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Cream - White Room Chords

Chord reference Gm, F, D, C, G, Dm
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Gm] [F] [D] [C] [G] [F] [Dm] [C] [Am]In the [C]white [D]room with [C]black [G]curtains [Bb]near the [Dm]station [C] [G] [Bb]Blackroof [Dm]country, [C]no gold [Bm]pavements, [Bb]tired [Dm]starlings [C] [G] [Bb]Silver [Dm]horses [C]ran down [G]moonbeams [Bb]in your [Dm]dark eyes [C] [G] [Bb]Dawnlight [Dm]smiles [C]on you [Bm]leaving, [Bb]my con[D]tentment [C] [G]

I’ll [C]wait in this [G]place where the [Bb]sun never [A]shines [C]Wait in this [G]place where the [Bb]shadows [C]run from [D]themselves You said [D]no strings [C]could se[G]cure you [F]at the [Dm]station [C] [Bb]Platform [Dm]ticket, [C]restless [Bm]diesels, [Bb]goodbye [D]windows [C]I walked [Dm]into [C]such a [G]sad time [Bb]at the [Dm]station [Bb]As I [Dm]walked out, [C]felt my [G]own need [Bb]just be[D]ginning

I’ll [C]wait in the [G]queue when the [Bb]trains come [A]back [C]Lie with [G]you where the [Bb]shadows [C]run from them[D]selves

[Gm] [F] [D] [C] [G] [F] [Dm] [C]

At the [Am]party [C]she was [Bm]kindness [Bb]in the [D]hard crowd [G] [C] Conso[D]lation [C]for the [G]old wound now for[Dm]gotten [F] [G] [Bb]Yellow [Dm]tigers [C]crouched in [Bm]jungles [Bb]in her [D]dark eyes [G] She’s just [C]dressing, [C]goodbye [Bm]windows, [Bb]tired [D]starlings [G]

[Bb]I’ll [C]sleep in this [G]place with the [Bb]lonely [A]crowd; [C]Lie in the [G]dark where the [Bb]shadows [C]run from them[D]selves

[Gm] [F] [D] [C] [G] [F] [Dm] [C] [Am]

[F] [G] [C] [G]

Artist Cream
Album Wheels of Fire - In the Studio
Genres Rock
Year 1968
Key Am

How to Play White Room on Guitar?

Cream - White Room can be played in the key of Am using the Gm, F, D, C, G, Dm chords.

  • For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let D, G ring open.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play White Room with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.