Saturday Night Special Chords by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tempo:
121.95 bpm
Chords used:

Bm

E

B

A

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special chords
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One, two, one, two, three.
[Bm] [A] [B]
[Em] [F#m] [Bm]
[A]
[B] [A] [E]
Oh [Am] yeah.
[Bm]
[A] [B] [D]
Two feet say come [A] up even, [B] [D] like a black guy do.
[E] [Bm] And two bodies laying [A] [A] naked, [D] people think he got nothing to lose.
[B] So he creeps into the town and unlocks the [D] door.
[F#] [B] And as the man's reaching for [A#] his [A] trouser, [Bm] the shoe's full of a fur to aid [E] the war.
[B]
Mr.
Saturday Night Special, I got a [A] barrel that's a do [E] and go.
[B] They ain't good for [D] nothing, [B] they put a [E] man's two feet in a hole.
[Bm]
[A] [Bm]
Big Jim's [A] been drinking whiskey and [D] paying for the hallucinitis.
Pretty [F#m] soon all the town's gonna stop thinking of [Bm] [A] somebody that she'd never [E] like.
[D] Big Jim, poor man, stood [A] fighting, I [Bm] wouldn't tell you no lie.
[F#m]
[D] Big Jim done fooled his [A] pistol, [Bm]
shot a [F#] spinner right between [E] the [B] eyes.
Mr.
Saturday Night Special, I got a barrel [A] that's a do [E] and go.
[B] They ain't good for [D] nothing, [B] they put a [E] man's two feet in a hole.
[B]
[F#m] Oh, Mr.
[B] Night Special,
[E] you put money [B] down in your pocket and sell one to me?
[E] [B]
[Em] [B]
[Em] [B]
[Bm] [B]
[E] Yeah, I do.
[D]
[E] [Bm]
[E]
[Bm]
[E] [Bm]
[D] [E]
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
[A] Oh, let me tell [Bm] you all about it.
[E] [Bm] I ain't gonna [A] tell you I'm [Bm] made [A] for killing.
[Bm] There ain't no good [Em] for nothing [D] else.
[E] If [Bm]
you like to drink [Em] old whiskey, [Bm] you might even [D] shoot yourself.
[E] [Bm] So why don't we jump from here to the bottom of [D] the sea?
[E] [Bm]
Before some old fool come around here, wanna shoot either you [E] or me.
[B]
Mr.
Saturday Night Special, you got a barrel [A] that's a do [E] and [B] go.
You ain't good for nothing, [D] [B] but put a [E] man's two feet in a hole.
[Bm]
Oh, [A] Mr.
Saturday [B] Night Special, and I'd [D] like to tell you what people [Bm] do with their shoes.
[Em] [Bm]
[E] [Bm]
Key:  
Bm
13421112
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
D
1321
Bm
13421112
E
2311
B
12341112
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To learn Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Bm, D, E, A, E, B, D, B and E in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 60 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 122. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: B Minor.

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One, two, one, two, three.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Oh [Am] yeah.
[Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Two feet say come [A] up even, [B] _ [D] like a black guy do.
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] And two bodies laying [A] _ [A] naked, [D] people think he got nothing to lose.
[B] So he creeps into the town and unlocks the [D] door.
_ [F#] _ [B] And as the man's reaching for [A#] his [A] trouser, [Bm] the shoe's full of a fur to aid [E] the war.
_ [B] _
Mr.
Saturday Night _ Special, I got a [A] barrel that's a do [E] and go.
[B] _ They ain't good for [D] nothing, _ [B] they put a [E] man's two feet in a hole.
[Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Big Jim's [A] been drinking _ whiskey and [D] paying for the _ _ hallucinitis. _
Pretty [F#m] soon all the town's gonna stop thinking of [Bm] [A] somebody that she'd never [E] like. _
[D] Big Jim, poor man, stood [A] fighting, I [Bm] wouldn't tell you no lie.
_ [F#m] _ _
[D] Big Jim done fooled his [A] pistol, [Bm] _
shot a [F#] spinner right between [E] the [B] eyes.
Mr.
Saturday Night Special, _ I got a barrel [A] that's a do [E] and go.
[B] They ain't good for [D] nothing, _ [B] they put a [E] man's two feet in a hole.
[B] _ _
_ [F#m] Oh, Mr.
[B] Night Special, _
_ _ [E] you put money [B] down in your pocket and sell one to me? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Yeah, I do.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [A] Oh, let me tell [Bm] you all about it.
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] I ain't gonna [A] tell you I'm [Bm] made [A] for killing.
_ [Bm] There ain't no good [Em] for nothing [D] else.
[E] If _ [Bm]
you like to drink [Em] old whiskey, [Bm] you might even [D] shoot yourself.
[E] _ [Bm] So why don't we jump from here to the bottom of [D] the sea?
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bm]
Before some old fool come around here, wanna shoot either you [E] or me.
[B] _
Mr.
Saturday Night Special, you got a barrel [A] that's a do [E] and [B] go.
You ain't good for nothing, [D] _ _ [B] but put a [E] man's two feet in a hole.
[Bm] _ _
Oh, [A] Mr.
Saturday [B] Night Special, _ _ and I'd [D] like to tell you what people [Bm] do with their shoes.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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