Chords for Rhett Tyler & Early Warning - Gonna Build Me a Levee
Tempo:
72.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
Am
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[Am] [E]
[D]
[A] [Am]
[F#] [F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [Am] [C]
[E] [D]
[C] [E]
[Em] [A] Well it's hard, it's hard, it's [D] hard when you [A] can't get no help.
[Am] Yes sir.
[F#] And it's a sad, sad situation [F#] when your baby [A] puts your love on the shelf.
[D#] [E] I got a mad, mad feeling [F#m] in [A] [D] myself.
[Em]
[A] It's so hard to get [D] a dollar, can't [A] seem to save a dime.
[F] And [F#] the way this old [F] world's treating me, [D] somebody point out the [Am] crime.
[A]
[D] [E] What my baby done to [D] me, got my whole [A] heart blue and tied.
[E]
[A] I'm gonna build a [D] levee, gonna fill my [A] heart with sand.
[F#] I'm gonna build a [A] stop to water running in.
[E] There ain't nothing moving in my [Am] baby's heart, gonna cry river of tears again.
[E]
[Em]
[A]
[A] [D]
[Am]
[D] [F#]
[Am]
[E] [E]
[Am] [Em]
[A] [D]
[Am] [A]
[F#]
[A]
[E]
[A]
I'm gonna build a levee, [Am] gonna fill my heart with sand.
[A] [F#] And it's a sad situation when your baby [A] puts your love on the shelf.
[E] And I got a bad, bad [D] feeling, [A] I'm gonna be all by myself.
[E] So listen, this is [Am] what I'm gonna do.
[A] I'm gonna build me a levee, gonna fill my heart with sand.
[F#]
[A] I'm gonna keep the water rushing in.
[E] There ain't nothing moving in my baby's [F#] heart.
[Bm] And I got [F#] a protection for [Am] her heart.
[Bm] You know she got me working [F#] once again.
[E] I'm gonna [A] cry river of tears [D] again.
[F] [B] [G] [Am]
[E] [A]
[Am] [E]
[D]
[A] [Am]
[F#] [F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [Am] [C]
[E] [D]
[C] [E]
[Em] [A] Well it's hard, it's hard, it's [D] hard when you [A] can't get no help.
[Am] Yes sir.
[F#] And it's a sad, sad situation [F#] when your baby [A] puts your love on the shelf.
[D#] [E] I got a mad, mad feeling [F#m] in [A] [D] myself.
[Em]
[A] It's so hard to get [D] a dollar, can't [A] seem to save a dime.
[F] And [F#] the way this old [F] world's treating me, [D] somebody point out the [Am] crime.
[A]
[D] [E] What my baby done to [D] me, got my whole [A] heart blue and tied.
[E]
[A] I'm gonna build a [D] levee, gonna fill my [A] heart with sand.
[F#] I'm gonna build a [A] stop to water running in.
[E] There ain't nothing moving in my [Am] baby's heart, gonna cry river of tears again.
[E]
[Em]
[A]
[A] [D]
[Am]
[D] [F#]
[Am]
[E] [E]
[Am] [Em]
[A] [D]
[Am] [A]
[F#]
[A]
[E]
[A]
I'm gonna build a levee, [Am] gonna fill my heart with sand.
[A] [F#] And it's a sad situation when your baby [A] puts your love on the shelf.
[E] And I got a bad, bad [D] feeling, [A] I'm gonna be all by myself.
[E] So listen, this is [Am] what I'm gonna do.
[A] I'm gonna build me a levee, gonna fill my heart with sand.
[F#]
[A] I'm gonna keep the water rushing in.
[E] There ain't nothing moving in my baby's [F#] heart.
[Bm] And I got [F#] a protection for [Am] her heart.
[Bm] You know she got me working [F#] once again.
[E] I'm gonna [A] cry river of tears [D] again.
[F] [B] [G] [Am]
[E] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
Am
F#
A
E
D
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ [A] Well it's hard, it's hard, it's [D] hard when you [A] can't get no help.
_ [Am] Yes sir.
_ [F#] And it's a sad, sad situation [F#] when your baby [A] puts your love on the shelf. _ _
_ _ [D#] [E] I got a mad, mad feeling [F#m] in _ [A] _ _ [D] myself.
_ [Em] _
_ _ [A] It's so hard to get [D] a dollar, _ can't [A] seem to save a dime. _ _ _
_ _ [F] And [F#] the way this old [F] world's treating me, [D] somebody point out the [Am] crime.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] [E] What my baby done to [D] me, got my whole [A] heart blue and tied.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] I'm gonna build a [D] levee, gonna fill my [A] heart with sand. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ I'm gonna build _ _ a [A] stop to water running in. _
_ _ [E] There ain't nothing moving in my [Am] baby's heart, gonna cry river of tears again.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm gonna build a levee, _ [Am] _ gonna fill my heart with sand.
[A] _ [F#] And it's a sad situation _ when your baby [A] puts your love on the shelf. _ _ _
_ _ [E] And I got a bad, bad [D] feeling, [A] I'm gonna be all by myself.
_ [E] So listen, this is [Am] what I'm gonna do.
[A] I'm gonna build me a _ levee, gonna fill my heart with sand. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] I'm gonna keep the water rushing in. _
_ [E] There ain't nothing moving in my baby's [F#] heart. _ _
[Bm] _ And I got [F#] a protection for [Am] her heart.
[Bm] _ You know she got me working [F#] once again. _
[E] _ I'm gonna [A] cry _ _ river of tears [D] again.
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ [A] Well it's hard, it's hard, it's [D] hard when you [A] can't get no help.
_ [Am] Yes sir.
_ [F#] And it's a sad, sad situation [F#] when your baby [A] puts your love on the shelf. _ _
_ _ [D#] [E] I got a mad, mad feeling [F#m] in _ [A] _ _ [D] myself.
_ [Em] _
_ _ [A] It's so hard to get [D] a dollar, _ can't [A] seem to save a dime. _ _ _
_ _ [F] And [F#] the way this old [F] world's treating me, [D] somebody point out the [Am] crime.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] [E] What my baby done to [D] me, got my whole [A] heart blue and tied.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] I'm gonna build a [D] levee, gonna fill my [A] heart with sand. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ I'm gonna build _ _ a [A] stop to water running in. _
_ _ [E] There ain't nothing moving in my [Am] baby's heart, gonna cry river of tears again.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm gonna build a levee, _ [Am] _ gonna fill my heart with sand.
[A] _ [F#] And it's a sad situation _ when your baby [A] puts your love on the shelf. _ _ _
_ _ [E] And I got a bad, bad [D] feeling, [A] I'm gonna be all by myself.
_ [E] So listen, this is [Am] what I'm gonna do.
[A] I'm gonna build me a _ levee, gonna fill my heart with sand. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] I'm gonna keep the water rushing in. _
_ [E] There ain't nothing moving in my baby's [F#] heart. _ _
[Bm] _ And I got [F#] a protection for [Am] her heart.
[Bm] _ You know she got me working [F#] once again. _
[E] _ I'm gonna [A] cry _ _ river of tears [D] again.
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _