Chords for The Kinks - Superman
Tempo:
125.9 bpm
Chords used:
B
C#
E
C#m
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [C#]
[E] [B] [C#]
[G] [C#]
I woke up this morning, [C#m] started to sneeze, [B] had a cigarette [C#] and a cup of tea.
I looked in the mirror, what did [C#m] I see?
[B] A nice, sweet, sweet, [C#] lovely lady.
I took my knees and [C#m] pressed up, touched my toes, [B] had another sneeze [C#] and I blew my nose.
I looked in the mirror, my blood in [C#m] the chest, I [B] blew my nose because it [C#] made me [A] depressed.
[B] [E] She made a way [B] for me to [C#] change the shape I'm [B] in.
[A] If this had to [E] fuck with what I am, [B] I wanna be [G#] a
[C#m] [C#] [E]
[B] [C#] like Superman.
Superman, [C#m]
[E] I wanna [B] [C#] be like Superman.
[E]
I [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
[E] Superman, wish [B] I was like [C#] Superman.
[N] [G#m]
[C#] I woke up this [C#m] morning, what did I see?
[B] A big black cloud [C#] hanging over me.
I switched on the radio and [E] nearly dropped dead.
[B] The news was so bad [C#] that I fell out of bed.
There was a gas [C#m] strike, oil strike, lorry strike, a dead strike.
[F#] I wanna be Superman [C#m] to survive.
Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone [B] bills.
I'm such a wreck [C#] but I'm staying [A] alive.
I'm pretty [B] like
[E]
change
the world.
[B] [C#] best
citizen.
[B] [A] I'm too weak.
[E]
I'm so filled.
[B] I'd like to
[G#]
[E] [G#]
[C#m]
Superman, [E]
[B] [C#m] Superman,
[E] [B] [C#m]
Superman, Superman.
[E] Wish I [B] was [C#m] like Superman.
[C#]
Superman, [C#m] Superman,
[E] wish [B] I was crazy [C#] like Superman.
[F#] [A#] [G#m]
[C#] Look in the mirror, what [C#m] do I see?
[B] Love, violence, [C#] insanity.
Hey [C#m] girl, we gotta get out of this place.
[B] There's gotta be [C#] something better than this.
I need to be [C#m] powerful to see it this way.
[B] If I was Superman, [C#] I'd fly you away.
[G#] [C#m] [G#]
[C#]
[E]
I wanna [Bm] be [C#m] like Superman.
[E] Wish [B] I was like [C#] Superman.
[E]
[B] [C#] Superman, [C#m]
[E] [B] [C#] Superman, Superman.
I [E]
[B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
Superman, [E]
Superman, Superman, Superman.
Wish [B] I was [C#m] like [C#] Superman.
[E] I [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
Wish [E]
[B] I was [C#m] like Superman.
[E] [B] [C#] Superman, Superman, [E] Superman, [B] Superman.
I'm [C#] back Superman
[G#] [E] [G#m]
[E] [C#]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [C#]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [C#]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [C#]
[C#m]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [C#]
[E] [B] [C#]
[G] [C#]
I woke up this morning, [C#m] started to sneeze, [B] had a cigarette [C#] and a cup of tea.
I looked in the mirror, what did [C#m] I see?
[B] A nice, sweet, sweet, [C#] lovely lady.
I took my knees and [C#m] pressed up, touched my toes, [B] had another sneeze [C#] and I blew my nose.
I looked in the mirror, my blood in [C#m] the chest, I [B] blew my nose because it [C#] made me [A] depressed.
[B] [E] She made a way [B] for me to [C#] change the shape I'm [B] in.
[A] If this had to [E] fuck with what I am, [B] I wanna be [G#] a
[C#m] [C#] [E]
[B] [C#] like Superman.
Superman, [C#m]
[E] I wanna [B] [C#] be like Superman.
[E]
I [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
[E] Superman, wish [B] I was like [C#] Superman.
[N] [G#m]
[C#] I woke up this [C#m] morning, what did I see?
[B] A big black cloud [C#] hanging over me.
I switched on the radio and [E] nearly dropped dead.
[B] The news was so bad [C#] that I fell out of bed.
There was a gas [C#m] strike, oil strike, lorry strike, a dead strike.
[F#] I wanna be Superman [C#m] to survive.
Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone [B] bills.
I'm such a wreck [C#] but I'm staying [A] alive.
I'm pretty [B] like
[E]
change
the world.
[B] [C#] best
citizen.
[B] [A] I'm too weak.
[E]
I'm so filled.
[B] I'd like to
[G#]
[E] [G#]
[C#m]
Superman, [E]
[B] [C#m] Superman,
[E] [B] [C#m]
Superman, Superman.
[E] Wish I [B] was [C#m] like Superman.
[C#]
Superman, [C#m] Superman,
[E] wish [B] I was crazy [C#] like Superman.
[F#] [A#] [G#m]
[C#] Look in the mirror, what [C#m] do I see?
[B] Love, violence, [C#] insanity.
Hey [C#m] girl, we gotta get out of this place.
[B] There's gotta be [C#] something better than this.
I need to be [C#m] powerful to see it this way.
[B] If I was Superman, [C#] I'd fly you away.
[G#] [C#m] [G#]
[C#]
[E]
I wanna [Bm] be [C#m] like Superman.
[E] Wish [B] I was like [C#] Superman.
[E]
[B] [C#] Superman, [C#m]
[E] [B] [C#] Superman, Superman.
I [E]
[B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
Superman, [E]
Superman, Superman, Superman.
Wish [B] I was [C#m] like [C#] Superman.
