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Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers - A Fine Romance Chords

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ChordsC, Am7, Em7, D7, Dm7, G, G7, F, Gm7, C7
Strumming↓-↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

CAfineAm7romance,withEm7noD7kisses
Em7afineAm7romance,myDm7friendGthisis
WeCshouldbelikeaEm7coupleofD7hot Dm7tomatoesG7
ButCyou’reascoldasD7yesterday’smashedFpotatoesG
ACfineAm7romance,Em7youwon’tD7nestle,
AEm7fineAm7romance,youDm7won’tGwrestle
ICmightaswellplayGm7bridgewithC7myoldmaidFaunt
D7Ihaven’tgotaEm7chance
Dm7ThisisaG7fine CromanceDm7G7
CAfineAm7romance,Em7mygoodD7fellow
Em7YoutakeAm7romance,Dm7I’lltakeGjello
You’reCcalmerthantheEm7sealsintheD7ArcticDm7OceanG7
AtCleasttheyflaptheirD7finsto Fexpress Dm7emotionG
CAfineAm7romancewithEm7noD7quarrels,
Em7WithnoAm7insultsandDm7allGmorals
CI’venevermussedtheGm7creaseinyourC7bluesergeFpants
D7InevergettheEm7chance
Dm7ThisisaG7fine CromanceDm7G7
CAfineAm7romance,withEm7noD7kisses
Em7afineAm7romance,myDm7friendGthisis
WeCshouldbelikeEm7clamsinaD7dishofDm7chowderG7
ButCwejustfizzlikeD7partsofSeidlitzFpowderG
ACfineAm7romance,Em7withnoD7clinches,
AEm7fineAm7romance,withDm7noGpinches
You’reCjustashardtoGm7landastheC7IledeFFrance!
D7Ihaven’tgotaEm7chance
Dm7ThisisaG7fine CromanceDm7G7
CAfineAm7romance,withEm7noD7kisses
Em7afineAm7romance,myDm7friendGthisis
TrueCloveshouldhavetheEm7thrillsthataD7healthyDm7mindhasG
WeCdon’thavehalftheD7thrillsthatthemarchofFtimehasG7
ACfineAm7romance,Em7withnoD7clinches,
AEm7fineAm7romance,withDm7noGpinches
CYounevergivetheGm7orchidsIC7sentaFglance
D7No!Youlike Em7cacusplants
Dm7thisisaG7fine CromanceDm7G7C
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ArtistFred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
AlbumSingle
GenresBlues, Jazz
Year1936
KeyC
DifficultyAdvanced

How to play A Fine Romance on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers - A Fine Romance on guitar requires 10 chords and 20 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

A Fine Romance uses these transitions most often: D7 → Em7 (12), Em7 → D7 (12), and G → C (12). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with C - Am7 chord transition.

1. C → Am7 chord transition

Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram
Guitar Am7 chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-0-1-0Guitar Am7 chord diagram

Here's how to move from C to Am7:

  1. While playing C, lift your ring finger from A string fret 3.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 8 times.

C to Am7

2. Am7 → Em7 chord transition

Guitar Am7 chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-0-1-0Guitar Am7 chord diagram
Guitar Em7 chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-0-0-0-0Guitar Em7 chord diagram

Here's how to move from Am7 to Em7:

  1. While playing Am7, lift your index finger from B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 8 times.

Am7 to Em7

3. Em7 → D7 chord transition

Guitar Em7 chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-0-0-0-0Guitar Em7 chord diagram
Guitar D7 chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-1-2Guitar D7 chord diagram

Here's how to move from Em7 to D7:

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Place index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Place ring finger on E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 12 times.

Em7 to D7

4. Am7 → Dm7 chord transition

Guitar Am7 chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-0-1-0Guitar Am7 chord diagram
Guitar Dm7 chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar Dm7 chord diagram

Switching from Am7 to Dm7:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 8 times.

Am7 to Dm7

5. Dm7 → G chord transition

To move from Dm7 to G:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Place ring finger on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 10 times.

6. G → C chord transition

Here's how to move from G to C:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 12 times.

7. C → Em7 chord transition

To move from C to Em7:

  1. While playing C, first lift your index finger and ring finger.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

8. D7 → Dm7 chord transition

Switching from D7 to Dm7:

  1. While playing D7, lift your ring finger from E string fret 2.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

9. Dm7 → G7 chord transition

Switching from Dm7 to G7:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Place ring finger on E string fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse, played 11 times.

10. G7 → C chord transition

To move from G7 to C:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 12 times.

11. C → D7 chord transition

To move from C to D7:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

12. D7 → F chord transition

To move from D7 to F:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from E string fret 2 to A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

13. F → G chord transition

Here's how to move from F to G:

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

14. C → Gm7 chord transition

Here's how to move from C to Gm7:

  1. While playing C, lift your index finger from B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

15. Gm7 → C7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Gm7 to C7:

  1. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 3 to A string fret 3.
  3. Place index finger on B string fret 1.
  4. Place pinky on G string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

16. C7 → F chord transition

Here's how to move from C7 to F:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your pinky from G string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

17. Em7 → Dm7 chord transition

To move from Em7 to Dm7:

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Place index finger on B string fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

18. C → Dm7 chord transition

Here's how to move from C to Dm7:

  1. While playing C, lift your ring finger from A string fret 3.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

19. F → Dm7 chord transition

Here's how to move from F to Dm7:

  1. While playing F, first lift your ring finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse.

20. F → G7 chord transition

To move from F to G7:

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse.

A Fine Romance chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in A Fine Romance.

  • A Fine Romance includes 145 chord transitions, 20 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.04% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • A Fine Romance contains 2 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how A Fine Romance connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After C, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (35%), F (16%), and D (11%).
    • C → D7: 1%
    • C → Am7: 0%
    After Em7, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (15%), D (13%), and A7 (13%).
    • Em7 → Am7: 6%
    • Em7 → Dm7: 2%
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