Stella Blue chords by
Grateful Dead (Official Version)

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Key: E majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

Verse 1
E E 
 
Emaj7 Emaj7 
 
All the years combine
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
They melt into a dream
Em Em 
 
C7 C7 
 
A broken angel sings
B7 B7 
 
From a guitar
E E 
 
Emaj7 Emaj7 
 
In the end there's just a song
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
Comes crying up the night
Em Em 
 
C7 C7 
 
Through all the broken dreams
B7 B7 
 
And vanished years
E E 
 
A A 
 
E E 
 
E E 
 
Stella Blue, Stella Blue

Verse 2
E E 
 
Emaj7 Emaj7 
 
When all the cards are down
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
There's nothing left to see
Em Em 
 
C7 C7 
 
There's just the pavement left
B7 B7 
 
And broken dreams
E E 
 
Emaj7 Emaj7 
 
In the end there's still that song
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
Comes crying like the wind
Em Em 
 
C7 C7 
 
Down every lonely  street
B7 B7 
 
That's ever been
E E 
 
A A 
 
E E 
 
E E 
 
Stella Blue, Stella Blue

Bridge 1
B B 
 
E E 
 
I've stayed in every blue- light cheap hotel
A A 
 
E/G# E/G# 
 
B B 
 
Can't win for trying
B B 
 
Dust off those rusty strings just
E E 
 
one more time
A A 
 
E/G# E/G# 
 
B B 
 
B7 B7 
 
Gonna make them shine (shine)

Interlude 1

Emaj7

Asus4

Emaj7

Asus4

Verse 3
E E 
 
Emaj7 Emaj7 
 
It all rolls into one
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
And nothing comes for free
Em Em 
 
C7 C7 
 
There's nothing you can hold
B7 B7 
 
For very long
E E 
 
Emaj7 Emaj7 
 
And when you hear that song
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
Comes crying like the wind
Em Em 
 
C7 C7 
 
It seems like all this life
B7 B7 
 
Was just a dream
E E 
 
A A 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
Stella Blue, Stella Blue

Outro 1

[Repeat and fade]

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsE Emaj7 Asus4 A Em...

Chords

E
Emaj7
Asus4
A
Em
C7
B7
B
E/G#

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
Emaj7: x-x-2-4-4-4
Asus4: x-0-2-2-3-0
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
C7: x-3-2-3-1-x
B7: x-2-1-2-0-2
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
E/G#: 4-x-2-4-0-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Sus2 and sus4 swap the third in a chord for a second or fourth. The sus course covers the shapes and how to drop them into a progression. Practice sus chords

When a song moves through a lot of chords, the strumming hand has to stay steady through every switch. The basic strumming course covers the patterns and the timing that make changes easier. Smooth out your strumming

This is the definitive original version of Stella Blue by Grateful Dead, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It suits players who want to learn Stella Blue the way Grateful Dead intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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