Chords for Don't Write Me Off
Tempo:
142.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
F
Am
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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In the fall of 2014, Amplifier TV, [F] in association with Guitar Center and the [E] Jimmy Kimmel Show,
sponsored [B] Singer-Songwriter 4, a contest that promised the winner an apparent bunchy Kimmel line.
[F] Songwriters were asked to submit [E] up to five videos and then encourage their fan [Am] base to vote by playing the video.
During the course of the contest, Lon, [F] Milo, and Cat, age 65, began to [E] move up through the ranks of over 10,000 [A] contestants,
taking [Am] over the top spot with less than three weeks remaining.
[F] At this point, the contest organizers [E] believed that over 15,000 Lon played, [Am] dropping him back to fifth place.
When his fans quickly put him back on top, [F] Amplifier TV blocked their access without [Eb] warning or explanation.
[Am] Despite their actions, Lon still logged 20,000 more plays than the second-place finisher,
a 25% margin of victory over [Ab] a field of 10,000.
[Bm] [Em]
Ultimately, the contest judges chose five much younger people to compete [D] for the spot on Jimmy Kimmel.
None of whom [B] finished in the top [G] ten, and at least one [Am] of which had previously been a good judge.
Was it fixed?
[F] Who knows.
[E] But we think the organizers ignored the premise [Am] of the contest and unfairly penalized Lon because he is older.
[F] Following is Lon's message [E] to the contest organizers, [Am] Guitar Center and Jimmy, who [A] did not even give him the courtesy [C] of email.
[F]
[A] I up and joined the AARP, wake up at night to take a pee, wear glasses just so I can see, but growing old don't bother me,
cause space and time ain't what they used to be, the future now is history, especially when it comes to me, I ain't what I appear to be.
Don't write me off, it's because I'm getting older, [F] if you don't shuffle [Bm] off, you'll be older [A] grisly, I [E] ain't washed up,
even though that's just a filthy rumor, [D] I'm a hip-ho, pup, [E] late [Ab] bloomer, baby bloomer, [A] don't write [E] me off,
[Am] [A] [Am] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, [A] don't write [E] me off, [C] I'm [Am] a pool of [E] ancient wisdom,
[A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has [F]-been, I'm still [Dm] pecking, I'm still kicking, [E] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] all the things [E] I've seen and done, all my trips around [F] the sun, the hearse I broke, the loves [E] of love and all that [B] fun you're having,
[A] fun going round [E] the earth, [Am] seeking peace and love [C] and brotherhood, [F] and to tell you all the truth, [E] I'm busy practicing for [Am] Buddha,
don't [Em] write me off, [Am] [F] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, [A] don't write [E] me off, [Am] [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient wisdom,
[A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has [F]-been, I'm still [D] writing, I'm still fighting, [Em] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] don't write me off, [E] I'm still dreaming, [Ab] I'm still [Dm] scheming, don't write me off, still revolving and evolving,
[G] don't write me [B] off, still advancing [G] and romancing, [C] just suspend your disbelieving, [E] sometimes looks can [Bb] be deceiving,
[A] growing old [E] ain't cruel and tragic, this [C] old fool's still full of magic, [F] I write books and songs and [E] poetry, I'll go on [Ab] till I'm [A] 93,
the rage [E] of social media, [A] got a page on [Em] Wikipedia, [F] don't be [Dm] writing my [E] obituaries, still busy making [A] history,
don't write [E] me off, [Am] [Em] [F] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, [A] don't write me [Am] off, [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient [Ab] wisdom,
[A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has-been, [F] I'm still sinning, [Dm] I'm still grinning, [E] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] don't write [Bb] [A] [Dm]
[G]
me off, [C] just suspend your disbelieving, [E] sometimes looks can be deceiving, [Am] don't write me off,
[F]
I'm [E] quaint and handsome, [Am] don't write me off, [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient wisdom, [A] don't [Em] write me off [Am] like some old [C] pathetic has-been,
[F] still evoking and provoking, [E] still bemusing and amusing, [Bbm] still creating and debating, I'm still moving, I'm still moving,
[Gb] I'm still living,
sponsored [B] Singer-Songwriter 4, a contest that promised the winner an apparent bunchy Kimmel line.
[F] Songwriters were asked to submit [E] up to five videos and then encourage their fan [Am] base to vote by playing the video.
During the course of the contest, Lon, [F] Milo, and Cat, age 65, began to [E] move up through the ranks of over 10,000 [A] contestants,
taking [Am] over the top spot with less than three weeks remaining.
[F] At this point, the contest organizers [E] believed that over 15,000 Lon played, [Am] dropping him back to fifth place.
When his fans quickly put him back on top, [F] Amplifier TV blocked their access without [Eb] warning or explanation.
[Am] Despite their actions, Lon still logged 20,000 more plays than the second-place finisher,
a 25% margin of victory over [Ab] a field of 10,000.
[Bm] [Em]
Ultimately, the contest judges chose five much younger people to compete [D] for the spot on Jimmy Kimmel.
None of whom [B] finished in the top [G] ten, and at least one [Am] of which had previously been a good judge.
Was it fixed?
[F] Who knows.
[E] But we think the organizers ignored the premise [Am] of the contest and unfairly penalized Lon because he is older.
[F] Following is Lon's message [E] to the contest organizers, [Am] Guitar Center and Jimmy, who [A] did not even give him the courtesy [C] of email.
[F]
[A] I up and joined the AARP, wake up at night to take a pee, wear glasses just so I can see, but growing old don't bother me,
cause space and time ain't what they used to be, the future now is history, especially when it comes to me, I ain't what I appear to be.
Don't write me off, it's because I'm getting older, [F] if you don't shuffle [Bm] off, you'll be older [A] grisly, I [E] ain't washed up,
even though that's just a filthy rumor, [D] I'm a hip-ho, pup, [E] late [Ab] bloomer, baby bloomer, [A] don't write [E] me off,
[Am] [A] [Am] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, [A] don't write [E] me off, [C] I'm [Am] a pool of [E] ancient wisdom,
[A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has [F]-been, I'm still [Dm] pecking, I'm still kicking, [E] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] all the things [E] I've seen and done, all my trips around [F] the sun, the hearse I broke, the loves [E] of love and all that [B] fun you're having,
[A] fun going round [E] the earth, [Am] seeking peace and love [C] and brotherhood, [F] and to tell you all the truth, [E] I'm busy practicing for [Am] Buddha,
don't [Em] write me off, [Am] [F] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, [A] don't write [E] me off, [Am] [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient wisdom,
[A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has [F]-been, I'm still [D] writing, I'm still fighting, [Em] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] don't write me off, [E] I'm still dreaming, [Ab] I'm still [Dm] scheming, don't write me off, still revolving and evolving,
[G] don't write me [B] off, still advancing [G] and romancing, [C] just suspend your disbelieving, [E] sometimes looks can [Bb] be deceiving,
[A] growing old [E] ain't cruel and tragic, this [C] old fool's still full of magic, [F] I write books and songs and [E] poetry, I'll go on [Ab] till I'm [A] 93,
the rage [E] of social media, [A] got a page on [Em] Wikipedia, [F] don't be [Dm] writing my [E] obituaries, still busy making [A] history,
don't write [E] me off, [Am] [Em] [F] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, [A] don't write me [Am] off, [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient [Ab] wisdom,
[A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has-been, [F] I'm still sinning, [Dm] I'm still grinning, [E] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] don't write [Bb] [A] [Dm]
[G]
me off, [C] just suspend your disbelieving, [E] sometimes looks can be deceiving, [Am] don't write me off,
[F]
I'm [E] quaint and handsome, [Am] don't write me off, [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient wisdom, [A] don't [Em] write me off [Am] like some old [C] pathetic has-been,
[F] still evoking and provoking, [E] still bemusing and amusing, [Bbm] still creating and debating, I'm still moving, I'm still moving,
[Gb] I'm still living,
Key:
E
F
Am
A
Em
E
F
Am
_ _ In the fall of 2014, Amplifier TV, [F] in association with Guitar Center and the [E] Jimmy Kimmel Show,
sponsored [B] Singer-Songwriter 4, a contest that promised the winner an apparent bunchy Kimmel line.
