        A augmentedA
    All the places I could ride
        G# minorG#m
    Leaving early packing light
       C# minorC#m  BB  A augmentedA   A/G#
    That little ache inside
      F# minorF#m     A augmentedA
    My kingdom for someone to ride with

CHORUS LEAD:

    e|-------0----------0----|-------0----------0----|
    BB|-12---------12---------|-12---------12---------|
    G+G|----13---13----13---13-|----13---13----13---11-|
    D MajorD|-----------------------|-----------------------|
    A augmentedA|-----------------------|-----------------------|
    E MajorE|-----------------------|-----------------------|

    e|-------0----------0----|-------0----------0----|
    BB|-12---------12---------|-12---------12---------|
    G+G|----11---11----11---11-|----11---11----11---13-|
    D MajorD|-----------------------|-----------------------|
    A augmentedA|-----------------------|-----------------------|
    E MajorE|-----------------------|-----------------------|

INSTRUMENTAL:
              E MajorE
    e|---------0--0-|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|
    BB|---------0--0-|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|
    G+G|--------13-13-|-13---11-11-11---9-9-|
    D MajorD|--------------|---------------------|
    A augmentedA|--------------|---------------------|
    E MajorE|--------------|---------------------|

               A augmentedA
    e|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---------|----------0--0-|
    BB|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---------|----------0--0-|
    G+G|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6---------|---------13-13-|
    D MajorD|-----------------|-----------|---------------|
    A augmentedA|-----------------|-----7-----|-0-------------|
    E MajorE|-----------------|-----------|---------------|

      E MajorE                   A augmentedA
    e|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----|
    BB|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----|
    G+G|-13---11-11-11---9-9-|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6----|
    D MajorD|---------------------|-----------------|------|
    A augmentedA|---------------------|-----------------|------|
    E MajorE|---------------------|-----------------|------|

VERSE 2:
       A augmentedA              E MajorE
    Now a highwayman who traded in his handlebars
       BB
    Going back and forth
      F# minorF#m
    In vans and rental cars
        A augmentedA             E MajorE
    On the 10, the 5, the 90, and the 95
           F# minorF#m
    In love with every stretch of road
          A augmentedA        BB
    But when I drive them on my own

VERSE 2 LEAD:
      A augmentedA              E MajorE
    e|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
    BB|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
    G+G|-9-----9-----|-9-----9-----|-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|
    D MajorD|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
    A augmentedA|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
    E MajorE|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

      F# minorF#m             A augmentedA
    e|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
    BB|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
    G+G|-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|
    D MajorD|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
    A augmentedA|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
    E MajorE|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

CHORUS 2:
       G# minorG#m
    They remind me what it was like
     C# minorC#m     BB   A augmentedA  A/G#
    Astride that yellow bike
      F# minorF#m     A augmentedA
    My kingdom for someone

BRIDGE:
    A augmentedA
    Some folks are loners
        G# minorG#m
    And you learn from them
         F# minorF#m
    If you've always been a joiner
        E MajorE
    On the move again
        A augmentedA
    But if you keep your legs pumping
        G# minorG#m
    Despite everything
           F# minorF#m
    Well, you can take that sting
        A augmentedA       BB
    You can make it swing

CHORUS 3:
        E MajorE
    Just remember what it was like
     A augmentedA
    Astride that yellow bike
       E MajorE
    First freedom, second life
        A augmentedA
    All the places I could ride
        G# minorG#m
    Leaving early packing light
       C# minorC#m  BB  A augmentedA   A/G#
    That little ache inside
      F# minorF#m       A augmentedA
    My kingdom for someone to ride with
           F#F#       A minorAm     E MajorE
    I'd trade my kingdom for someone to ride with