Alphabet Town Chords by Elliott Smith
Tempo:
77.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
A
E
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [A] [C]
[Bm] [A] [C]
[Bm] [A] [C]
[Em] [A] [C]
[E] [C#] I'm going to sing a song called, Alphabet City.
Alphabet City [C] is hard.
[Am]
[E] [F#] Constantina feels [G] right at [C] home.
[A]
[E] She probably won't say you're wrong.
[C#m] You're already wrong.
[C] You're already wrong.
[A] You threw [E] up whatever you had.
She [B] shot [A] [C] down.
Said show me [Bm] around.
[A]
It's alphabet [B] town.
[A] [C]
Said show me [B] around.
[A] [C]
[E] There's [F#] a name [Bm] you keep [C] repeating.
[Am]
[E] You [F#] got nothing better [G] to do.
[Am]
[C] But someone [B] will hear you [F] say it.
And just not [Em] mine.
[A]
[E] Her hand on your arm.
[C#m] Her hand on your arm.
[C] She put her hand on your [A] arm.
Told you her name you can't [Bm] [A] pronounce [C]
it.
I'll show you [B] around.
[A]
It's alphabet [Bm] town.
[A] [C]
I'll show you [Bm] around.
[A] [C]
It's alphabet town.
[B] I know [F] what you are.
I just [Em] don't mind.
[A]
[E] I won't say you're wrong.
[C#m] I know what you [C] want.
And it's what I want.
[A] So let's go [E] out.
I'm ready to [B] go out.
[A] [C]
I'll show you [B] around.
[A] [G]
It's alphabet [B] town.
[A] [C]
I'll show you [Em] around.
[A] [C]
It's alphabet [Em] town.
[G] [F#m] [Em] [G] [C]
[F#m] [E] [C]
[F#m] [E] [C]
[Bm] [A] [C]
[Bm] [A] [C]
[Em] [A] [C]
[E] [C#] I'm going to sing a song called, Alphabet City.
Alphabet City [C] is hard.
[Am]
[E] [F#] Constantina feels [G] right at [C] home.
[A]
[E] She probably won't say you're wrong.
[C#m] You're already wrong.
[C] You're already wrong.
[A] You threw [E] up whatever you had.
She [B] shot [A] [C] down.
Said show me [Bm] around.
[A]
It's alphabet [B] town.
[A] [C]
Said show me [B] around.
[A] [C]
[E] There's [F#] a name [Bm] you keep [C] repeating.
[Am]
[E] You [F#] got nothing better [G] to do.
[Am]
[C] But someone [B] will hear you [F] say it.
And just not [Em] mine.
[A]
[E] Her hand on your arm.
[C#m] Her hand on your arm.
[C] She put her hand on your [A] arm.
Told you her name you can't [Bm] [A] pronounce [C]
it.
I'll show you [B] around.
[A]
It's alphabet [Bm] town.
[A] [C]
I'll show you [Bm] around.
[A] [C]
It's alphabet town.
[B] I know [F] what you are.
I just [Em] don't mind.
[A]
[E] I won't say you're wrong.
[C#m] I know what you [C] want.
And it's what I want.
[A] So let's go [E] out.
I'm ready to [B] go out.
[A] [C]
I'll show you [B] around.
[A] [G]
It's alphabet [B] town.
[A] [C]
I'll show you [Em] around.
[A] [C]
It's alphabet [Em] town.
[G] [F#m] [Em] [G] [C]
[F#m] [E] [C]
[F#m] [E] [C]
Key:
C
A
E
B
Bm
C
A
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] I'm going to sing a song called, Alphabet City.
Alphabet City [C] is hard.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] Constantina feels [G] right at [C] home.
_ [A] _ _
_ [E] She probably won't say you're wrong.
[C#m] You're already wrong.
[C] You're already wrong.
[A] You threw [E] up whatever you had.
She [B] shot _ [A] _ [C] down.
Said show me [Bm] around.
[A] _ _ _
It's alphabet [B] town.
[A] _ _ [C] _
Said show me [B] around.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ There's [F#] a name [Bm] you keep [C] repeating.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ You [F#] got nothing better [G] to do.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] But someone [B] will hear you [F] say it.
And just not [Em] mine.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] Her hand on your arm.
[C#m] Her hand on your arm.
[C] She put her hand on your [A] arm.
Told you her name you can't [Bm] _ _ [A] pronounce [C] _
it.
I'll show you [B] around.
[A] _ _ _
It's alphabet [Bm] town.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _
I'll show you [Bm] around.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _
It's alphabet town.
[B] I know [F] what you are.
I just [Em] don't mind.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] I won't say you're wrong.
[C#m] I know what you [C] want.
And it's what I want.
[A] So let's go [E] out.
I'm ready to [B] go out.
[A] _ _ [C] _
I'll show you [B] around.
[A] _ _ [G] _
It's alphabet [B] town.
[A] _ _ [C] _
I'll show you [Em] around.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _
It's alphabet [Em] town.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] I'm going to sing a song called, Alphabet City.
Alphabet City [C] is hard.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] Constantina feels [G] right at [C] home.
_ [A] _ _
_ [E] She probably won't say you're wrong.
[C#m] You're already wrong.
[C] You're already wrong.
[A] You threw [E] up whatever you had.
She [B] shot _ [A] _ [C] down.
Said show me [Bm] around.
[A] _ _ _
It's alphabet [B] town.
[A] _ _ [C] _
Said show me [B] around.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ There's [F#] a name [Bm] you keep [C] repeating.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ You [F#] got nothing better [G] to do.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] But someone [B] will hear you [F] say it.
And just not [Em] mine.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] Her hand on your arm.
[C#m] Her hand on your arm.
[C] She put her hand on your [A] arm.
Told you her name you can't [Bm] _ _ [A] pronounce [C] _
it.
I'll show you [B] around.
[A] _ _ _
It's alphabet [Bm] town.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _
I'll show you [Bm] around.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _
It's alphabet town.
[B] I know [F] what you are.
I just [Em] don't mind.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] I won't say you're wrong.
[C#m] I know what you [C] want.
And it's what I want.
[A] So let's go [E] out.
I'm ready to [B] go out.
[A] _ _ [C] _
I'll show you [B] around.
[A] _ _ [G] _
It's alphabet [B] town.
[A] _ _ [C] _
I'll show you [Em] around.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _
It's alphabet [Em] town.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _