Chords for Danny O'Keefe & Joel Tepp- 2006
Tempo:
129.85 bpm
Chords used:
F
E
Am
F#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[C] [F]
[D#] [G] [C]
[N]
I'm going to keep them.
Keep our number.
Ladies and gentlemen,
a man or a decent [E] introduction
and I'm telling you [F] today is not going to get one.
[Am] [E] [Am] [E]
[Am] Curious George.
[D] [F]
[E] [Am] [G#] Even the [F] dreamers don't [E] dream
any [G] dreams anymore.
[F]
[F#] [Am] The [D] luxury [F] items
now [F#] they're hard to afford.
[E] [G]
[E] [Am] [F#] Don't blame [F] me
I only [B] am doing [E] my job.
I'm a man
and I'm not a man.
[F]
[Fm] [Am] [F#] Taking the [F] cash
and [E] giving up credit to [F#] God.
[F]
[E] And [C] smiling
[E] when they tell me to.
[F] Hold it
nice [Am] and steady.
[Em] You don't have [Am] to be right.
[E] [Am] You don't have to be [F#] right.
You have [E] to be ready.
[C] [A]
[D] [Em] [E]
[F#] I can't believe
[B] nobody called
you the [D] one.
[E] No [Bm] [B] [Bm] one
who [C] keeps [B] his will
and the loot.
[D] [E] [Bm] [A]
Don't hang your [F] hopes in the [D#] closet
like [Am] clothes you [F#] won't [F] wear.
[E] [A] And that
[F#] kind of [F] style
just [G] needs a little [Am] repair.
[E] [F] [F#] [C]
Smile
even though it's hard to do.
[F] Hold it
[A] nice and steady.
[Am]
[F#]
[Em] You don't [Am] have to be [E] right.
[Am]
[E] [F]
[E] [F]
[E] [A] [F#] [F]
[E]
Tell you it's all [F] done with
[Em] wires I don't [A] think it's [G] true.
[C]
[E] [A] [Bm] It's all done
[F] with mirrors [B] between
[Am] me and [D] you.
[E]
[D] Just when it's [F] worth
to find [B] out they [A] usually say
[G] [F]
[E] [A] we [F#] don't love the [F] price
how [F] much worse [Am] you're winning because [E] they
[F]
[B] [C] smile even though
they tell you to.
[F] Hold it [Am] nice and steady.
[A] [F] You don't have to be [B] right.
You don't [F] have to be [E] right.
You don't
have to be right.
You have to be [D] ready.
[F] [B] [Am]
[E] Even when [F] you're
right, [E] you have to be ready.
[F] [B] [E] You [F#] don't have to [F] be right.
[B] [A] You [E] don't [F] have
to be [Bm] right.
[A]
[F] [E] You have to be right.
[Am] [A]
[G] [E]
[C] [F]
[D#] [G] [C]
[N]
I'm going to keep them.
Keep our number.
Ladies and gentlemen,
a man or a decent [E] introduction
and I'm telling you [F] today is not going to get one.
[Am] [E] [Am] [E]
[Am] Curious George.
[D] [F]
[E] [Am] [G#] Even the [F] dreamers don't [E] dream
any [G] dreams anymore.
[F]
[F#] [Am] The [D] luxury [F] items
now [F#] they're hard to afford.
[E] [G]
[E] [Am] [F#] Don't blame [F] me
I only [B] am doing [E] my job.
I'm a man
and I'm not a man.
[F]
[Fm] [Am] [F#] Taking the [F] cash
and [E] giving up credit to [F#] God.
[F]
[E] And [C] smiling
[E] when they tell me to.
[F] Hold it
nice [Am] and steady.
[Em] You don't have [Am] to be right.
[E] [Am] You don't have to be [F#] right.
You have [E] to be ready.
[C] [A]
[D] [Em] [E]
[F#] I can't believe
[B] nobody called
you the [D] one.
[E] No [Bm] [B] [Bm] one
who [C] keeps [B] his will
and the loot.
[D] [E] [Bm] [A]
Don't hang your [F] hopes in the [D#] closet
like [Am] clothes you [F#] won't [F] wear.
[E] [A] And that
[F#] kind of [F] style
just [G] needs a little [Am] repair.
[E] [F] [F#] [C]
Smile
even though it's hard to do.
[F] Hold it
[A] nice and steady.
[Am]
[F#]
[Em] You don't [Am] have to be [E] right.
[Am]
[E] [F]
[E] [F]
[E] [A] [F#] [F]
[E]
Tell you it's all [F] done with
[Em] wires I don't [A] think it's [G] true.
[C]
[E] [A] [Bm] It's all done
[F] with mirrors [B] between
[Am] me and [D] you.
[E]
[D] Just when it's [F] worth
to find [B] out they [A] usually say
[G] [F]
[E] [A] we [F#] don't love the [F] price
how [F] much worse [Am] you're winning because [E] they
[F]
[B] [C] smile even though
they tell you to.
[F] Hold it [Am] nice and steady.
[A] [F] You don't have to be [B] right.
You don't [F] have to be [E] right.
You don't
have to be right.
You have to be [D] ready.
[F] [B] [Am]
[E] Even when [F] you're
right, [E] you have to be ready.
[F] [B] [E] You [F#] don't have to [F] be right.
[B] [A] You [E] don't [F] have
to be [Bm] right.
[A]
[F] [E] You have to be right.
[Am] [A]
[G] [E]
Key:
F
E
Am
F#
A
F
E
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm going to keep them.
Keep our number.
_ Ladies _ _ and gentlemen,
a man or a decent [E] introduction
and I'm telling you [F] today is not going to get one.
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ Curious George.
[D] _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ [G#] Even the [F] dreamers don't [E] dream
any [G] dreams anymore.
_ _ [F] _ _
[F#] _ _ [Am] The [D] luxury [F] items
now [F#] they're hard to afford.
[E] _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ [F#] Don't blame [F] me
I only [B] am doing [E] my job.
I'm a man
and I'm not a man.
_ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Am] _ [F#] Taking the [F] cash
and [E] giving up credit to [F#] God.
_ [F] _ _
_ [E] And [C] _ smiling
[E] when they tell me to.
[F] Hold it
nice [Am] and steady.
_ _ _ _ [Em] You don't have [Am] to be right.
[E] _ _ [Am] You don't have to be [F#] right.
You have [E] to be ready.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] I can't believe
[B] nobody called
you the [D] one.
[E] _ No [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] one
who [C] keeps [B] his will
and the loot.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
Don't hang your [F] hopes in the [D#] closet
like [Am] clothes you [F#] won't [F] wear.
_ [E] _ _ [A] And that
[F#] kind of [F] style
just [G] needs a little [Am] repair.
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _
Smile
even though it's hard to do.
[F] Hold it
[A] nice and steady.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ You don't [Am] have to be [E] right.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tell you it's all [F] done with
[Em] wires I don't [A] think it's [G] true.
_ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] It's all done
[F] with mirrors [B] between
[Am] me and [D] you.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Just when it's [F] worth
to find [B] out they [A] usually say
[G] _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ [A] we [F#] don't love the [F] price
how [F] much worse [Am] you're winning because [E] they
_ [F] _ _
[B] _ _ [C] smile even though
they tell you to.
[F] Hold it [Am] nice and steady.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] You don't have to be [B] right. _ _
You don't [F] have to be [E] right. _ _
You don't
have to be right.
You have to be [D] ready.
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
[E] Even when [F] you're
right, [E] you have to be ready.
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] You [F#] don't have to [F] be right.
[B] _ _ [A] You [E] don't [F] have
to be [Bm] right.
[A] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] You have to be right.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm going to keep them.
Keep our number.
_ Ladies _ _ and gentlemen,
a man or a decent [E] introduction
and I'm telling you [F] today is not going to get one.
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ Curious George.
[D] _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ [G#] Even the [F] dreamers don't [E] dream
any [G] dreams anymore.
_ _ [F] _ _
[F#] _ _ [Am] The [D] luxury [F] items
now [F#] they're hard to afford.
[E] _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ [F#] Don't blame [F] me
I only [B] am doing [E] my job.
I'm a man
and I'm not a man.
_ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Am] _ [F#] Taking the [F] cash
and [E] giving up credit to [F#] God.
_ [F] _ _
_ [E] And [C] _ smiling
[E] when they tell me to.
[F] Hold it
nice [Am] and steady.
_ _ _ _ [Em] You don't have [Am] to be right.
[E] _ _ [Am] You don't have to be [F#] right.
You have [E] to be ready.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] I can't believe
[B] nobody called
you the [D] one.
[E] _ No [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] one
who [C] keeps [B] his will
and the loot.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
Don't hang your [F] hopes in the [D#] closet
like [Am] clothes you [F#] won't [F] wear.
_ [E] _ _ [A] And that
[F#] kind of [F] style
just [G] needs a little [Am] repair.
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _
Smile
even though it's hard to do.
[F] Hold it
[A] nice and steady.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ You don't [Am] have to be [E] right.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tell you it's all [F] done with
[Em] wires I don't [A] think it's [G] true.
_ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] It's all done
[F] with mirrors [B] between
[Am] me and [D] you.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Just when it's [F] worth
to find [B] out they [A] usually say
[G] _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ [A] we [F#] don't love the [F] price
how [F] much worse [Am] you're winning because [E] they
_ [F] _ _
[B] _ _ [C] smile even though
they tell you to.
[F] Hold it [Am] nice and steady.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] You don't have to be [B] right. _ _
You don't [F] have to be [E] right. _ _
You don't
have to be right.
You have to be [D] ready.
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
[E] Even when [F] you're
right, [E] you have to be ready.
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] You [F#] don't have to [F] be right.
[B] _ _ [A] You [E] don't [F] have
to be [Bm] right.
[A] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] You have to be right.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _