Automatic Chords by Miranda Lambert
Tempo:
96.1 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] Quarter in a payphone, drying laundry on the line, [Eb] watching sun, tea in the window, [Bb] pocket
watch, battalion time.
[F] Seems like only yesterday I'd get a blank cassette, [Eb] record the country
countdown [Bb] cause I couldn't buy it yet.
[F]
If we drove all the way to Dallas just to buy
an Easter dress, we'd [Eb] take a long or a red McNally, [Bb] stand in line to paint coal gas.
[F] God knows that shifting gears ain't what it used to be, I [Eb] learned to drive that 55 just
[Bb] like a queen, three on a train.
[F] Never happen [Bb] to wait in [Dm] your turn, doing [Bb] it all by hand,
[F] cause when everything is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much as [Bb] the time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the [Bb] way we had it, [Eb] back before [Bb] everything became [F] automatic.
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] You had something to say, you'd write it on a piece of paper, [Eb] then you'd put a stamp on it,
[Bb] and they'd get it three days later.
[F] The boys would call the girls, the girls would turn them down,
[Eb] staying married was the only [Bb] way to work your problems [F] out.
Never happen [Bb] to wait in [Dm] your turn,
doing [Bb] it all by hand, [F] cause when everything is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much [Bb] as the
time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the [Bb] way we had it, [Eb] back before [Bb] everything [F] became automatic.
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F]
Let's roll the windows down, windows with the crates, [Eb] come on let's take a picture,
[Bb] kind of got a shame.
[F] Never happen [Bb] to wait [Dm] in your turn, doing [Bb] it all by hand, [F] cause when everything
is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much [Bb] as the time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the
[Bb] way we had it, [Eb] back before [Bb] everything became [F] automatic.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Dm]
[F]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] Quarter in a payphone, drying laundry on the line, [Eb] watching sun, tea in the window, [Bb] pocket
watch, battalion time.
[F] Seems like only yesterday I'd get a blank cassette, [Eb] record the country
countdown [Bb] cause I couldn't buy it yet.
[F]
If we drove all the way to Dallas just to buy
an Easter dress, we'd [Eb] take a long or a red McNally, [Bb] stand in line to paint coal gas.
[F] God knows that shifting gears ain't what it used to be, I [Eb] learned to drive that 55 just
[Bb] like a queen, three on a train.
[F] Never happen [Bb] to wait in [Dm] your turn, doing [Bb] it all by hand,
[F] cause when everything is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much as [Bb] the time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the [Bb] way we had it, [Eb] back before [Bb] everything became [F] automatic.
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] You had something to say, you'd write it on a piece of paper, [Eb] then you'd put a stamp on it,
[Bb] and they'd get it three days later.
[F] The boys would call the girls, the girls would turn them down,
[Eb] staying married was the only [Bb] way to work your problems [F] out.
Never happen [Bb] to wait in [Dm] your turn,
doing [Bb] it all by hand, [F] cause when everything is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much [Bb] as the
time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the [Bb] way we had it, [Eb] back before [Bb] everything [F] became automatic.
[Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[F]
Let's roll the windows down, windows with the crates, [Eb] come on let's take a picture,
[Bb] kind of got a shame.
[F] Never happen [Bb] to wait [Dm] in your turn, doing [Bb] it all by hand, [F] cause when everything
is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much [Bb] as the time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the
[Bb] way we had it, [Eb] back before [Bb] everything became [F] automatic.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Dm]
[F]
Key:
Bb
F
Eb
Dm
Bb
F
Eb
Dm
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] Quarter in a payphone, drying laundry on the line, [Eb] watching sun, tea in the window, [Bb] pocket
watch, battalion time.
[F] Seems like only yesterday I'd get a blank cassette, _ [Eb] record the country
countdown [Bb] cause I couldn't buy it yet.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
If we drove all the way to Dallas just to buy
an Easter dress, we'd [Eb] take a long or a red McNally, [Bb] stand in line to paint coal gas.
[F] God knows that shifting gears ain't what it used to be, I [Eb] learned to drive that 55 just
[Bb] like a queen, three on a train.
[F] _ Never happen [Bb] to wait in [Dm] your turn, doing [Bb] it all by hand,
[F] cause when everything is handed [Bb] to you, _ it's [Dm] only worth as much as [Bb] the time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the [Bb] way we had it, _ [Eb] back before [Bb] everything became _ [F] automatic.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] You had something to say, you'd write it on a piece of paper, [Eb] then you'd put a stamp on it,
[Bb] and they'd get it three days later.
[F] The boys would call the girls, the girls would turn them down,
[Eb] staying married was the only [Bb] way to work your problems [F] out.
Never happen [Bb] to wait in [Dm] your turn,
doing [Bb] it all by hand, [F] cause when everything is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much [Bb] as the
time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the [Bb] way we had it, _ [Eb] back before [Bb] everything _ [F] became automatic.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let's roll the windows down, windows with the crates, [Eb] come on let's take a picture,
[Bb] kind of got a _ shame.
_ _ [F] _ Never happen [Bb] to wait [Dm] in your turn, doing [Bb] it all by hand, [F] cause when everything
is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much [Bb] as the time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the
[Bb] way we had it, _ [Eb] back before [Bb] everything became _ [F] automatic. _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] Quarter in a payphone, drying laundry on the line, [Eb] watching sun, tea in the window, [Bb] pocket
watch, battalion time.
[F] Seems like only yesterday I'd get a blank cassette, _ [Eb] record the country
countdown [Bb] cause I couldn't buy it yet.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
If we drove all the way to Dallas just to buy
an Easter dress, we'd [Eb] take a long or a red McNally, [Bb] stand in line to paint coal gas.
[F] God knows that shifting gears ain't what it used to be, I [Eb] learned to drive that 55 just
[Bb] like a queen, three on a train.
[F] _ Never happen [Bb] to wait in [Dm] your turn, doing [Bb] it all by hand,
[F] cause when everything is handed [Bb] to you, _ it's [Dm] only worth as much as [Bb] the time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the [Bb] way we had it, _ [Eb] back before [Bb] everything became _ [F] automatic.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] You had something to say, you'd write it on a piece of paper, [Eb] then you'd put a stamp on it,
[Bb] and they'd get it three days later.
[F] The boys would call the girls, the girls would turn them down,
[Eb] staying married was the only [Bb] way to work your problems [F] out.
Never happen [Bb] to wait in [Dm] your turn,
doing [Bb] it all by hand, [F] cause when everything is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much [Bb] as the
time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the [Bb] way we had it, _ [Eb] back before [Bb] everything _ [F] became automatic.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let's roll the windows down, windows with the crates, [Eb] come on let's take a picture,
[Bb] kind of got a _ shame.
_ _ [F] _ Never happen [Bb] to wait [Dm] in your turn, doing [Bb] it all by hand, [F] cause when everything
is handed [Bb] to you, it's [Dm] only worth as much [Bb] as the time you put in.
[Eb] It all just seemed so good the
[Bb] way we had it, _ [Eb] back before [Bb] everything became _ [F] automatic. _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _