Motor City Is Burning Chords by Mc5
Tempo:
79.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
G
A
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
sit [Gb] down and argue, [Gbm] [Ab] if you ask [G] me, this is a hiding [E] [N]
[E] [G] [Em]
[Gm] [E] [Bb] [Db] [E]
[Bm] site.
[A] You know [E] the whole city [Dm] lives, [E]
[D] there [E] ain't a thing [D] in the [E] world they can do.
[Dm] [A] Most [G] of the burning [Eb] people, [A]
[G] [E] [Dm] [E] they knew, [D] [Em] my [A] hometown was in
[G] [Em] the worst of [D] the Vietnam.
[Am] [D] Let me tell you how it started y'all.
[E] It started on [D] 12th of July that morning.
[E]
[D] [E] It made the [D] beat drops all [Em] drop and shout.
[D] I [A] said it, it started [G] on 12th of July that morning.
[A] [G] [Am] It made the [D] pigs in the street freak [E] out.
[D] [Bm] The [A] fireworks kept coming, baby.
[D] [E] I bought the, I bought the [A] sniper's whip [E] and put it out, whip and put it out, whip and [Em] put it out.
I [G] was [Em]
[A] [G] [E]
[A] [G] [A]
[G] [Em]
[Am] [G]
[Em]
a f****** person, I [E] would love the people.
[D]
You [E] know there was [D] soldiers hanging [E] everywhere.
[D]
But [A] I was a [Gm] f****** person, I would love it, baby.
[G]
You know there [Em] was national [D] guard [E] everywhere.
[Em] [Bm]
I could [A] hear my people screaming, [G] [Em] I'm sorry.
[E] Fill the air, fill the air, fill the air, fill the [Em] air, baby.
[D] Your [E]
[Dm] [E] [G] [A]
[E] [A] [Bb] [Em]
[Gm] [E] [Bb]
[Dm] [E] [Em] mama and mama don't know what the trouble is.
[Dm] You see they don't [E] know [D] what [E] it's all about.
[D] [Am] I said your mama [G] and mama don't know what the trouble [Am] is, baby.
[G] They just can't [Em] see [Dm] what [Em] it's all about.
[A] [D] You get to do the things, [A]
[G] you just [E] get out there in the street.
I
[D] [E] [A] [E]
[G]
[A] [G] [A] [Gm]
[E] said, I'm [G]
[A] [D] [E]
gonna send it down to people.
I ain't out to fight at all.
[Em] I said, [A] I'm gonna send it [Em] down to [A] people.
[G] You're [E] just not [D] right [Eb] around to [E] fight at all.
[B] I'm [Gbm] taking my wife and my people.
[A]
[G] And they're [E] all peeing down the aisle.
[Em] [G] I'm gonna go [E] down there, smiley on the [G] face, and people gonna smile at me.
I just like to smack them back, I'm gonna be [A] myself.
[G] Maybe I'm right, boy, but I could be bad too.
[E] It's just a stigma, just a stigma.
[Em] I'm bad, I'm bad.
[A] [G] [E]
[D] [Em] [E] I'm a bad man, yeah.
I'm a bad man, yeah.
I'm a bad man, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
[N] Yes, they're all bad.
[Am] They're all bad.
[E] [G] [Em]
[Gm] [E] [Bb] [Db] [E]
[Bm] site.
[A] You know [E] the whole city [Dm] lives, [E]
[D] there [E] ain't a thing [D] in the [E] world they can do.
[Dm] [A] Most [G] of the burning [Eb] people, [A]
[G] [E] [Dm] [E] they knew, [D] [Em] my [A] hometown was in
[G] [Em] the worst of [D] the Vietnam.
[Am] [D] Let me tell you how it started y'all.
[E] It started on [D] 12th of July that morning.
[E]
[D] [E] It made the [D] beat drops all [Em] drop and shout.
[D] I [A] said it, it started [G] on 12th of July that morning.
[A] [G] [Am] It made the [D] pigs in the street freak [E] out.
[D] [Bm] The [A] fireworks kept coming, baby.
