Chords for American Standard: Teach Me Tonight | James Taylor
Tempo:
99.1 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
G#
D#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [F#] [B]
[F#] [E] [G#m]
[B] [F#] [G#] Did you say I [C#m] got a lot to learn?
[D#m] Well, don't think I'm trying not to [D#] learn
[G#] Since this is the [C#] perfect spot [E] to learn
[F#] Teach me [B] tonight
[F#] [G#] Start it with [C#m] the ABC of [D#m] it
Right down to the [F#] XYZ of it
[G#] Help me solve [C#m] the mystery of it
[B] Teach me tonight
[G#] Oh, the [C#] skies of blackboard
High [B] above you
[C]
[C#] And if a shooting [D] star [G] goes [F#] by
I'll [F] use that [G#m] star [A#] to write [D#] I love [F#] you
[G#m] A thousand [C#] times across the [G#] sky
One thing [C#] isn't very clear, my love
[D#m] Sir, the teacher stands so near, [Cm] my [G#] love
[C#m] Graduation's almost here, my love
[F#] Teach me [B] tonight
[F#] [G#]
[C#m] [D#m] [E] [D#m]
[F#] [G#] [F#]
[C#m] [F#] [G#m] [F#]
[B] [G#] Oh, the skies [C#m] of [F#] blackboard
High [B] above [F#] you
[C#] And if a shooting [A#] star [D#m] goes by
[G#m] I'll use that [A#] star to write [D#m] I [F#] love you
A [G#m] thousand [C#] times across [F#] the [E] [D#m] sky
[G#] One thing [C#m] isn't very clear, my [D#m] love
Sir, the teacher stands so [F#] near, my [G#] love
[C#] Graduation's [E] almost here, my love
[G#m] Teach me [B] tonight
[C#m] [F#]
[E] [Bm] [D#m]
[E] [B] Start it with the ABC of it
[E] [B]
[F#] [E] [G#m]
[B] [F#] [G#] Did you say I [C#m] got a lot to learn?
[D#m] Well, don't think I'm trying not to [D#] learn
[G#] Since this is the [C#] perfect spot [E] to learn
[F#] Teach me [B] tonight
[F#] [G#] Start it with [C#m] the ABC of [D#m] it
Right down to the [F#] XYZ of it
[G#] Help me solve [C#m] the mystery of it
[B] Teach me tonight
[G#] Oh, the [C#] skies of blackboard
High [B] above you
[C]
[C#] And if a shooting [D] star [G] goes [F#] by
I'll [F] use that [G#m] star [A#] to write [D#] I love [F#] you
[G#m] A thousand [C#] times across the [G#] sky
One thing [C#] isn't very clear, my love
[D#m] Sir, the teacher stands so near, [Cm] my [G#] love
[C#m] Graduation's almost here, my love
[F#] Teach me [B] tonight
[F#] [G#]
[C#m] [D#m] [E] [D#m]
[F#] [G#] [F#]
[C#m] [F#] [G#m] [F#]
[B] [G#] Oh, the skies [C#m] of [F#] blackboard
High [B] above [F#] you
[C#] And if a shooting [A#] star [D#m] goes by
[G#m] I'll use that [A#] star to write [D#m] I [F#] love you
A [G#m] thousand [C#] times across [F#] the [E] [D#m] sky
[G#] One thing [C#m] isn't very clear, my [D#m] love
Sir, the teacher stands so [F#] near, my [G#] love
[C#] Graduation's [E] almost here, my love
[G#m] Teach me [B] tonight
[C#m] [F#]
[E] [Bm] [D#m]
[E] [B] Start it with the ABC of it
[E] [B]
Key:
F#
B
G#
D#m
C#m
F#
B
G#
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] Did you say I [C#m] got a lot to learn?
[D#m] _ Well, don't think I'm trying not to [D#] learn
[G#] _ Since this is the [C#] perfect spot [E] to learn
[F#] _ Teach me [B] tonight
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ Start it with [C#m] the ABC of [D#m] it
Right down to the _ [F#] XYZ of it
[G#] _ Help me solve [C#m] the mystery of it
[B] Teach me _ tonight
_ _ _ [G#] Oh, the [C#] skies of blackboard
High [B] above you
[C] _
[C#] And if a shooting [D] star [G] goes [F#] by
I'll [F] use that [G#m] star [A#] to write [D#] I love [F#] you
[G#m] A thousand [C#] times across the [G#] sky
One thing [C#] isn't very clear, my love
[D#m] _ Sir, the teacher stands so near, [Cm] my [G#] love _ _
[C#m] Graduation's almost here, my love
[F#] Teach me [B] tonight
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [E] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [F#] _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] Oh, the skies [C#m] of [F#] blackboard
High [B] above [F#] you
[C#] And if a shooting [A#] star [D#m] goes by _
[G#m] I'll use that [A#] star to write [D#m] I [F#] love you
A [G#m] thousand [C#] times across [F#] the [E] _ [D#m] sky
[G#] _ One thing [C#m] isn't very clear, my [D#m] love
Sir, the teacher stands so [F#] near, my [G#] love
_ _ [C#] Graduation's [E] almost here, my love
[G#m] _ Teach me [B] tonight _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[E] _ [B] Start it with the ABC of it
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] Did you say I [C#m] got a lot to learn?
[D#m] _ Well, don't think I'm trying not to [D#] learn
[G#] _ Since this is the [C#] perfect spot [E] to learn
[F#] _ Teach me [B] tonight
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ Start it with [C#m] the ABC of [D#m] it
Right down to the _ [F#] XYZ of it
[G#] _ Help me solve [C#m] the mystery of it
[B] Teach me _ tonight
_ _ _ [G#] Oh, the [C#] skies of blackboard
High [B] above you
[C] _
[C#] And if a shooting [D] star [G] goes [F#] by
I'll [F] use that [G#m] star [A#] to write [D#] I love [F#] you
[G#m] A thousand [C#] times across the [G#] sky
One thing [C#] isn't very clear, my love
[D#m] _ Sir, the teacher stands so near, [Cm] my [G#] love _ _
[C#m] Graduation's almost here, my love
[F#] Teach me [B] tonight
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [E] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [F#] _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] Oh, the skies [C#m] of [F#] blackboard
High [B] above [F#] you
[C#] And if a shooting [A#] star [D#m] goes by _
[G#m] I'll use that [A#] star to write [D#m] I [F#] love you
A [G#m] thousand [C#] times across [F#] the [E] _ [D#m] sky
[G#] _ One thing [C#m] isn't very clear, my [D#m] love
Sir, the teacher stands so [F#] near, my [G#] love
_ _ [C#] Graduation's [E] almost here, my love
[G#m] _ Teach me [B] tonight _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[E] _ [B] Start it with the ABC of it
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _