Chords for 50 States that Rhyme
Tempo:
97.9 bpm
Chords used:
F
F#
C
A#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] When I was small I studied [A#] U.S. [F] Geography.
The teacher said, [Dm] would you stand [G] up and list the states [C] for me?
[F] My knees [Cm] began a [G#]-knockin', [A#] my words fell out [A#m] all wrong.
[C] Then suddenly I burst out with a silly [Am] little song.
[D] [C] [Dm] [C]
[F] Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, [G] [C] Connecticut and more,
Delaware, [F] Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, [A#] Iowa, still [F] 35 to go,
Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, [Cm] Maine, [A#] Maryland, Massachusetts, and good old Michigan,
[F] Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, [A#] and Montana, [F] Nebraska's [C] 27th, number [F] 28's Nevada.
[F#] [A#m] [F#] Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down New Mexico,
there's New York, North Carolina, [G#] North Dakota, [C#] Ohio, [F#] Oklahoma, Oregon, and something in L.A.C.,. Rhode Island, South Carolina, South [F#] Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and there's Utah, Vermont, I'm almost [B] through, Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia too, [F#] could Wisconsin be the last one, or [B] is it 49? [F#] No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme. [F] When I sat [Am] down all out of [A#] breath, the teacher said, [F] that's great! I'm quite impressed you [Dm] were the [G] best in this big, old [C] state. [F] But if you [Cm] wanna [F] [A#] pay for that silly [G] little rhyme, [Cm] stand back up and sing that song, but [D] do it [F] double [A] time. [D] [C] [F] Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, [G] Colorado, [C] Connecticut, and more, [F] Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, [C] Iowa, still [F] 35 to go, Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, [A#] Maryland, Massachusetts, and good old Michigan, [F] Minnesota, Mississippi, [A#] Missouri, and [F] Montana, Nebraska's [C] 27th, number [F] 28's Nevada. [F#] Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down New Mexico, there's New York, North [G#] Carolina, [C#] North Dakota, [F#] Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and something in L.A..C., Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and there's Utah, Vermont, I'm almost [B] through, Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia too, [F#] could Wisconsin be the last one, or is it [F#] 49? No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme. Wyoming is the last [C#] state in the 50 [F#] states that rhyme. [C#] [F] [F#] [A]
The teacher said, [Dm] would you stand [G] up and list the states [C] for me?
[F] My knees [Cm] began a [G#]-knockin', [A#] my words fell out [A#m] all wrong.
[C] Then suddenly I burst out with a silly [Am] little song.
[D] [C] [Dm] [C]
[F] Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, [G] [C] Connecticut and more,
Delaware, [F] Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, [A#] Iowa, still [F] 35 to go,
Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, [Cm] Maine, [A#] Maryland, Massachusetts, and good old Michigan,
[F] Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, [A#] and Montana, [F] Nebraska's [C] 27th, number [F] 28's Nevada.
[F#] [A#m] [F#] Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down New Mexico,
there's New York, North Carolina, [G#] North Dakota, [C#] Ohio, [F#] Oklahoma, Oregon, and something in L.A.C.,. Rhode Island, South Carolina, South [F#] Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and there's Utah, Vermont, I'm almost [B] through, Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia too, [F#] could Wisconsin be the last one, or [B] is it 49? [F#] No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme. [F] When I sat [Am] down all out of [A#] breath, the teacher said, [F] that's great! I'm quite impressed you [Dm] were the [G] best in this big, old [C] state. [F] But if you [Cm] wanna [F] [A#] pay for that silly [G] little rhyme, [Cm] stand back up and sing that song, but [D] do it [F] double [A] time. [D] [C] [F] Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, [G] Colorado, [C] Connecticut, and more, [F] Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, [C] Iowa, still [F] 35 to go, Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, [A#] Maryland, Massachusetts, and good old Michigan, [F] Minnesota, Mississippi, [A#] Missouri, and [F] Montana, Nebraska's [C] 27th, number [F] 28's Nevada. [F#] Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down New Mexico, there's New York, North [G#] Carolina, [C#] North Dakota, [F#] Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and something in L.A..C., Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and there's Utah, Vermont, I'm almost [B] through, Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia too, [F#] could Wisconsin be the last one, or is it [F#] 49? No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme. Wyoming is the last [C#] state in the 50 [F#] states that rhyme. [C#] [F] [F#] [A]
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ When I was small I studied [A#] U.S. [F] Geography.
The teacher said, [Dm] would you stand [G] up and list the states [C] for me?
[F] My knees [Cm] began a [G#]-knockin', [A#] my words fell out [A#m] all wrong.
[C] Then suddenly I burst out with a silly [Am] little song. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
[F] Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, [G] [C] Connecticut and more,
Delaware, [F] Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, [A#] Iowa, still [F] 35 to go,
Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, [Cm] Maine, [A#] Maryland, Massachusetts, and good old Michigan,
[F] Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, [A#] and Montana, [F] Nebraska's [C] 27th, number [F] 28's Nevada. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A#m] [F#] Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down New Mexico,
there's New York, North Carolina, [G#] North Dakota, [C#] Ohio, [F#] Oklahoma, Oregon, and something in L.A.C.,. Rhode Island, South Carolina, South [F#] Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and there's Utah, Vermont, I'm almost [B] through, Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia too, [F#] could Wisconsin be the last one, or [B] is it 49? [F#] No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme. _ _ [F] _ _ _ When I sat [Am] down all out of [A#] breath, the teacher said, [F] that's great! I'm quite impressed you [Dm] were the [G] best in this big, old [C] state. [F] But if you [Cm] wanna [F] [A#] pay for that silly [G] little rhyme, [Cm] stand back up and sing that song, but [D] do it [F] double [A] time. [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, [G] Colorado, [C] Connecticut, and more, [F] Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, [C] Iowa, still [F] 35 to go, Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, [A#] Maryland, Massachusetts, and good old Michigan, [F] Minnesota, Mississippi, [A#] Missouri, and [F] Montana, Nebraska's [C] 27th, number [F] 28's Nevada. _ [F#] _ _ _ Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down New Mexico, there's New York, North [G#] Carolina, [C#] North Dakota, [F#] Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and something in L.A..C., Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and there's Utah, Vermont, I'm almost [B] through, Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia too, [F#] could Wisconsin be the last one, or is it [F#] 49? No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme. Wyoming is the last [C#] state in the 50 [F#] states that rhyme. _ _ [C#] _ [F] _ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ _
The teacher said, [Dm] would you stand [G] up and list the states [C] for me?
[F] My knees [Cm] began a [G#]-knockin', [A#] my words fell out [A#m] all wrong.
[C] Then suddenly I burst out with a silly [Am] little song. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
[F] Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, [G] [C] Connecticut and more,
Delaware, [F] Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, [A#] Iowa, still [F] 35 to go,
Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, [Cm] Maine, [A#] Maryland, Massachusetts, and good old Michigan,
[F] Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, [A#] and Montana, [F] Nebraska's [C] 27th, number [F] 28's Nevada. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A#m] [F#] Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down New Mexico,
there's New York, North Carolina, [G#] North Dakota, [C#] Ohio, [F#] Oklahoma, Oregon, and something in L.A.C.,. Rhode Island, South Carolina, South [F#] Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and there's Utah, Vermont, I'm almost [B] through, Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia too, [F#] could Wisconsin be the last one, or [B] is it 49? [F#] No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme. _ _ [F] _ _ _ When I sat [Am] down all out of [A#] breath, the teacher said, [F] that's great! I'm quite impressed you [Dm] were the [G] best in this big, old [C] state. [F] But if you [Cm] wanna [F] [A#] pay for that silly [G] little rhyme, [Cm] stand back up and sing that song, but [D] do it [F] double [A] time. [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, [G] Colorado, [C] Connecticut, and more, [F] Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, [C] Iowa, still [F] 35 to go, Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, [A#] Maryland, Massachusetts, and good old Michigan, [F] Minnesota, Mississippi, [A#] Missouri, and [F] Montana, Nebraska's [C] 27th, number [F] 28's Nevada. _ [F#] _ _ _ Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down New Mexico, there's New York, North [G#] Carolina, [C#] North Dakota, [F#] Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and something in L.A..C., Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and there's Utah, Vermont, I'm almost [B] through, Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia too, [F#] could Wisconsin be the last one, or is it [F#] 49? No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme. Wyoming is the last [C#] state in the 50 [F#] states that rhyme. _ _ [C#] _ [F] _ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ _