Chords for American Standard: NEW Album | James Taylor
Tempo:
171.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
G#
Bm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#] One thing isn't [C#] very clear, my love.
What [D#m] makes a standard?
Just a certain amount of history and familiarity,
[G#] just a sort of presence in the popular culture
[C#m] for a long period of [F#] time.
Teach me [B] to laugh.
[F#] I've always had [G#]
songs that I grew up with
[C#m] that I remember really well
that [F#] were part of the family [Bm] record collection.
You've got to be [D] taught to [C] be [Am] afraid.
And then I [D] basically had [Bm] a sort of a sense of [G] how to approach,
[C] so it was a [A] natural for us to sort of put this [D] project together,
American [Bm] Standard.
is
[E] a
[G] [F#] differentiating.
[G] You've got to be [A] carefully
[D] taught.
[Am] [G] Would God [A] bless the [G] [F] child that's got his [G] own?
[Am] [Gm] [D] I know [C] most of these songs from the original [A#] cast [C#] recordings
of [Am] the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musicals
that a lot of them came from.
I [G#] dreamed last [F] [G#] night I [A#m] got on a boat to [D#] heaven.
You know, we pay [G#] attention to the chords and to the melody [C#] of the tune,
but in terms [F#m] of
[G#m] how they [A] were performed before,
[Em] [D#m]
we're interested in doing something [E] new
and in [C#m] bringing something new to it, we've [A] reinterpreted the song.
[G#m] That's what makes [C#m] it worth doing.
[G#] I know [F#m] that it's easy [Bm] as rolling [E] off [B] a log.
[A] It [G#] must be [F#m] easy, baby, [D] to say the sweet [C#] things you do.
[F#]
It's [Bm] so easy [E]
to [Bm] fall in love [E]
with you.
[A]
[Bm] [E]
[F#m] These are the songs that Lennon McCartney [E] listened to
and that so [F#m] many of my generation [E]
that got [A] started in the 60s,
they're so much more sophisticated [D] than music has [E] become,
[A] and [Bm] because of that they're a challenge,
but it's also something that shouldn't [E] be lost.
[A] [E]
[A] [F#m]
[A]
What [D#m] makes a standard?
Just a certain amount of history and familiarity,
[G#] just a sort of presence in the popular culture
[C#m] for a long period of [F#] time.
Teach me [B] to laugh.
[F#] I've always had [G#]
songs that I grew up with
[C#m] that I remember really well
that [F#] were part of the family [Bm] record collection.
You've got to be [D] taught to [C] be [Am] afraid.
And then I [D] basically had [Bm] a sort of a sense of [G] how to approach,
[C] so it was a [A] natural for us to sort of put this [D] project together,
American [Bm] Standard.
is
[E] a
[G] [F#] differentiating.
[G] You've got to be [A] carefully
[D] taught.
[Am] [G] Would God [A] bless the [G] [F] child that's got his [G] own?
[Am] [Gm] [D] I know [C] most of these songs from the original [A#] cast [C#] recordings
of [Am] the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musicals
that a lot of them came from.
I [G#] dreamed last [F] [G#] night I [A#m] got on a boat to [D#] heaven.
You know, we pay [G#] attention to the chords and to the melody [C#] of the tune,
but in terms [F#m] of
[G#m] how they [A] were performed before,
[Em] [D#m]
we're interested in doing something [E] new
and in [C#m] bringing something new to it, we've [A] reinterpreted the song.
[G#m] That's what makes [C#m] it worth doing.
[G#] I know [F#m] that it's easy [Bm] as rolling [E] off [B] a log.
[A] It [G#] must be [F#m] easy, baby, [D] to say the sweet [C#] things you do.
[F#]
It's [Bm] so easy [E]
to [Bm] fall in love [E]
with you.
[A]
[Bm] [E]
[F#m] These are the songs that Lennon McCartney [E] listened to
and that so [F#m] many of my generation [E]
that got [A] started in the 60s,
they're so much more sophisticated [D] than music has [E] become,
[A] and [Bm] because of that they're a challenge,
but it's also something that shouldn't [E] be lost.
[A] [E]
[A] [F#m]
[A]
Key:
A
E
G#
Bm
D
A
E
G#
[G#] One thing isn't [C#] very clear, my love.
What [D#m] makes a standard? _
Just a certain amount of history and _ familiarity,
[G#] just a sort of presence in the popular culture
[C#m] for _ a long period of [F#] time.
Teach _ me [B] to laugh.
_ [F#] I've always had _ [G#]
songs that I grew up with
[C#m] that I remember really well
that [F#] were part of the family [Bm] record collection.
You've got to be _ [D] taught to [C] be _ _ [Am] afraid.
And then I [D] basically had [Bm] a sort of a sense of [G] how to approach,
_ [C] so it was a [A] natural for us to sort of put this [D] project together,
American [Bm] Standard.
_is
[E] a _
_ _ [G] _ [F#] differentiating. _ _
[G] You've got to be [A] carefully _
[D] taught.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Would God [A] bless the _ [G] _ [F] child that's got his [G] own? _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [D] _ I know [C] most of these songs from the original [A#] cast [C#] recordings
of [Am] the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musicals
that a lot of them came from.
I [G#] _ dreamed last [F] _ [G#] night I [A#m] got on a boat to [D#] heaven.
You know, we pay [G#] attention to the chords and to the melody [C#] of the tune,
but in terms [F#m] of _
[G#m] how they [A] were performed before,
[Em] _ [D#m]
we're interested in doing something [E] new
_ and in [C#m] bringing something new to it, we've [A] reinterpreted the song.
[G#m] That's what makes [C#m] it worth doing.
[G#] I know [F#m] that it's easy _ [Bm] as rolling [E] off [B] a log.
[A] It [G#] must be [F#m] easy, baby, _ [D] to say the sweet [C#] things you do.
[F#] _ _
_ It's [Bm] so easy _ [E]
to [Bm] fall in love [E]
with you.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
[F#m] These are the songs that Lennon McCartney [E] listened to
and that so [F#m] many of my generation [E] _
that got [A] started in the _ 60s,
they're so much more sophisticated [D] than music has [E] become,
[A] and [Bm] because of that they're a challenge,
but it's also something that shouldn't [E] be lost.
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What [D#m] makes a standard? _
Just a certain amount of history and _ familiarity,
[G#] just a sort of presence in the popular culture
[C#m] for _ a long period of [F#] time.
Teach _ me [B] to laugh.
_ [F#] I've always had _ [G#]
songs that I grew up with
[C#m] that I remember really well
that [F#] were part of the family [Bm] record collection.
You've got to be _ [D] taught to [C] be _ _ [Am] afraid.
And then I [D] basically had [Bm] a sort of a sense of [G] how to approach,
_ [C] so it was a [A] natural for us to sort of put this [D] project together,
American [Bm] Standard.
_is
[E] a _
_ _ [G] _ [F#] differentiating. _ _
[G] You've got to be [A] carefully _
[D] taught.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Would God [A] bless the _ [G] _ [F] child that's got his [G] own? _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [D] _ I know [C] most of these songs from the original [A#] cast [C#] recordings
of [Am] the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musicals
that a lot of them came from.
I [G#] _ dreamed last [F] _ [G#] night I [A#m] got on a boat to [D#] heaven.
You know, we pay [G#] attention to the chords and to the melody [C#] of the tune,
but in terms [F#m] of _
[G#m] how they [A] were performed before,
[Em] _ [D#m]
we're interested in doing something [E] new
_ and in [C#m] bringing something new to it, we've [A] reinterpreted the song.
[G#m] That's what makes [C#m] it worth doing.
[G#] I know [F#m] that it's easy _ [Bm] as rolling [E] off [B] a log.
[A] It [G#] must be [F#m] easy, baby, _ [D] to say the sweet [C#] things you do.
[F#] _ _
_ It's [Bm] so easy _ [E]
to [Bm] fall in love [E]
with you.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
[F#m] These are the songs that Lennon McCartney [E] listened to
and that so [F#m] many of my generation [E] _
that got [A] started in the _ 60s,
they're so much more sophisticated [D] than music has [E] become,
[A] and [Bm] because of that they're a challenge,
but it's also something that shouldn't [E] be lost.
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _