Chords for Goin' By The Book
Tempo:
65.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
C
D
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Am]
You can see it in [C] the movies and the paper and the TV [A] news.
Somebody's army [C] is always on [E] the move.
[A] There's gonna be a battle, the [C] lines have been drawn,
They got [D] guns and tanks and [E] planes.
[A] The wells have gone dry [C] and the water is bad,
[D] And the air is [A] acid rain.
There's war after war [C] and rumors of war from [A] the east.
There's a rumbling in the ground [C] and they're talking about [A] the beast.
Good mothers cry cause [C] the rivers run high with [D] the blood of too many [A] sons.
Some people say [C] peace is on the way, [D] but the worst is still to come.
[A] Cause the prophets wrote about it [C] and Jesus spoke about it [D] and John got to take [A] a look.
And he told us what he saw [F#] and it's easy to see,
[D] It's going [A] by the book, it's [Am] going by the book.
[C] [D]
[A] [Am] [C]
[D] [A]
[Am] [A] There's armies in the cities [C] and the missiles stand ready [A] for flight.
A pale horse rides [C] like the wind [A] across the night.
And that rumbling in the desert [C] like thunder getting [D] closer,
Are the trumpets getting ready to blow.
[A] There's gonna be a [C] shout that will wake the [D] dead, we better be [A] ready to go.
[Am]
[A] Cause the prophets wrote [C] about it and Jesus spoke [D] about it and John got to [Am] take a look.
[A] And he told us what he [F#m] saw and it's easy to [D] see,
It's going [A] by the book, [Am] it's going [A] by the book.
[Am] It's going by [A] the book, it's going by the book.
[Em] [A] [Cm]
You can see it in [C] the movies and the paper and the TV [A] news.
Somebody's army [C] is always on [E] the move.
[A] There's gonna be a battle, the [C] lines have been drawn,
They got [D] guns and tanks and [E] planes.
[A] The wells have gone dry [C] and the water is bad,
[D] And the air is [A] acid rain.
There's war after war [C] and rumors of war from [A] the east.
There's a rumbling in the ground [C] and they're talking about [A] the beast.
Good mothers cry cause [C] the rivers run high with [D] the blood of too many [A] sons.
Some people say [C] peace is on the way, [D] but the worst is still to come.
[A] Cause the prophets wrote about it [C] and Jesus spoke about it [D] and John got to take [A] a look.
And he told us what he saw [F#] and it's easy to see,
[D] It's going [A] by the book, it's [Am] going by the book.
[C] [D]
[A] [Am] [C]
[D] [A]
[Am] [A] There's armies in the cities [C] and the missiles stand ready [A] for flight.
A pale horse rides [C] like the wind [A] across the night.
And that rumbling in the desert [C] like thunder getting [D] closer,
Are the trumpets getting ready to blow.
[A] There's gonna be a [C] shout that will wake the [D] dead, we better be [A] ready to go.
[Am]
[A] Cause the prophets wrote [C] about it and Jesus spoke [D] about it and John got to [Am] take a look.
[A] And he told us what he [F#m] saw and it's easy to [D] see,
It's going [A] by the book, [Am] it's going [A] by the book.
[Am] It's going by [A] the book, it's going by the book.
[Em] [A] [Cm]
Key:
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C
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Am
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C
D
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ You can see it in [C] the movies and the paper and the TV [A] news.
_ _ _ Somebody's army [C] is always on [E] the move.
_ [A] There's gonna be a battle, the [C] lines have been drawn,
They got [D] guns and tanks and [E] planes.
[A] The wells have gone dry [C] and the water is bad,
[D] And the air is [A] acid rain.
_ _ There's war after war [C] and rumors of war from [A] the east.
_ _ There's a rumbling in the ground [C] and they're talking about [A] the beast.
_ _ Good mothers cry cause [C] the rivers run high with [D] the blood of too many [A] sons.
Some people say [C] peace is on the way, [D] but the worst is still to come.
[A] _ Cause the prophets wrote about it [C] and Jesus spoke about it [D] and John got to take [A] a look.
And he told us what he saw [F#] and it's easy to see,
[D] It's going [A] by the book, it's [Am] going by the book.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] There's armies in the cities [C] and the missiles stand ready [A] for flight.
_ A pale horse rides [C] like the wind [A] across the night.
And that rumbling in the desert [C] like thunder getting [D] closer,
Are the trumpets getting ready to blow.
[A] There's gonna be a [C] shout that will wake the [D] dead, we better be [A] ready to go.
[Am] _
[A] Cause the prophets wrote [C] about it and Jesus spoke [D] about it and John got to [Am] take a look.
[A] And he told us what he [F#m] saw and it's easy to [D] see,
It's going [A] by the book, [Am] it's going [A] by the book.
[Am] It's going by _ [A] the book, _ _ it's going by the _ book.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ You can see it in [C] the movies and the paper and the TV [A] news.
_ _ _ Somebody's army [C] is always on [E] the move.
_ [A] There's gonna be a battle, the [C] lines have been drawn,
They got [D] guns and tanks and [E] planes.
[A] The wells have gone dry [C] and the water is bad,
[D] And the air is [A] acid rain.
_ _ There's war after war [C] and rumors of war from [A] the east.
_ _ There's a rumbling in the ground [C] and they're talking about [A] the beast.
_ _ Good mothers cry cause [C] the rivers run high with [D] the blood of too many [A] sons.
Some people say [C] peace is on the way, [D] but the worst is still to come.
[A] _ Cause the prophets wrote about it [C] and Jesus spoke about it [D] and John got to take [A] a look.
And he told us what he saw [F#] and it's easy to see,
[D] It's going [A] by the book, it's [Am] going by the book.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] There's armies in the cities [C] and the missiles stand ready [A] for flight.
_ A pale horse rides [C] like the wind [A] across the night.
And that rumbling in the desert [C] like thunder getting [D] closer,
Are the trumpets getting ready to blow.
[A] There's gonna be a [C] shout that will wake the [D] dead, we better be [A] ready to go.
[Am] _
[A] Cause the prophets wrote [C] about it and Jesus spoke [D] about it and John got to [Am] take a look.
[A] And he told us what he [F#m] saw and it's easy to [D] see,
It's going [A] by the book, [Am] it's going [A] by the book.
[Am] It's going by _ [A] the book, _ _ it's going by the _ book.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _