Chords for The Stranglers - Ain' t Nothin' to It
Tempo:
148.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
C
A#
F#
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
Back up 45 feet, always looking for a free bed.
Why don't you let some time pass?
Hiding with his axe, me with this dead sheep arm.
Trying to step a look, it's too soon.
Soul's on the ground, I pull out the switch.
[E] [F#] Looks like [A#] he [C] got me, but this guy [F#] gave me props
to a [E] horse in a [C] concrete [Em] pasture.
[E] He's [F#] so tired he [A#] wouldn't [C] buy a pair of [Em] shorts or a heat.
[F#] Just look at [A#] him and [C] make that buy him.
[E] All [A#] of the time [C]
strollers go by.
He's spending [E] just [F#] his day in ketchup [A#] on a dark [C] tooth.
[E] Tighten his wig, [D] hold it down [A#m] and knock him out [C] with a new light [E] set.
[F#] [A#]
[C] [D] Ain't nothing to [C#m] it, just hear.
[G#] Ain't nothing [C#] to it, just hear.
[A] Ain't nothing, [C#m] ain't nothing to it, just hear.
[D] I
[E] [F#] saw [A#] that [C] dinner up the street.
There's [E] a [F#] phone on the drink [A#] and the [C] sharks are [E] dropping the shucks.
[F#] The [A#] yellow kid trying [C] to tighten her,
[E] [F#] leaving the poor ass [A#] all around [C] her.
[A#] I miss her, I [C] belong up on that.
She's got [E] some time that [F#] she will and she [A#] [C] won't.
[E] [F#] She do and she [A#] don't, [C] always on the [E] fence.
She sleeps [F#] with her glasses [Gm] [C] on.
[A] Man, [Bm]
[D#] [G#] man.
[D#] Ain't [Fm] nothing, [C#m] ain't nothing to it, just hear.
[D]
She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it.
[Dm]
She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it.
[E] [D] She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it.
[Em]
[F#m] [Em]
Ain't nothing to it.
[C] [E] [F#m] [A#]
[C] [E] [F#m]
[A#] [C] [E] [D]
[Em]
[E]
[G] [E] [Bm]
[Am] [C#] [Em]
[E]
[Em]
[Bm] [Em]
[B]
[G] [B]
[A#] [Em]
[N]
Back up 45 feet, always looking for a free bed.
Why don't you let some time pass?
Hiding with his axe, me with this dead sheep arm.
Trying to step a look, it's too soon.
Soul's on the ground, I pull out the switch.
[E] [F#] Looks like [A#] he [C] got me, but this guy [F#] gave me props
to a [E] horse in a [C] concrete [Em] pasture.
[E] He's [F#] so tired he [A#] wouldn't [C] buy a pair of [Em] shorts or a heat.
[F#] Just look at [A#] him and [C] make that buy him.
[E] All [A#] of the time [C]
strollers go by.
He's spending [E] just [F#] his day in ketchup [A#] on a dark [C] tooth.
[E] Tighten his wig, [D] hold it down [A#m] and knock him out [C] with a new light [E] set.
[F#] [A#]
[C] [D] Ain't nothing to [C#m] it, just hear.
[G#] Ain't nothing [C#] to it, just hear.
[A] Ain't nothing, [C#m] ain't nothing to it, just hear.
[D] I
[E] [F#] saw [A#] that [C] dinner up the street.
There's [E] a [F#] phone on the drink [A#] and the [C] sharks are [E] dropping the shucks.
[F#] The [A#] yellow kid trying [C] to tighten her,
[E] [F#] leaving the poor ass [A#] all around [C] her.
[A#] I miss her, I [C] belong up on that.
She's got [E] some time that [F#] she will and she [A#] [C] won't.
[E] [F#] She do and she [A#] don't, [C] always on the [E] fence.
She sleeps [F#] with her glasses [Gm] [C] on.
[A] Man, [Bm]
[D#] [G#] man.
[D#] Ain't [Fm] nothing, [C#m] ain't nothing to it, just hear.
[D]
She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it.
[Dm]
She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it.
[E] [D] She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it.
[Em]
[F#m] [Em]
Ain't nothing to it.
[C] [E] [F#m] [A#]
[C] [E] [F#m]
[A#] [C] [E] [D]
[Em]
[E]
[G] [E] [Bm]
[Am] [C#] [Em]
[E]
[Em]
[Bm] [Em]
[B]
[G] [B]
[A#] [Em]
[N]
Key:
E
C
A#
F#
Em
E
C
A#
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Back up 45 feet, always looking for a free bed. _ _
_ _ Why don't you let some time pass?
Hiding with his axe, me with this dead sheep arm.
Trying to step a look, it's too soon.
_ _ Soul's on the ground, I pull out the switch.
[E] _ _ [F#] Looks like [A#] he [C] got me, but this guy [F#] gave me props
to a [E] horse in a [C] concrete [Em] pasture.
[E] He's [F#] so tired he [A#] wouldn't [C] buy a pair of [Em] shorts or a heat.
[F#] Just look at [A#] him and [C] make that buy him.
[E] _ All [A#] of the time [C]
strollers go by.
He's spending [E] just [F#] his day in ketchup [A#] on a dark [C] tooth.
[E] Tighten his wig, [D] hold it down [A#m] and knock him out [C] with a new light [E] set.
_ [F#] _ _ [A#] _
[C] _ _ _ [D] Ain't nothing to [C#m] it, just hear.
_ _ _ [G#] Ain't nothing [C#] to it, just hear.
_ _ [A] Ain't nothing, [C#m] ain't nothing to it, just hear.
[D] _ I _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] saw [A#] that [C] dinner up the street.
There's [E] a [F#] phone on the drink [A#] and the [C] sharks are [E] dropping the shucks.
[F#] The [A#] yellow kid trying [C] to tighten her,
_ [E] [F#] leaving the poor ass [A#] all around [C] her.
[A#] _ _ _ I miss her, I [C] belong up on that.
She's got [E] some time that [F#] she will and she [A#] [C] won't.
_ _ [E] _ [F#] She do and she [A#] don't, [C] always on the [E] fence.
She sleeps [F#] with her glasses [Gm] [C] on.
_ _ [A] Man, [Bm] _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [G#] man. _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ Ain't [Fm] nothing, [C#m] ain't nothing to it, just hear.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it.
[Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it. _
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[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it. _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _
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_ _ Ain't nothing to it. _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [A#] _
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[A#] _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A#] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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_ _ _ Back up 45 feet, always looking for a free bed. _ _
_ _ Why don't you let some time pass?
Hiding with his axe, me with this dead sheep arm.
Trying to step a look, it's too soon.
_ _ Soul's on the ground, I pull out the switch.
[E] _ _ [F#] Looks like [A#] he [C] got me, but this guy [F#] gave me props
to a [E] horse in a [C] concrete [Em] pasture.
[E] He's [F#] so tired he [A#] wouldn't [C] buy a pair of [Em] shorts or a heat.
[F#] Just look at [A#] him and [C] make that buy him.
[E] _ All [A#] of the time [C]
strollers go by.
He's spending [E] just [F#] his day in ketchup [A#] on a dark [C] tooth.
[E] Tighten his wig, [D] hold it down [A#m] and knock him out [C] with a new light [E] set.
_ [F#] _ _ [A#] _
[C] _ _ _ [D] Ain't nothing to [C#m] it, just hear.
_ _ _ [G#] Ain't nothing [C#] to it, just hear.
_ _ [A] Ain't nothing, [C#m] ain't nothing to it, just hear.
[D] _ I _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] saw [A#] that [C] dinner up the street.
There's [E] a [F#] phone on the drink [A#] and the [C] sharks are [E] dropping the shucks.
[F#] The [A#] yellow kid trying [C] to tighten her,
_ [E] [F#] leaving the poor ass [A#] all around [C] her.
[A#] _ _ _ I miss her, I [C] belong up on that.
She's got [E] some time that [F#] she will and she [A#] [C] won't.
_ _ [E] _ [F#] She do and she [A#] don't, [C] always on the [E] fence.
She sleeps [F#] with her glasses [Gm] [C] on.
_ _ [A] Man, [Bm] _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [G#] man. _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ Ain't [Fm] nothing, [C#m] ain't nothing to it, just hear.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it.
[Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it. _
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[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ She's flowers for me so skip it, I forget it. _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _
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_ _ Ain't nothing to it. _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [A#] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[A#] _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A#] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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