Chords for Didn't Know What I Was In For

Tempo:
70.8 bpm
Chords used:

D

Bm

G

A

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Didn't Know What I Was In For chords
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[D]
My telephone, it doesn't have a camera
it did, I'd take a picture of myself
If it did, I'd take a picture of the water
[F#m] the man on the off-ramp
for help
for the summer
the pool
100%  ➙  71BPM
D
1321
Bm
13421112
G
2131
A
1231
F#m
123111112
D
1321
Bm
13421112
G
2131
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Better Oblivion Community Center - Didnt Know What I Was In For chords, practice playing G, Bm, D, A, G, D and Bm in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 35 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 71. With the song's key of D Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
My telephone, it doesn't have a camera
If _ it did, I'd take a picture of myself _ _
If it did, I'd take a picture of the water
And [F#m] the man on the off-ramp
[D] Holding up the sign that's asking me for help
I _ got a job and I'll work here for the summer
I _ fold the towels and set them by the pool
_ _ Everyone looks happy with each other
Until they step away and say the thing they really meant
It always sounds so cruel
I _
[A] _ didn't know what I [G] was in it for
[D] _
When I signed up [Bm] for that run _ _
[A] _ There's no way I'm curing [G] cancer
Got [Bm] sweated out
[D] I feel so proud now for all the good I've done
I _ know a girl who owns a [G] boutique in the city
_ [D] _ Selling clothes to the fashionably late
_ _ Says she cries at the news but doesn't really
Cause it's too much fun, there's too much time
And too much plastic money to be made _ _
[A] I didn't know what [D] I was in it for
When they took my [Bm] belt and strings
_ [D] _
[A] _ They told me [G] I'd gone [D] crazy
[Em] My [Bm] mom's just trapped in a straight jacket
[D] So I couldn't save those TV refugees
When [B] they're on their backs
[F#m] In a bloody bath
[D] For the sarin gas
On a screen
_ _ [Bm] _ I didn't know what I was [G] in it [D] for
_ _ When I laid [Bm] out in the sun
[D] You [A] _ get burned for [G] being honest
I've [Bm] really never done _
[D] Anything for anyone
To _ _ fall asleep I need white noise to distract me _
Otherwise I have to listen to me think _ _
Otherwise [A] I pace [Bm] around, hold my breath
Let it [D] out, sit on the couch and think about
Our living's just a promise that I made
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _

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