[F] _ Songwriters were asked to submit [E] up to five videos and then encourage their fan [Am] base to vote by playing the video.
During the course of the contest, Lon, [F] Milo, and Cat, age 65, began to [E] move up through the ranks of over 10,000 [A] contestants,
taking [Am] over the top spot with less than three weeks remaining.
_ [F] At this point, the contest organizers [E] believed that over 15,000 Lon played, [Am] dropping him back to fifth place.
When his fans quickly put him back on top, [F] Amplifier TV blocked their access without [Eb] warning or explanation.
_ _ [Am] Despite their actions, Lon still logged 20,000 more plays than the second-place finisher,
a 25% margin of victory over [Ab] a field of 10,000.
[Bm] _ [Em]
Ultimately, the contest judges chose five much younger people to compete [D] for the spot on Jimmy Kimmel.
None of whom [B] finished in the top [G] ten, and at least one [Am] of which had previously been a good judge. _ _
Was it fixed?
[F] Who knows.
_ [E] But we think the organizers ignored the premise [Am] of the contest and unfairly penalized Lon because he is older.
_ [F] _ Following is Lon's message [E] to the contest organizers, [Am] Guitar Center and Jimmy, who [A] did not even give him the courtesy [C] of email.
[F] _
_ _ [A] I up and joined the AARP, wake up at night to take a pee, wear glasses just so I can see, but growing old don't bother me,
cause space and time ain't what they used to be, the future now is history, especially when it comes to me, I ain't what I appear to be.
_ _ Don't write me off, it's because I'm getting older, [F] if you don't shuffle [Bm] off, you'll be older [A] grisly, I [E] ain't washed up,
even though that's just a filthy rumor, [D] I'm a hip-ho, pup, [E] late [Ab] bloomer, baby bloomer, [A] don't write [E] me off,
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, _ [A] don't write [E] me off, _ _ _ [C] I'm [Am] a pool of [E] ancient wisdom,
_ [A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has [F]-been, I'm still [Dm] pecking, I'm still kicking, [E] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] all the things [E] I've seen and done, all my trips around [F] the sun, the hearse I broke, the loves [E] of love and all that [B] fun you're having,
[A] fun going round [E] the earth, [Am] seeking peace and love [C] and brotherhood, [F] and to tell you all the truth, [E] I'm busy practicing for [Am] Buddha,
don't [Em] write me off, [Am] _ _ _ [F] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, _ [A] don't write [E] me off, [Am] _ _ _ [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient wisdom,
_ [A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has [F]-been, I'm still [D] writing, I'm still fighting, [Em] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] don't write me off, [E] I'm still dreaming, [Ab] I'm still [Dm] scheming, don't write me off, still revolving and evolving,
[G] don't write me [B] off, still advancing [G] and romancing, [C] just suspend your disbelieving, [E] sometimes looks can [Bb] be deceiving,
[A] growing old [E] ain't cruel and tragic, this [C] old fool's still full of magic, [F] I write books and songs and [E] poetry, I'll go on [Ab] till I'm [A] 93,
the rage [E] of social media, [A] got a page on [Em] Wikipedia, [F] don't be [Dm] writing my [E] obituaries, still busy making [A] history,
don't write [E] me off, [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [F] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, [A] don't write me [Am] off, _ _ _ [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient [Ab] wisdom,
[A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has-been, [F] I'm still sinning, [Dm] I'm still grinning, [E] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] don't write _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
me off, _ _ [C] just suspend your disbelieving, [E] sometimes looks can be deceiving, [Am] don't write me off,
_ _ _ [F] _ _
I'm [E] quaint and handsome, [Am] don't write me off, _ _ [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient wisdom, _ [A] don't [Em] write me off [Am] like some old [C] pathetic has-been,
[F] still evoking and provoking, [E] still bemusing and amusing, [Bbm] still creating and debating, I'm still moving, I'm still moving,
[Gb] I'm still living,
sponsored [B] Singer-Songwriter 4, a contest that promised the winner an apparent bunchy Kimmel line.
[F] _ Songwriters were asked to submit [E] up to five videos and then encourage their fan [Am] base to vote by playing the video.
During the course of the contest, Lon, [F] Milo, and Cat, age 65, began to [E] move up through the ranks of over 10,000 [A] contestants,
taking [Am] over the top spot with less than three weeks remaining.
_ [F] At this point, the contest organizers [E] believed that over 15,000 Lon played, [Am] dropping him back to fifth place.
When his fans quickly put him back on top, [F] Amplifier TV blocked their access without [Eb] warning or explanation.
_ _ [Am] Despite their actions, Lon still logged 20,000 more plays than the second-place finisher,
a 25% margin of victory over [Ab] a field of 10,000.
[Bm] _ [Em]
Ultimately, the contest judges chose five much younger people to compete [D] for the spot on Jimmy Kimmel.
None of whom [B] finished in the top [G] ten, and at least one [Am] of which had previously been a good judge. _ _
Was it fixed?
[F] Who knows.
_ [E] But we think the organizers ignored the premise [Am] of the contest and unfairly penalized Lon because he is older.
_ [F] _ Following is Lon's message [E] to the contest organizers, [Am] Guitar Center and Jimmy, who [A] did not even give him the courtesy [C] of email.
[F] _
_ _ [A] I up and joined the AARP, wake up at night to take a pee, wear glasses just so I can see, but growing old don't bother me,
cause space and time ain't what they used to be, the future now is history, especially when it comes to me, I ain't what I appear to be.
_ _ Don't write me off, it's because I'm getting older, [F] if you don't shuffle [Bm] off, you'll be older [A] grisly, I [E] ain't washed up,
even though that's just a filthy rumor, [D] I'm a hip-ho, pup, [E] late [Ab] bloomer, baby bloomer, [A] don't write [E] me off,
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, _ [A] don't write [E] me off, _ _ _ [C] I'm [Am] a pool of [E] ancient wisdom,
_ [A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has [F]-been, I'm still [Dm] pecking, I'm still kicking, [E] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] all the things [E] I've seen and done, all my trips around [F] the sun, the hearse I broke, the loves [E] of love and all that [B] fun you're having,
[A] fun going round [E] the earth, [Am] seeking peace and love [C] and brotherhood, [F] and to tell you all the truth, [E] I'm busy practicing for [Am] Buddha,
don't [Em] write me off, [Am] _ _ _ [F] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, _ [A] don't write [E] me off, [Am] _ _ _ [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient wisdom,
_ [A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has [F]-been, I'm still [D] writing, I'm still fighting, [Em] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] don't write me off, [E] I'm still dreaming, [Ab] I'm still [Dm] scheming, don't write me off, still revolving and evolving,
[G] don't write me [B] off, still advancing [G] and romancing, [C] just suspend your disbelieving, [E] sometimes looks can [Bb] be deceiving,
[A] growing old [E] ain't cruel and tragic, this [C] old fool's still full of magic, [F] I write books and songs and [E] poetry, I'll go on [Ab] till I'm [A] 93,
the rage [E] of social media, [A] got a page on [Em] Wikipedia, [F] don't be [Dm] writing my [E] obituaries, still busy making [A] history,
don't write [E] me off, [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [F] I'm cool and [E] quaint and handsome, [A] don't write me [Am] off, _ _ _ [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient [Ab] wisdom,
[A] don't write [E] me off [Am] like some old [Em] pathetic has-been, [F] I'm still sinning, [Dm] I'm still grinning, [E] doing shit you can't imagine,
[A] don't write _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
me off, _ _ [C] just suspend your disbelieving, [E] sometimes looks can be deceiving, [Am] don't write me off,
_ _ _ [F] _ _
I'm [E] quaint and handsome, [Am] don't write me off, _ _ [F] I'm a pool of [E] ancient wisdom, _ [A] don't [Em] write me off [Am] like some old [C] pathetic has-been,
[F] still evoking and provoking, [E] still bemusing and amusing, [Bbm] still creating and debating, I'm still moving, I'm still moving,
[Gb] I'm still living,
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