Chords for The Basement
Tempo:
83.05 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
Am
E
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Uh-huh.
[E]
[A] All right.
[E]
[A] [D] [Am] [D]
Oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
[A] I'm going down [D] to the basement door [Am] where people have [D] a good time.
The parties that I hit have nothing to do with [A] my ears are going out [D] of their mind, mind, mind, [Am] mind, mind.
Down here [D] they play the real thing, [Am] songs that really are [D] rock and roll.
[Am] It's a cliche [D] to put it this way, but [A] they don't make them like that [D] anymore, more, more, [E] more, more, more.
And if they put me in the spotlight, [D] I'm never leaving the floor.
[A] [D] I'm going down to the basement.
[Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement.
[Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement.
Cause I really wanna [Am] rock and roll, [D] oh, [Am] oh, oh, [D] oh.
[Am]
And though the man [D] gets on the mic, [Am] knows just the hang, all [D] burns up.
[Am] These are songs you hear today [D] all start to get in the way [Am] till you're barely even [D] feeling the love, love, love, [A] love, love.
Drop the [D] needle on a pot [A] song, drop the needle [D] on some soul.
[Am] I watched a pair [D] fall in love over there, [A] that's in the front of your [D] parents, but no, no, no, [E] no, no.
So everybody give me room now, [D] watch me cut a rug in the show.
[A]
[D] [Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement, [A]
I'm going [D] down to the basement,
cause I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
[D]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Party [F] [E] people, sweat [A] out the night,
[F] let your [E] body do just [A] what it like.
I [F] just [E] wanna hear [A] something from the [F#] floor of my [D] ear.
Bad [F] soldiers, forgettin' our day jobs, tryin' to get our phone card,
cause they came to [A] rock and roll.
I'm going [D] down to the basement, [A] I'm going [D] down to the basement,
[A] I'm going [D] down to the basement, cause I really want a rock and roll.
Wah, [A]
[D] go like this.
[Em] I'm going down to the basement, [A]
I'm going down [G] [A] to the basement,
[G] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [Am]
[D] [A] [D] I'm going [A]
down to [D] [A]
[E] [A] the [D] basement, [A]
I'm going [D] down to the basement,
[A] I'm going [D] down to the basement, [E] cause I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
[E] I said I really want a [A] rock and roll.
Everybody [E] said I really want a [A] rock and roll.
I hope you didn't say I really want a rock and roll.
No, I [E] said I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
I said I really want a rock and roll.
[E]
[A] All right.
[E]
[A] [D] [Am] [D]
Oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
[A] I'm going down [D] to the basement door [Am] where people have [D] a good time.
The parties that I hit have nothing to do with [A] my ears are going out [D] of their mind, mind, mind, [Am] mind, mind.
Down here [D] they play the real thing, [Am] songs that really are [D] rock and roll.
[Am] It's a cliche [D] to put it this way, but [A] they don't make them like that [D] anymore, more, more, [E] more, more, more.
And if they put me in the spotlight, [D] I'm never leaving the floor.
[A] [D] I'm going down to the basement.
[Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement.
[Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement.
Cause I really wanna [Am] rock and roll, [D] oh, [Am] oh, oh, [D] oh.
[Am]
And though the man [D] gets on the mic, [Am] knows just the hang, all [D] burns up.
[Am] These are songs you hear today [D] all start to get in the way [Am] till you're barely even [D] feeling the love, love, love, [A] love, love.
Drop the [D] needle on a pot [A] song, drop the needle [D] on some soul.
[Am] I watched a pair [D] fall in love over there, [A] that's in the front of your [D] parents, but no, no, no, [E] no, no.
So everybody give me room now, [D] watch me cut a rug in the show.
[A]
[D] [Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement, [A]
I'm going [D] down to the basement,
cause I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
[D]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Party [F] [E] people, sweat [A] out the night,
[F] let your [E] body do just [A] what it like.
I [F] just [E] wanna hear [A] something from the [F#] floor of my [D] ear.
Bad [F] soldiers, forgettin' our day jobs, tryin' to get our phone card,
cause they came to [A] rock and roll.
I'm going [D] down to the basement, [A] I'm going [D] down to the basement,
[A] I'm going [D] down to the basement, cause I really want a rock and roll.
Wah, [A]
[D] go like this.
[Em] I'm going down to the basement, [A]
I'm going down [G] [A] to the basement,
[G] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [Am]
[D] [A] [D] I'm going [A]
down to [D] [A]
[E] [A] the [D] basement, [A]
I'm going [D] down to the basement,
[A] I'm going [D] down to the basement, [E] cause I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
[E] I said I really want a [A] rock and roll.
Everybody [E] said I really want a [A] rock and roll.
I hope you didn't say I really want a rock and roll.
No, I [E] said I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
I said I really want a rock and roll.
Key:
D
A
Am
E
F
D
A
Am
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Uh-huh.
[E] _
_ [A] All right.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D]
Oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
_ [A] I'm going down [D] to the basement door [Am] where people have [D] a good time.
The parties that I hit have nothing to do with [A] my ears are going out [D] of their mind, mind, mind, [Am] mind, mind.
Down here [D] they play the real thing, [Am] songs that really are [D] rock and roll.
[Am] It's a cliche [D] to put it this way, but [A] they don't make them like that [D] anymore, more, more, [E] more, more, more.
And if they put me in the spotlight, [D] I'm never leaving the floor.
_ [A] _ [D] I'm going down to the basement.
[Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement.
[Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement.
Cause I really wanna [Am] rock and roll, [D] oh, [Am] oh, oh, [D] oh.
_ [Am]
And though the man [D] gets on the mic, [Am] knows just the hang, all [D] burns up.
[Am] These are songs you hear today [D] all start to get in the way [Am] till you're barely even [D] feeling the love, love, love, [A] love, love.
Drop the [D] needle on a pot [A] song, drop the needle [D] on some soul.
[Am] I watched a pair [D] fall in love over there, [A] that's in the front of your [D] parents, but no, no, no, [E] no, no.
So everybody give me room now, [D] watch me cut a rug in the show.
_ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement, [A]
I'm going [D] down to the basement,
cause I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
[D]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Party [F] _ [E] people, sweat [A] out the night,
_ [F] let your [E] body do just [A] what it like.
I [F] just [E] wanna hear [A] something from the [F#] floor of my [D] ear.
Bad [F] soldiers, forgettin' our day jobs, tryin' to get our phone card,
cause they came to [A] rock and roll.
I'm going [D] down to the basement, [A] I'm going [D] down to the basement,
[A] I'm going [D] down to the basement, cause I really want a rock and roll.
Wah, _ [A] _
_ [D] go like this.
[Em] I'm going down to the basement, [A]
I'm going _ down _ [G] _ [A] to the basement,
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] I'm going [A] _
_ _ down to _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] the [D] basement, [A]
I'm going [D] down to the basement,
[A] I'm going [D] down to the basement, [E] cause I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
[E] I said I really want a [A] rock and roll.
Everybody [E] said I really want a [A] rock and roll.
I hope you didn't say I really want a rock and roll.
No, I [E] said I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
I said I really want a rock and roll. _
[E] _
_ [A] All right.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D]
Oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
_ [A] I'm going down [D] to the basement door [Am] where people have [D] a good time.
The parties that I hit have nothing to do with [A] my ears are going out [D] of their mind, mind, mind, [Am] mind, mind.
Down here [D] they play the real thing, [Am] songs that really are [D] rock and roll.
[Am] It's a cliche [D] to put it this way, but [A] they don't make them like that [D] anymore, more, more, [E] more, more, more.
And if they put me in the spotlight, [D] I'm never leaving the floor.
_ [A] _ [D] I'm going down to the basement.
[Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement.
[Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement.
Cause I really wanna [Am] rock and roll, [D] oh, [Am] oh, oh, [D] oh.
_ [Am]
And though the man [D] gets on the mic, [Am] knows just the hang, all [D] burns up.
[Am] These are songs you hear today [D] all start to get in the way [Am] till you're barely even [D] feeling the love, love, love, [A] love, love.
Drop the [D] needle on a pot [A] song, drop the needle [D] on some soul.
[Am] I watched a pair [D] fall in love over there, [A] that's in the front of your [D] parents, but no, no, no, [E] no, no.
So everybody give me room now, [D] watch me cut a rug in the show.
_ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] I'm going [D] down to the basement, [A]
I'm going [D] down to the basement,
cause I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
[D]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Party [F] _ [E] people, sweat [A] out the night,
_ [F] let your [E] body do just [A] what it like.
I [F] just [E] wanna hear [A] something from the [F#] floor of my [D] ear.
Bad [F] soldiers, forgettin' our day jobs, tryin' to get our phone card,
cause they came to [A] rock and roll.
I'm going [D] down to the basement, [A] I'm going [D] down to the basement,
[A] I'm going [D] down to the basement, cause I really want a rock and roll.
Wah, _ [A] _
_ [D] go like this.
[Em] I'm going down to the basement, [A]
I'm going _ down _ [G] _ [A] to the basement,
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] I'm going [A] _
_ _ down to _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] the [D] basement, [A]
I'm going [D] down to the basement,
[A] I'm going [D] down to the basement, [E] cause I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
[E] I said I really want a [A] rock and roll.
Everybody [E] said I really want a [A] rock and roll.
I hope you didn't say I really want a rock and roll.
No, I [E] said I really want a [Am] rock and roll.
I said I really want a rock and roll. _