Sweet Misery Blues Chords by Violent Femmes
Tempo:
110.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Bb
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [A]
[G] [Bb] [D]
[G] [Gm]
[A] [G] [Gm]
[A] [G] Yeah, [Bb] I saw you coming [A] down the street [G] I could tell by your look that you [Bb] didn't
[A] want to meet [G] So this time [D]
[A] I went away but [G] next time [D]
I'm
just [A] gonna have to [C] say Could I buy you [E] a dress or [D] something?
[C] [Em] Could I buy [D] you some jewelry or something?
[C] Would you go [D] out with me or [C] something?
Would you sleep with me or something?
[G] Better watch out [Bb] if your chains move in [D] too fast
[G] Better look out [Bb] if you're living [D] in the past
Because that's why you'll never [Am] [C] lose These sweet [D] [G] misery blues
[Em] [Eb] [D] That's why you'll never [C] lose These sweet [G] misery blues
[D] [G] Yeah, [Bb] I'm gonna corner [A] you in that [G] elevator And you won't [D] be able to put [A] me off till [G] later
I'll put on my [Bb] charm, I'll tingle your [G] spine I'll [E] take off my [Bb] charm and then you'll wanna [C] die
Could I buy you [D] a dress or something?
[C] Could I buy you some jewelry or something?
[Em] Would you go out [C] with me or [E] something?
[C] Would you sleep [D] with me or [G] something?
Better watch out, [Bb] cause you can't [D] get rid of me
You better [G] look out, [Bb] cause nothing [D] don't you see
That's why you'll never [Am] [C] lose These sweet
[D] misery [G] blues
[Em]
[D] That's why you'll never [Am] [C] lose These sweet misery [G] blues
[D] [G]
[G] [Bb] [D]
[G] [Gm]
[A] [G] [Gm]
[A] [G] Yeah, [Bb] I saw you coming [A] down the street [G] I could tell by your look that you [Bb] didn't
[A] want to meet [G] So this time [D]
[A] I went away but [G] next time [D]
I'm
just [A] gonna have to [C] say Could I buy you [E] a dress or [D] something?
[C] [Em] Could I buy [D] you some jewelry or something?
[C] Would you go [D] out with me or [C] something?
Would you sleep with me or something?
[G] Better watch out [Bb] if your chains move in [D] too fast
[G] Better look out [Bb] if you're living [D] in the past
Because that's why you'll never [Am] [C] lose These sweet [D] [G] misery blues
[Em] [Eb] [D] That's why you'll never [C] lose These sweet [G] misery blues
[D] [G] Yeah, [Bb] I'm gonna corner [A] you in that [G] elevator And you won't [D] be able to put [A] me off till [G] later
I'll put on my [Bb] charm, I'll tingle your [G] spine I'll [E] take off my [Bb] charm and then you'll wanna [C] die
Could I buy you [D] a dress or something?
[C] Could I buy you some jewelry or something?
[Em] Would you go out [C] with me or [E] something?
[C] Would you sleep [D] with me or [G] something?
Better watch out, [Bb] cause you can't [D] get rid of me
You better [G] look out, [Bb] cause nothing [D] don't you see
That's why you'll never [Am] [C] lose These sweet
[D] misery [G] blues
[Em]
[D] That's why you'll never [Am] [C] lose These sweet misery [G] blues
[D] [G]
Key:
G
D
C
Bb
A
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ Yeah, [Bb] I saw you coming [A] down the street [G] I could tell by your look that you [Bb] didn't
[A] want to meet [G] So this time _ [D]
[A] I went away but [G] next _ time [D]
I'm
just [A] gonna have to [C] say Could I buy you [E] a dress or [D] something?
[C] _ [Em] Could I buy [D] you some jewelry or something?
[C] _ Would you go [D] out with me or [C] something?
Would you sleep with me or something?
[G] Better watch out [Bb] if your chains move in [D] too fast
[G] Better look out [Bb] if you're living [D] in the past
Because that's why you'll never [Am] _ _ [C] lose These sweet _ _ [D] [G] misery blues _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ _ That's why you'll never _ [C] lose These sweet _ _ [G] misery blues _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ Yeah, [Bb] I'm gonna corner [A] you in that [G] elevator _ And you won't [D] be able to put [A] me off till [G] later
I'll put on my [Bb] charm, I'll tingle your [G] spine I'll [E] take off my [Bb] charm and then you'll wanna _ [C] die
Could I buy you [D] a dress or something?
[C] _ Could I buy you some jewelry or something?
_ [Em] Would you go out [C] with me or [E] something?
[C] _ Would you sleep [D] with me or [G] something?
Better watch out, [Bb] cause you can't [D] get rid of me
You better [G] look out, [Bb] cause nothing [D] don't you see
_ That's why you'll never [Am] _ [C] lose These sweet _
[D] misery [G] blues
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ That's why you'll never [Am] _ [C] lose These sweet _ misery [G] _ _ blues
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ Yeah, [Bb] I saw you coming [A] down the street [G] I could tell by your look that you [Bb] didn't
[A] want to meet [G] So this time _ [D]
[A] I went away but [G] next _ time [D]
I'm
just [A] gonna have to [C] say Could I buy you [E] a dress or [D] something?
[C] _ [Em] Could I buy [D] you some jewelry or something?
[C] _ Would you go [D] out with me or [C] something?
Would you sleep with me or something?
[G] Better watch out [Bb] if your chains move in [D] too fast
[G] Better look out [Bb] if you're living [D] in the past
Because that's why you'll never [Am] _ _ [C] lose These sweet _ _ [D] [G] misery blues _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ _ That's why you'll never _ [C] lose These sweet _ _ [G] misery blues _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ Yeah, [Bb] I'm gonna corner [A] you in that [G] elevator _ And you won't [D] be able to put [A] me off till [G] later
I'll put on my [Bb] charm, I'll tingle your [G] spine I'll [E] take off my [Bb] charm and then you'll wanna _ [C] die
Could I buy you [D] a dress or something?
[C] _ Could I buy you some jewelry or something?
_ [Em] Would you go out [C] with me or [E] something?
[C] _ Would you sleep [D] with me or [G] something?
Better watch out, [Bb] cause you can't [D] get rid of me
You better [G] look out, [Bb] cause nothing [D] don't you see
_ That's why you'll never [Am] _ [C] lose These sweet _
[D] misery [G] blues
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ That's why you'll never [Am] _ [C] lose These sweet _ misery [G] _ _ blues
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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