[D] [E] I bought the, I bought the [A] sniper's whip [E] and put it out, whip and put it out, whip and [Em] put it out.
I [G] was [Em]
[A] [G] [E]
[A] [G] [A]
[G] [Em]
[Am] [G]
[Em]
a f****** person, I [E] would love the people.
[D]
You [E] know there was [D] soldiers hanging [E] everywhere.
[D]
But [A] I was a [Gm] f****** person, I would love it, baby.
[G]
You know there [Em] was national [D] guard [E] everywhere.
[Em] [Bm]
I could [A] hear my people screaming, [G] [Em] I'm sorry.
[E] Fill the air, fill the air, fill the air, fill the [Em] air, baby.
[D] Your [E]
[Dm] [E] [G] [A]
[E] [A] [Bb] [Em]
[Gm] [E] [Bb]
[Dm] [E] [Em] mama and mama don't know what the trouble is.
[Dm] You see they don't [E] know [D] what [E] it's all about.
[D] [Am] I said your mama [G] and mama don't know what the trouble [Am] is, baby.
[G] They just can't [Em] see [Dm] what [Em] it's all about.
[A] [D] You get to do the things, [A]
[G] you just [E] get out there in the street.
I
[D] [E] [A] [E]
[G]
[A] [G] [A] [Gm]
[E] said, I'm [G]
[A] [D] [E]
gonna send it down to people.
I ain't out to fight at all.
[Em] I said, [A] I'm gonna send it [Em] down to [A] people.
[G] You're [E] just not [D] right [Eb] around to [E] fight at all.
[B] I'm [Gbm] taking my wife and my people.
[A]
[G] And they're [E] all peeing down the aisle.
[Em] [G] I'm gonna go [E] down there, smiley on the [G] face, and people gonna smile at me.
I just like to smack them back, I'm gonna be [A] myself.
[G] Maybe I'm right, boy, but I could be bad too.
[E] It's just a stigma, just a stigma.
[Em] I'm bad, I'm bad.
[A] [G] [E]
[D] [Em] [E] I'm a bad man, yeah.
I'm a bad man, yeah.
I'm a bad man, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
[N] Yes, they're all bad.
[Am] They're all bad.
Key:
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A
_ _ _ _ _ _ sit [Gb] down and argue, _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [Ab] if you ask [G] me, this is a hiding _ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ [E] _
[Bm] site.
[A] You know [E] the whole city [Dm] lives, [E] _
_ [D] there [E] ain't a thing [D] in the [E] world they can do.
[Dm] _ _ [A] Most [G] of the burning [Eb] people, [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ [E] they knew, _ [D] _ _ [Em] my [A] hometown was in _ _
_ [G] [Em] the worst of [D] the Vietnam.
[Am] [D] Let me tell you how it started y'all.
[E] It started on [D] 12th of July that morning.
[E] _
_ [D] _ [E] It made the [D] beat drops all [Em] drop and shout.
[D] I [A] said it, it started [G] on 12th of July that morning.
[A] _ [G] _ [Am] It made the [D] pigs in the street freak [E] out.
[D] _ _ [Bm] The [A] fireworks kept coming, baby.
_ _ [D] [E] I bought the, I bought the [A] sniper's whip [E] and put it out, whip and put it out, whip and [Em] put it out.
I [G] was _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
a f****** person, I [E] would love the people.
[D]
You [E] know there was [D] soldiers hanging [E] everywhere.
_ [D]
But [A] I was a [Gm] f****** person, I would love it, baby.
_ [G]
You know there [Em] was national [D] guard [E] everywhere.
[Em] _ [Bm] _ _
I could [A] hear my people screaming, _ _ [G] [Em] I'm sorry.
_ [E] Fill the air, fill the air, fill the air, fill the [Em] air, baby.
_ _ _ _ [D] Your _ [E] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _
[Dm] _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _ mama and mama don't know what the trouble is.
_ [Dm] You see they don't [E] know [D] what [E] it's all about.
[D] _ _ [Am] I said your mama [G] and mama don't know what the trouble [Am] is, baby.
_ [G] They just can't [Em] see [Dm] what [Em] it's all about.
[A] _ [D] _ You get to do the things, [A] _
_ [G] you just [E] get out there in the street.
I _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _
[E] said, I'm _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ gonna _ _ _ _ send it down to people.
_ _ I ain't out to fight at all.
[Em] _ I said, [A] I'm gonna send it [Em] down to [A] people.
_ [G] You're [E] just not [D] right [Eb] around to [E] fight at all.
_ _ [B] I'm [Gbm] taking my wife and my people.
[A] _
_ [G] And they're [E] all peeing down the aisle.
_ _ [Em] _ [G] I'm gonna go [E] down there, smiley on the [G] face, and people gonna smile at me.
I just like to smack them back, I'm gonna be [A] myself.
_ [G] Maybe I'm right, boy, but I could be bad too.
[E] _ It's just a stigma, just a stigma.
[Em] I'm bad, _ _ I'm bad.
[A] _ [G] _ _ [E] _
[D] _ [Em] _ [E] I'm a bad man, yeah.
_ I'm a bad man, yeah.
I'm a bad man, yeah.
_ _ Yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ Yes, they're all bad.
[Am] They're all bad.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ [E] _
[Bm] site.
[A] You know [E] the whole city [Dm] lives, [E] _
_ [D] there [E] ain't a thing [D] in the [E] world they can do.
[Dm] _ _ [A] Most [G] of the burning [Eb] people, [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ [E] they knew, _ [D] _ _ [Em] my [A] hometown was in _ _
_ [G] [Em] the worst of [D] the Vietnam.
[Am] [D] Let me tell you how it started y'all.
[E] It started on [D] 12th of July that morning.
[E] _
_ [D] _ [E] It made the [D] beat drops all [Em] drop and shout.
[D] I [A] said it, it started [G] on 12th of July that morning.
[A] _ [G] _ [Am] It made the [D] pigs in the street freak [E] out.
[D] _ _ [Bm] The [A] fireworks kept coming, baby.
_ _ [D] [E] I bought the, I bought the [A] sniper's whip [E] and put it out, whip and put it out, whip and [Em] put it out.
I [G] was _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
a f****** person, I [E] would love the people.
[D]
You [E] know there was [D] soldiers hanging [E] everywhere.
_ [D]
But [A] I was a [Gm] f****** person, I would love it, baby.
_ [G]
You know there [Em] was national [D] guard [E] everywhere.
[Em] _ [Bm] _ _
I could [A] hear my people screaming, _ _ [G] [Em] I'm sorry.
_ [E] Fill the air, fill the air, fill the air, fill the [Em] air, baby.
_ _ _ _ [D] Your _ [E] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _
[Dm] _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _ mama and mama don't know what the trouble is.
_ [Dm] You see they don't [E] know [D] what [E] it's all about.
[D] _ _ [Am] I said your mama [G] and mama don't know what the trouble [Am] is, baby.
_ [G] They just can't [Em] see [Dm] what [Em] it's all about.
[A] _ [D] _ You get to do the things, [A] _
_ [G] you just [E] get out there in the street.
I _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _
[E] said, I'm _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ gonna _ _ _ _ send it down to people.
_ _ I ain't out to fight at all.
[Em] _ I said, [A] I'm gonna send it [Em] down to [A] people.
_ [G] You're [E] just not [D] right [Eb] around to [E] fight at all.
_ _ [B] I'm [Gbm] taking my wife and my people.
[A] _
_ [G] And they're [E] all peeing down the aisle.
_ _ [Em] _ [G] I'm gonna go [E] down there, smiley on the [G] face, and people gonna smile at me.
I just like to smack them back, I'm gonna be [A] myself.
_ [G] Maybe I'm right, boy, but I could be bad too.
[E] _ It's just a stigma, just a stigma.
[Em] I'm bad, _ _ I'm bad.
[A] _ [G] _ _ [E] _
[D] _ [Em] _ [E] I'm a bad man, yeah.
_ I'm a bad man, yeah.
I'm a bad man, yeah.
_ _ Yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ Yes, they're all bad.
[Am] They're all bad.