Straighten Out Chords by The Stranglers

Tempo:
160.65 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

G

C

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Stranglers - Straighten Out chords
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And the first [G] commandment reads, human worship is sacred, [B] until there is no more food.
[D] The break of day has come, I [G] see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[G] I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the [E] world, [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] [A]
Straight out, [G] [E] straight out, [C] straight [D]
[A] out, [G] [E] straight out.
[G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, follows now.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in the [A] world, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] [D] Straight [A] out, [G] straight [A]
[E] out, [C] [A] straight out, [G] [E] straight out.
[G] The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the
[G] walls.
I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for [A] little girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the world, [E] [B] tear [C] things out and [A] make a girl.
[C]
[A] Straight out, [G] straight [E] [C] out, [D] straight [A] out, [G] [E] straight [G] out.
[F#m]
[G] [A] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em]
[B] Straighten him [C] out.
[A] Straighten him out.
[E] Straighten him [B]
[Em] [B]
[Am] [E] [B]
[C] [A] [E] [B]
[C] out.
[A] [E] [Em]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
G
2131
C
3211
B
12341112
A
1231
E
2311
G
2131
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To start learning The Stranglers - Straighten Out chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: A, E, B, C, A and B. A good strategy is to initiate at 80 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 161 BPM. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: E Minor.

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And the first [G] commandment reads, human worship is _ sacred, _ [B] until there is no more food.
_ [D] The break of day has come, I [G] see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[G] I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the [E] world, [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ _ [A]
Straight out, _ _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ _ out, [C] _ straight [D] _
[A] out, _ _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ out.
_ [G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] _ Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, _ follows _ now.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in the [A] world, [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ [D] Straight [A] out, _ _ [G] _ straight [A] _
[E] _ out, _ [C] _ _ [A] straight _ out, _ [G] _ _ [E] straight out.
_ _ [G] The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the
[G] walls.
I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for [A] little girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the world, [E] _ [B] tear [C] things out and [A] make a girl.
[C] _ _ _
[A] Straight out, _ [G] _ _ straight [E] _ _ _ _ [C] out, [D] straight [A] _ out, _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ _ _ _ [G] _ out. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Straighten him [C] out.
[A] Straighten him out.
[E] Straighten him _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
[C] out.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was written by Dave Greenfield, Hugh Cornwell, Black J and Jean‐Jacques Burnel.

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