Chords for Shemekia Copeland - Beat up guitar (with lyrics)

Tempo:
84.75 bpm
Chords used:

A

C

Em

D

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Shemekia Copeland - Beat up guitar (with lyrics) chords
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[A] [B] [A]
[D] [Am] [A]
In a [D] bar down in Texas, [Gm] in a [G#] poor [G] part of town, [A] [C] [A]
[D] sat an old man playing the blues, playing
them dirty and low [Em] down.
[A] [A]
Just [D] trying to make a living, but you know it can't go [A] far.
[Em] [A]
[Am] Playing them old blues, playing them old blues, [C] playing them [A] old blues [F#m] on a beat up, beat
[C#] up [A] old guitar.
[G#] [Em] [A] But he hug it like [Am] a woman, [G] [D] hold it close to [A] his chest, [C] [A] run [D] his hands across the body
with a soft, soft [A] breath.
[D] Though he never made much money when he passed [A] around the job, [B] [A] but [C] he could really play the
[Em] blues, he [Am] could really play the [Em] blues, he could [C] really play the [A] blues [F#m] on a beat up,
[Em] beat up old [A] guitar.
The [Gm] body was all scratched up, the neck was beat up, but when that man started picking,
he could make the guitar [C] sing.
Though it never made him [G#] famous, he never was a [Em] star, but he could really play the blues,
he could really play the blues, [Am] he could really play the blues [F#m] on a beat up, beat [Em] up old guitar.
[A]
[Em]
[A] [Em] [A]
[Cm] [A] [D] [C] [A]
[C] [A] [F#m]
[G] [Am] One
[A] [D] day that guitar just broke [A] down, you know the old man he broke down to.
His mean old life gonna get you, no matter what you do.
[D] But if you're ever down in Texas, and you listen really [Em] [A] hard, you hear an old [C] man playing
the [A] blues, [Am] old man playing the blues, [C] old man [A] playing the blues [F#] on his beat up, his
beat up [Em] old guitar.
[Gm]
[Am] [E] [A] On [F#] his beat up, his beat [A] up old [G] guitar.
[A]
[C] [A] [F#m] On his beat [F#] up, his [F#m] beat up [C] old guitar.
[A] [G] [A]
Key:  
A
1231
C
3211
Em
121
D
1321
Am
2311
A
1231
C
3211
Em
121
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To learn Shemekia Copeland - Beat Up Guitar chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: C, A, C, A, D, A and Am. Kick off your practice at a gentle 42 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 85 BPM. With the song's key of D Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _
In a [D] bar down in Texas, _ [Gm] in a [G#] poor [G] part of town, [A] _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _
_ [D] sat an old man playing the blues, _ playing
them dirty and low [Em] down.
[A] _ _ [A] _
_ Just [D] trying to make a living, _ but you know it can't go [A] _ far.
[Em] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] Playing them old blues, playing them old blues, [C] playing them [A] old blues [F#m] on a beat _ _ up, beat
[C#] up [A] old guitar.
[G#] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ But he hug it like [Am] a woman, [G] _ [D] _ hold it close to [A] his chest, _ [C] [A] run _ [D] his hands across the body
with a soft, soft [A] breath.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Though he never made much money when he passed [A] around the job, _ _ _ [B] _ [A] but [C] he could really play the
[Em] blues, he [Am] could really play the [Em] blues, he could [C] really play the [A] blues [F#m] on a beat _ _ up,
[Em] beat up old [A] guitar. _ _ _ _
_ The [Gm] body was all scratched up, the neck was beat up, but when that man started picking,
he could make the guitar [C] sing.
Though it never made him [G#] famous, he never was a [Em] star, but he could really play the blues,
he could really play the blues, [Am] he could really play the blues [F#m] on a beat _ up, _ beat [Em] up old guitar.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ One _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] day that guitar just broke [A] down, you know the old man he broke down _ _ to.
_ _ His mean old life gonna get you, no matter what you do. _ _
_ [D] But if you're ever down in Texas, _ _ and you listen really [Em] [A] hard, _ _ you _ hear an old [C] man playing
the [A] blues, [Am] old man playing the blues, [C] old man [A] playing the blues [F#] on his beat up, _ his
beat up [Em] old guitar.
[Gm] _
[Am] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ On [F#] his beat up, _ _ his beat [A] up old [G] guitar.
[A] _
_ _ [C] _ [A] _ [F#m] On his beat [F#] up, _ his [F#m] beat up [C] old guitar.
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Wicked album.

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