[E] I [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
Wish [E]
[B] I was [C#m] like Superman.
[E] [B] [C#] Superman, Superman, [E] Superman, [B] Superman.
I'm [C#] back Superman
[G#] [E] [G#m]
[E] [C#]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [C#]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [C#]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [C#]
[C#m]
Key:
B
C#
E
C#m
G#
B
C#
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ I woke up this morning, [C#m] started to sneeze, [B] had a cigarette [C#] and a cup of tea.
I looked in the mirror, what did [C#m] I see?
[B] A nice, sweet, sweet, [C#] lovely lady.
I took my knees and [C#m] pressed up, touched my toes, [B] had another sneeze [C#] and I blew my nose.
I looked in the mirror, my blood in [C#m] the chest, I [B] blew my nose because it [C#] made me [A] depressed.
_ _ _ [B] [E] She made a way [B] _ for me to [C#] change the shape I'm [B] in.
[A] If this had to [E] fuck with what I am, [B] I wanna be [G#] a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [C#] like Superman. _
_ Superman, _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] I wanna [B] [C#] be like Superman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ I [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Superman, _ wish [B] I was like [C#] _ Superman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ [C#] I woke up this [C#m] morning, what did I see?
[B] A big black cloud [C#] hanging over me.
I switched on the radio and [E] nearly dropped dead.
[B] The news was so bad [C#] that I fell out of bed.
There was a gas [C#m] strike, oil strike, lorry strike, a dead strike.
[F#] I wanna be Superman [C#m] to survive.
_ Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone [B] bills.
I'm such a wreck [C#] but I'm staying [A] alive.
I'm pretty [B] like_
[E] _
_change
the world.
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _best
citizen.
[B] _ [A] I'm too weak.
[E] _
I'm so filled.
[B] I'd like to_
[G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G#] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Superman, _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ Superman, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
Superman, _ _ _ Superman. _
[E] Wish I [B] was [C#m] like _ Superman.
[C#] _
Superman, _ _ [C#m] Superman, _ _
[E] wish [B] I was crazy [C#] like Superman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [A#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] Look in the mirror, what [C#m] do I see?
[B] Love, _ violence, [C#] insanity. _
Hey [C#m] girl, we gotta get out of this place.
_ [B] There's gotta be [C#] something better than this.
I need to be [C#m] powerful to see it this way.
[B] If I was Superman, [C#] I'd fly you away.
_ [G#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ I wanna [Bm] be [C#m] like Superman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] Wish [B] I was like [C#] Superman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ Superman, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ Superman, _ Superman.
I _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
_ Superman, _ _ _ _ [E] _
Superman, Superman, Superman.
Wish [B] I was [C#m] like [C#] Superman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] I _ _ [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman. _
_ _ _ _ Wish _ [E] _
_ _ [B] I was [C#m] like Superman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ Superman, _ Superman, _ _ _ [E] Superman, _ _ [B] Superman.
I'm [C#] back Superman
_ _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ I woke up this morning, [C#m] started to sneeze, [B] had a cigarette [C#] and a cup of tea.
I looked in the mirror, what did [C#m] I see?
[B] A nice, sweet, sweet, [C#] lovely lady.
I took my knees and [C#m] pressed up, touched my toes, [B] had another sneeze [C#] and I blew my nose.
I looked in the mirror, my blood in [C#m] the chest, I [B] blew my nose because it [C#] made me [A] depressed.
_ _ _ [B] [E] She made a way [B] _ for me to [C#] change the shape I'm [B] in.
[A] If this had to [E] fuck with what I am, [B] I wanna be [G#] a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [C#] like Superman. _
_ Superman, _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] I wanna [B] [C#] be like Superman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ I [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Superman, _ wish [B] I was like [C#] _ Superman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ [C#] I woke up this [C#m] morning, what did I see?
[B] A big black cloud [C#] hanging over me.
I switched on the radio and [E] nearly dropped dead.
[B] The news was so bad [C#] that I fell out of bed.
There was a gas [C#m] strike, oil strike, lorry strike, a dead strike.
[F#] I wanna be Superman [C#m] to survive.
_ Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone [B] bills.
I'm such a wreck [C#] but I'm staying [A] alive.
I'm pretty [B] like_
[E] _
_change
the world.
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _best
citizen.
[B] _ [A] I'm too weak.
[E] _
I'm so filled.
[B] I'd like to_
[G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G#] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Superman, _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ Superman, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
Superman, _ _ _ Superman. _
[E] Wish I [B] was [C#m] like _ Superman.
[C#] _
Superman, _ _ [C#m] Superman, _ _
[E] wish [B] I was crazy [C#] like Superman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [A#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] Look in the mirror, what [C#m] do I see?
[B] Love, _ violence, [C#] insanity. _
Hey [C#m] girl, we gotta get out of this place.
_ [B] There's gotta be [C#] something better than this.
I need to be [C#m] powerful to see it this way.
[B] If I was Superman, [C#] I'd fly you away.
_ [G#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ I wanna [Bm] be [C#m] like Superman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] Wish [B] I was like [C#] Superman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ Superman, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ Superman, _ Superman.
I _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman.
_ Superman, _ _ _ _ [E] _
Superman, Superman, Superman.
Wish [B] I was [C#m] like [C#] Superman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] I _ _ [B] wanna be [C#] like Superman. _
_ _ _ _ Wish _ [E] _
_ _ [B] I was [C#m] like Superman. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ Superman, _ Superman, _ _ _ [E] Superman, _ _ [B] Superman.
I'm [C#] back Superman
_ _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _