G.I. Blues Chords by Elvis Presley

Tempo:
142.25 bpm
Chords used:

E

B

A

C#

C#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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G.I. Blues chords
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[G#]
[E] [C#] Give us a room with a view of the beautiful ride
[G#m] [C#m]
Give us a room with a view of the beautiful [G#m] [E] ride
[B] Give me a money or a crick [C#] in taxes or any old [G#m] time
[C#m] I got those up two three four occupation G.I. blues
[A] From my G.I. head to the [E] heels of my G.I. shoe
[B] And if I don't go [A] stateside soon [E] I'm gonna blow my fuse
We'll get horse and pepper and black pop and nickel for chow
[A] We'll get horse and pepper and black pop and [E] nickel for chow
And blow [B] my next month's pay [A] for a slice [C#] of a [E] Texas cow
[B]
We'd [E] like to be heroes but all that we do here [Bm] is march
[E] [A] We'd like to be heroes but all that [Fm] we do here is [E] march
[B] And the dawn gilded [A] purple heart [E] for a little fallen arch
I got those [G#m] up two three four [E]
occupation G.I. blues
[A] From my G.I. head to the heels of my [E] G.I. shoe
[C#m]
And if [B] I don't go [C#m] stateside soon I'm gonna blow my fuse
The fraud line's the prettiest flowers but we can't make a pass
[Bm] [D#]
[C#] The fraud line's the prettiest flowers but we can't make [E] a [B] [C#m] pass
[Bm] Because they're always [A] saying keep a deer [E] out of the grass
I got those up two three four occupation G.I.
[C#m] blues
[C#] From my G.I. head to the heels of my [C#m] G.I. shoe
[B] And if I don't go [C#] stateside soon I'm gonna blow my fuse
Occupation G [E].I. blues
[C#] Occupation G.I. blues
[E]
Howdy ho
Key:  
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
C#
12341114
C#m
13421114
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
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Let's start jamming Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - C#, E, B, A, E, A, B and C# in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 71 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 142. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of E Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] [C#] Give us a room with a view of the beautiful _ ride
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _
Give us a room with a view of the beautiful _ [G#m] _ [E] ride
_ _ [B] Give me a money or a crick [C#] in taxes or any old [G#m] time
_ [C#m] _ _ I got those up two three four occupation G.I. blues
_ _ _ _ [A] From my G.I. head to the [E] heels of my G.I. shoe
_ _ [B] And _ if I don't go [A] stateside soon [E] I'm gonna blow my fuse
_ We'll _ _ get horse and pepper and black pop and nickel for chow _
_ _ _ _ [A] We'll get horse and pepper and black pop and [E] nickel for _ _ chow
_ And blow [B] my next month's pay [A] for a slice [C#] of a [E] Texas cow
_ [B] _
We'd _ _ [E] like to be heroes but all that we do here [Bm] is march _
[E] _ _ [A] We'd like to be heroes but all that [Fm] we do here is [E] _ march _
_ _ [B] And the dawn gilded [A] purple heart [E] for a little fallen _ arch _
_ I got those [G#m] up two three four [E]
occupation G.I. blues _ _ _ _
_ [A] From my G.I. head to the heels of my [E] G.I. shoe
[C#m] _ _ _ _
And if [B] I don't go [C#m] stateside soon I'm gonna blow my fuse _ _ _ _
The fraud line's the prettiest flowers but we can't make a pass
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D#] _
[C#] The fraud line's the prettiest flowers but we can't make [E] a _ [B] _ [C#m] pass
_ [Bm] Because they're always [A] saying keep a deer [E] out of the _ grass
I _ _ _ got those up two three four occupation G.I. _
[C#m] blues
_ _ _ [C#] From my G.I. head to the heels of my [C#m] G.I. shoe _
_ _ _ _ [B] And if I don't go [C#] stateside soon I'm gonna blow my fuse _
_ _ Occupation G [E].I. blues _
[C#] _ Occupation G.I. blues _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Howdy ho _ _ _ _ _

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