Chords for How to play "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins on acoustic guitar
Tempo:
103.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
F#
E
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Okay, so here's a simplified version of footloose.
We're going to start with an [C] A and what I'm going to do is I'm going to flatten my finger
[F] My first finger [A] on the second fret here
Playing A like this as opposed to this.
Okay, so I'm going to start out with an A
[D#] So I'm going to sing a little bit [E] of the verse here so you can kind of see I'm going to go back and forth between
the A and a D [A] now
Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
[B] So you can see I'm going back and forth between the A [A] and the D
8-0's for work, don't tell me what I got
[F#] And then you're going [D] to hang on to the D
I've got this feeling
Time's just holding [A] me down
Just hang on to the A
Then [F#] you're going to go to [D] D
I'll hit the ceiling
To a D sharp
[D#] Diminished
[F#] And then I'll set [E] up the town heat
[C#] Now this is where it [F#] gets a little tricky
We're going to play [E] an E
[C] And what we're going to do is use our first and our third [F#m] finger
[F#] Leave the other two strings open
That being [F#m] the E
[Em] [E]
I'll have the tab there so you can kind of see as I play it
So again it goes from the E
[F#]
[Gm] [C#] So basically it's a movable [F#] shape
But the [D#] first way I do it here
[A] [F#m]
[B] I've got my first finger here on the second fret
And then my ring finger on the [F#] fourth fret of the fourth string
So I've got this
[Em] And I bring it up
And I'm going to add my pinky now to the fifth fret of the second string
[E]
[B] And then lift up the pinky [G#] again
Keep that same [E] shape
So again
And [A] [F#]
[E] [F#] it goes back to the chorus
Now I've [A] got to come loose
Get [D] your [A] Sunday shoes
These new knees
[D] And that's [A] the progression right there
A B A
[D]
D [A] A
G D A
[G] G D [A] A
So [G#m] every once in a while at the [B] end of that phrase
The chorus [G] goes
G D [A] A
G D [D] A
And [C]
you're also [F#] going to do the G and the D
At the very end of the song as [A] well
When he goes
Everybody cut, [G] everybody cut
[D]
[A#] Everybody cut, everybody cut
[G#] Everybody cut, everybody cut
So there's a few other times you're going to do [B] that
But for the most part
If you want to get away with playing the bare bones of it
[D] That's pretty much what I would suggest
I almost forgot one other little part in the song
Sort of a breakdown
And [A] you can hang on the A
Where he goes
You've got to turn it around
And put your feet on the ground
Let this hold
And then he goes
You can hang on the E7 if that
[E]
And [A#] then it goes right [F#m] back into the
We're going to start with an [C] A and what I'm going to do is I'm going to flatten my finger
[F] My first finger [A] on the second fret here
Playing A like this as opposed to this.
Okay, so I'm going to start out with an A
[D#] So I'm going to sing a little bit [E] of the verse here so you can kind of see I'm going to go back and forth between
the A and a D [A] now
Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
[B] So you can see I'm going back and forth between the A [A] and the D
8-0's for work, don't tell me what I got
[F#] And then you're going [D] to hang on to the D
I've got this feeling
Time's just holding [A] me down
Just hang on to the A
Then [F#] you're going to go to [D] D
I'll hit the ceiling
To a D sharp
[D#] Diminished
[F#] And then I'll set [E] up the town heat
[C#] Now this is where it [F#] gets a little tricky
We're going to play [E] an E
[C] And what we're going to do is use our first and our third [F#m] finger
[F#] Leave the other two strings open
That being [F#m] the E
[Em] [E]
I'll have the tab there so you can kind of see as I play it
So again it goes from the E
[F#]
[Gm] [C#] So basically it's a movable [F#] shape
But the [D#] first way I do it here
[A] [F#m]
[B] I've got my first finger here on the second fret
And then my ring finger on the [F#] fourth fret of the fourth string
So I've got this
[Em] And I bring it up
And I'm going to add my pinky now to the fifth fret of the second string
[E]
[B] And then lift up the pinky [G#] again
Keep that same [E] shape
So again
And [A] [F#]
[E] [F#] it goes back to the chorus
Now I've [A] got to come loose
Get [D] your [A] Sunday shoes
These new knees
[D] And that's [A] the progression right there
A B A
[D]
D [A] A
G D A
[G] G D [A] A
So [G#m] every once in a while at the [B] end of that phrase
The chorus [G] goes
G D [A] A
G D [D] A
And [C]
you're also [F#] going to do the G and the D
At the very end of the song as [A] well
When he goes
Everybody cut, [G] everybody cut
[D]
[A#] Everybody cut, everybody cut
[G#] Everybody cut, everybody cut
So there's a few other times you're going to do [B] that
But for the most part
If you want to get away with playing the bare bones of it
[D] That's pretty much what I would suggest
I almost forgot one other little part in the song
Sort of a breakdown
And [A] you can hang on the A
Where he goes
You've got to turn it around
And put your feet on the ground
Let this hold
And then he goes
You can hang on the E7 if that
[E]
And [A#] then it goes right [F#m] back into the
Key:
A
F#
E
D
B
A
F#
E
Okay, so here's a simplified version of footloose.
We're going to start with an [C] A and what I'm going to do is I'm going to flatten my finger
[F] My first finger [A] on the second fret here
Playing A like this as opposed to this. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, so I'm going to start out with an A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] So I'm going to sing a little bit [E] of the verse here so you can kind of see I'm going to go back and forth between
the A and a D [A] now
_ Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
[B] So you can see I'm going back and forth between the A [A] and the D
8-0's for work, don't tell me what I got
[F#] And then you're going [D] to hang on to the D
I've got this feeling
_ Time's just holding [A] me down
Just _ _ _ _ hang on to the A
Then [F#] you're going to go to [D] D
I'll hit the ceiling
To a D sharp
[D#] Diminished
[F#] _ And then I'll set [E] up the town heat
_ [C#] Now this is where it [F#] gets a little tricky
We're going to play [E] an E
_ _ [C] And what we're going to do is use our first and our third [F#m] finger
[F#] _ _ Leave the other two strings open
That being [F#m] the E
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ I'll have the tab there so you can kind of see as I play it
So again it goes from the E
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C#] So basically it's a movable [F#] shape
But the [D#] first way I do it here
[A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [B] _ _ I've got my first finger here on the second fret
And then my ring finger on the [F#] fourth fret of the fourth string
So I've got this
_ [Em] _ And I bring it up
And I'm going to add my pinky now to the fifth fret of the second string
[E] _ _ _
[B] And then lift up the pinky [G#] again
Keep that same [E] shape _
So again
And _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] it goes back to the chorus
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now I've [A] got to come loose
Get _ _ _ [D] your [A] Sunday shoes
_ These new knees
[D] _ And that's [A] the progression right there
A B A
[D] _
_ D [A] A _ _ _
G D A
[G] G D [A] A _
So [G#m] every once in a while at the [B] end of that phrase
The chorus [G] goes
G D [A] A
G D [D] A
And _ [C]
you're also [F#] going to do the G and the D
At the very end of the song as [A] well
When he goes
Everybody cut, [G] everybody cut
[D]
[A#] Everybody cut, everybody cut
[G#] Everybody cut, everybody cut
So there's a few other times you're going to do [B] that
But for the most part
If you want to get away with playing the bare bones of it
[D] That's pretty much what I would suggest
I almost forgot one other little part in the song
Sort of a breakdown
And [A] you can hang on the A
Where he goes
You've got to turn it around
And put your feet on the ground
_ Let this hold
And then he goes
You can hang on the E7 if that
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And _ [A#] then it goes right [F#m] back into the
We're going to start with an [C] A and what I'm going to do is I'm going to flatten my finger
[F] My first finger [A] on the second fret here
Playing A like this as opposed to this. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, so I'm going to start out with an A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] So I'm going to sing a little bit [E] of the verse here so you can kind of see I'm going to go back and forth between
the A and a D [A] now
_ Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
[B] So you can see I'm going back and forth between the A [A] and the D
8-0's for work, don't tell me what I got
[F#] And then you're going [D] to hang on to the D
I've got this feeling
_ Time's just holding [A] me down
Just _ _ _ _ hang on to the A
Then [F#] you're going to go to [D] D
I'll hit the ceiling
To a D sharp
[D#] Diminished
[F#] _ And then I'll set [E] up the town heat
_ [C#] Now this is where it [F#] gets a little tricky
We're going to play [E] an E
_ _ [C] And what we're going to do is use our first and our third [F#m] finger
[F#] _ _ Leave the other two strings open
That being [F#m] the E
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ I'll have the tab there so you can kind of see as I play it
So again it goes from the E
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C#] So basically it's a movable [F#] shape
But the [D#] first way I do it here
[A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [B] _ _ I've got my first finger here on the second fret
And then my ring finger on the [F#] fourth fret of the fourth string
So I've got this
_ [Em] _ And I bring it up
And I'm going to add my pinky now to the fifth fret of the second string
[E] _ _ _
[B] And then lift up the pinky [G#] again
Keep that same [E] shape _
So again
And _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] it goes back to the chorus
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now I've [A] got to come loose
Get _ _ _ [D] your [A] Sunday shoes
_ These new knees
[D] _ And that's [A] the progression right there
A B A
[D] _
_ D [A] A _ _ _
G D A
[G] G D [A] A _
So [G#m] every once in a while at the [B] end of that phrase
The chorus [G] goes
G D [A] A
G D [D] A
And _ [C]
you're also [F#] going to do the G and the D
At the very end of the song as [A] well
When he goes
Everybody cut, [G] everybody cut
[D]
[A#] Everybody cut, everybody cut
[G#] Everybody cut, everybody cut
So there's a few other times you're going to do [B] that
But for the most part
If you want to get away with playing the bare bones of it
[D] That's pretty much what I would suggest
I almost forgot one other little part in the song
Sort of a breakdown
And [A] you can hang on the A
Where he goes
You've got to turn it around
And put your feet on the ground
_ Let this hold
And then he goes
You can hang on the E7 if that
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And _ [A#] then it goes right [F#m] back into the