Skin Deep Chords by Buddy Guy

Tempo:
67.45 bpm
Chords used:

E

A

F#m

D

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Buddy Guy - Skin Deep chords
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[F#m] [A] [F#m]
[E] [D]
[A] I've been around a while, [E] I know wrong from right.
[F#m] Learned a long time ago, [A] [D] things ain't always black and white.
[A] Just like you can't [E] judge a book by the cover.
[F#m] We all got to be careful [D] how we treat one [E] another.
[A] Stand deep, [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We [D] all the same.
[E] [A] Stand [F#m] deep, stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We all [D] the same.
[E] [A] We all are the same.
[F#m]
[E] [D]
A [A] man in Louisiana, he [E] never called me by my name.
[A] [F#m] He said, boy do this and boy do that.
[D] But I never once complained.
[A] I knew he had a good heart, [E] but he just didn't understand
[F#m] that I needed to be treated [D] just like any other [A] man.
Stand deep, [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We [D] all the [A] same.
Stand deep, [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We [D] all the same.
[E] [A] We all the same.
[F#m]
[E] [D]
[A] [E] [A] [F#m]
[E] [D]
[A] I sat my child down [E] when he was old enough to know.
I [F#m] said, out there in [A] this big wide world, you're [D] going to meet [G] all kind of [D] folks.
[A] I said, son, it all comes down [E] to just one simple rule.
[F#m] That you treat everybody just the way [D] you want them to [Em] treat you.
[A] Stand deep, [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We [D] all the same.
[A] Stand deep, [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We all [D]
the same.
[E] [A] Stand deep, [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We all [D] the same.
[A] Stand deep, [E] [F#m]
[E] [D] stand deep, on the moonleaf.
We all [A] the same. Yeah.
Key:  
E
2311
A
1231
F#m
123111112
D
1321
G
2131
E
2311
A
1231
F#m
123111112
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To start learning Buddy Guy - (Main Version) Skin Deep chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: D, E, D, A, F#m, E and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 33 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 67. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: A Major.

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_ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] I've been around a while, [E] I know wrong from right.
[F#m] Learned a long time ago, [A] [D] things ain't always black and white.
_ [A] Just like you can't [E] judge a book by the cover.
_ [F#m] We all got to be careful [D] how we treat one [E] another.
[A] _ _ Stand deep, [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We [D] all the same.
[E] _ _ [A] _ Stand [F#m] deep, stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We all [D] the same.
[E] _ [A] We all are the same.
[F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
A [A] _ man in Louisiana, he [E] never called me by my name.
[A] [F#m] He said, boy do this and boy do that.
[D] But I never once complained.
[A] I knew he had a good heart, [E] but he just didn't understand
[F#m] that I needed to be treated [D] just like any other [A] man.
_ _ Stand deep, _ [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We [D] all the [A] same.
_ _ Stand deep, _ [F#m] _
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We [D] all the same.
[E] _ [A] We all the same.
[F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ I sat my child down [E] when he was old enough to know.
I [F#m] said, out there in [A] this big wide world, you're [D] going to meet [G] all kind of [D] folks.
[A] I said, son, it all comes down [E] to just one simple rule.
[F#m] That you treat everybody just the way [D] you want them to [Em] treat you.
[A] Stand deep, _ [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We [D] all the same.
[A] _ _ Stand deep, _ [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We all [D]
the same.
[E] _ _ [A] Stand deep, [F#m]
stand deep, [E] on the moonleaf.
We all [D] the same.
[A] _ Stand deep, [E] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] stand deep, on the moonleaf.
We all [A] _ the same. _ _ _ Yeah. _ _ _ _ _

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