Motor City Is Burning Chords by Mc5

Tempo:
79.4 bpm
Chords used:

E

G

A

D

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Motor City Is Burning chords
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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.
Key:  
E
2311
G
2131
A
1231
D
1321
Em
121
E
2311
G
2131
A
1231
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To learn Mc5 - Motor City Is Burning chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: E, D, E, A and G. A good strategy is to initiate at 39 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 79 BPM. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: D Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ 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.

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