Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight Chords by Amos Lee
Tempo:
65 bpm
Chords used:
B
A
E
C#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E] [A] [B]
[Em] [A] [B] [E] [C#m] [B] [A]
Well, I walked over the bridge [B] into the city where I live [A] and I saw my old landlord
[B] [E] Well, [A] we both said hello.
There [B] was nowhere else to go [C#] cuz this rent I [B] couldn't afford
[A] Well relationships change, [B] so I think it's [Em] kind of strange [A] how money makes a man [B] grow
Or [A] some people they claim [B] if you get enough fame you [C#m] live over the [Em] [A] rainbow
[C#] Oh the [E] [A] rainbow
But the people on the street [B] out on buses [Em] or on feet we [A] all got the same blood [B] flow
[E] Oh [A] in society [B] every dollar got [E] a deed we [C#m] all need a [B] place we can [A] go
And [C#m] feel over the [E] [A] rainbow
Sometimes [E] we [B] forget what we [C#m] got who we [A]
are
[B] Oh who we are now, [E] I think we [B] got a chance
[E] Make [C#m] it [B] right
[A] People lose [B] [G] keep it [E] tight [A] Keep [D#] [Em] it
[E] [A] I'm in love with the [E] girls in love with the world though.
I can't help but follow
Though [A] I know someday [E] she is bound to go away [C#m] and stay over the rainbow
[A] [C#m] Gotta learn how [Em] to let her [A] [C#m] go
Over the [E] [A] rainbow
Sometimes we [B] forget
[E] Who we [B] got?
[E] Who they [A] are?
[B] Who they are [C#] now
[D#] There [E] is [A] so much more in [B] love [C#] than black and white
[B] [A] Keep a loose child [E] [B]
gotta [B] keep Time
[C#m] Keep [A] a loose [B]
[Em] keep it [E] tight
[A] Keep [B] [E] it [F#m] tight
[A] [B] Keep [E] it [B] [A] [B] Yeah
[E]
[Em] [A] [B] [E] [C#m] [B] [A]
Well, I walked over the bridge [B] into the city where I live [A] and I saw my old landlord
[B] [E] Well, [A] we both said hello.
There [B] was nowhere else to go [C#] cuz this rent I [B] couldn't afford
[A] Well relationships change, [B] so I think it's [Em] kind of strange [A] how money makes a man [B] grow
Or [A] some people they claim [B] if you get enough fame you [C#m] live over the [Em] [A] rainbow
[C#] Oh the [E] [A] rainbow
But the people on the street [B] out on buses [Em] or on feet we [A] all got the same blood [B] flow
[E] Oh [A] in society [B] every dollar got [E] a deed we [C#m] all need a [B] place we can [A] go
And [C#m] feel over the [E] [A] rainbow
Sometimes [E] we [B] forget what we [C#m] got who we [A]
are
[B] Oh who we are now, [E] I think we [B] got a chance
[E] Make [C#m] it [B] right
[A] People lose [B] [G] keep it [E] tight [A] Keep [D#] [Em] it
[E] [A] I'm in love with the [E] girls in love with the world though.
I can't help but follow
Though [A] I know someday [E] she is bound to go away [C#m] and stay over the rainbow
[A] [C#m] Gotta learn how [Em] to let her [A] [C#m] go
Over the [E] [A] rainbow
Sometimes we [B] forget
[E] Who we [B] got?
[E] Who they [A] are?
[B] Who they are [C#] now
[D#] There [E] is [A] so much more in [B] love [C#] than black and white
[B] [A] Keep a loose child [E] [B]
gotta [B] keep Time
[C#m] Keep [A] a loose [B]
[Em] keep it [E] tight
[A] Keep [B] [E] it [F#m] tight
[A] [B] Keep [E] it [B] [A] [B] Yeah
[E]
Key:
B
A
E
C#m
Em
B
A
E
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [A] _
_ Well, I walked over the bridge [B] into the city where I live [A] and I saw my old landlord
[B] [E] Well, [A] we both said hello.
There [B] was nowhere else to go [C#] cuz this rent I [B] couldn't afford
[A] Well relationships change, [B] so I think it's [Em] kind of strange [A] how money makes a man [B] grow
Or [A] some people they claim [B] if you get enough fame you [C#m] live over the [Em] [A] rainbow
[C#] Oh the [E] [A] rainbow
But the people on the street [B] out on buses [Em] or on feet we [A] all got the same blood [B] flow
[E] Oh [A] in society [B] every dollar got [E] a deed we [C#m] all need a [B] place we can [A] go
And [C#m] feel over the [E] [A] rainbow
Sometimes _ [E] we [B] forget what we [C#m] got who we [A]
are
[B] Oh who we are now, _ [E] I think we [B] got a chance
[E] Make [C#m] it [B] right
[A] People lose _ [B] _ [G] keep it [E] tight [A] Keep [D#] [Em] it
[E] [A] I'm in love with the [E] girls in love with the world though.
I can't help but follow
Though [A] I know someday [E] she is bound to go away [C#m] and stay over the rainbow
[A] _ [C#m] Gotta learn how [Em] to let her [A] [C#m] go
Over the [E] [A] rainbow
Sometimes _ we [B] forget
[E] Who we [B] got?
_ [E] Who they [A] are?
[B] Who they are [C#] now
[D#] There [E] is [A] so much more in [B] love [C#] than black and white
[B] [A] Keep a loose child [E] _ [B]
gotta [B] keep Time
[C#m] Keep [A] a loose _ [B]
[Em] keep it [E] tight
[A] Keep [B] [E] it [F#m] tight
[A] [B] Keep [E] it [B] _ [A] _ [B] Yeah
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [A] _
_ Well, I walked over the bridge [B] into the city where I live [A] and I saw my old landlord
[B] [E] Well, [A] we both said hello.
There [B] was nowhere else to go [C#] cuz this rent I [B] couldn't afford
[A] Well relationships change, [B] so I think it's [Em] kind of strange [A] how money makes a man [B] grow
Or [A] some people they claim [B] if you get enough fame you [C#m] live over the [Em] [A] rainbow
[C#] Oh the [E] [A] rainbow
But the people on the street [B] out on buses [Em] or on feet we [A] all got the same blood [B] flow
[E] Oh [A] in society [B] every dollar got [E] a deed we [C#m] all need a [B] place we can [A] go
And [C#m] feel over the [E] [A] rainbow
Sometimes _ [E] we [B] forget what we [C#m] got who we [A]
are
[B] Oh who we are now, _ [E] I think we [B] got a chance
[E] Make [C#m] it [B] right
[A] People lose _ [B] _ [G] keep it [E] tight [A] Keep [D#] [Em] it
[E] [A] I'm in love with the [E] girls in love with the world though.
I can't help but follow
Though [A] I know someday [E] she is bound to go away [C#m] and stay over the rainbow
[A] _ [C#m] Gotta learn how [Em] to let her [A] [C#m] go
Over the [E] [A] rainbow
Sometimes _ we [B] forget
[E] Who we [B] got?
_ [E] Who they [A] are?
[B] Who they are [C#] now
[D#] There [E] is [A] so much more in [B] love [C#] than black and white
[B] [A] Keep a loose child [E] _ [B]
gotta [B] keep Time
[C#m] Keep [A] a loose _ [B]
[Em] keep it [E] tight
[A] Keep [B] [E] it [F#m] tight
[A] [B] Keep [E] it [B] _ [A] _ [B] Yeah
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _