Once Bitten Twice Shy Chords by Great White

Tempo:
65.85 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

G

Bb

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy chords
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[C]
[G] I'm a humming and a [Dm] strumming all over God's [Cm] world.
You can't remember when you got your last [Gm] meal.
And you don't know just how a woman [F] feels.
You didn't know what [Bb] rock and roll [Ebm] was until you met my drummer on that great tube [Bb] bus.
I got there in the nick of [Eb] time before he got his hands across your [C] streetlight.
Yeah.
[F] [C] [C]
Out in the middle of the night on the open [G] road, the heat is throwing [D] us up [C] cold.
You're looking tired, you're looking kind of [G] beat.
The rhythm of the [D] street show knocks you off your [Bb] feet.
You didn't know how rock and roll [Eb] looked until you caught your sister with the guys from the [Bb] groove.
Halfway home, in the parking [Eb] lot, mother looking like she was giving what she [C] got.
I said mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
[C] Mama, [F] I'm once bitten twice shy baby.
[C] Mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
I'm [G] [D]
[C] gonna die in your [G] sleep.
There's blood on my [D] hands and my left crawls [C] beat.
Can't keep you home, you're messing [G] around.
My best friend [D] told me you're the best lick in [Bb] town.
You didn't know that rock and roll [Eb] burned until you bought a candle and you lived and you [Bb] learned.
You got the rhythm, you got the [Eb] speed.
Mama's little baby likes it short and sweet.
[C] You said mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
I'm
[C] once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
[C] Mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
[G]
[C] [G] [Dm]
[C] [G] [D]
[Bb] I didn't know you had a rock and roll [Eb] record until I saw your picture on another guy's [Bb] jacket.
You told me I was the only [Eb] one, but look at you now.
[C] I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
[C] Mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
[C] Mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
[C] I'm once [F] bitten twice shy.
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [F]
[Cm] [F]
[Cm] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
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To learn Great White - (Remastered) Once Bitten Twice Shy chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - C, C, F and C in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 32 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 66. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of F Major.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I'm a humming and a [Dm] strumming all over God's [Cm] world.
You can't remember when you got your last [Gm] meal.
And you don't know just how a woman [F] feels.
You didn't know what [Bb] rock and roll [Ebm] was until you met my drummer on that great tube [Bb] bus.
I got there in the nick of [Eb] time before he got his hands across your [C] streetlight.
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [C]
Out in the middle of the night on the open [G] road, the heat is throwing [D] us up [C] cold.
You're looking tired, you're looking kind of [G] beat.
The rhythm of the [D] street show knocks you off your [Bb] feet.
You didn't know how rock and roll [Eb] looked until you caught your sister with the guys from the [Bb] groove.
Halfway home, in the parking [Eb] lot, mother looking like she was giving what she [C] got.
I said mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby. _ _
[C] Mama, _ [F] I'm once bitten twice shy baby. _ _
[C] Mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
I'm [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ gonna die in your [G] sleep.
There's blood on my [D] hands and my left crawls [C] beat.
Can't keep you home, you're messing [G] around.
My best friend [D] told me you're the best lick in [Bb] town.
You didn't know that rock and roll [Eb] burned until you bought a candle and you lived and you [Bb] learned.
You got the rhythm, you got the [Eb] speed.
Mama's little baby likes it short and sweet.
[C] You said mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby.
I'm _
[C] _ _ once [F] bitten twice shy baby. _ _
[C] Mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[Bb] I didn't know you had a rock and roll [Eb] record until I saw your picture on another guy's [Bb] jacket.
You told me I was the only [Eb] one, but look at you now. _
[C] _ _ I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby. _
[C] _ Mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby. _ _
[C] Mama, I'm once [F] bitten twice shy baby. _
[C] _ _ I'm once [F] bitten twice shy. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _

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This song, written by Ian Hunter, is among the lineup of tracks on the Absolute Hits album.

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