Chords for Gene Simmons teaches Lick It Up
Tempo:
128.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
Bm
Gm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m] We're gonna play Lick It Up, [A] okay?
I'm gonna play Lick It Up, baby!
[G#]
How easy was [E] that?
[G] Yeah, pretty fucking easy.
Isn't that
Sounded good?
Yeah.
I mean, it just [F] sounded like, wow, we sounded like a [Am] band.
So, Lick It Up, surprisingly,
[G] the same chords [G#] are shared [G] by thousands and thousands of [A] [Em] songs.
Lennon and McCartney and Jagger Richards and a lot of guys.
And Paul and I [E] used to do that, too.
Although we tend to write our own songs.
But in the [G] beginning, he'd come in with something like,
I came in with this.
[Bm]
[Gm]
[D] [Gm]
[Bm] [Gm]
[D]
[Am] [G]
Who?
So
[E] [Bm] [Am]
[Bm]
[Gm] [Bm]
[G]
[E] [F#]
[C] [A]
[E] I didn't know what to do with [Bm] it.
[Gm]
[D] Those are the chords.
So Paul [B] went,
I know [G] a thing or two [D] about her.
[A] [G]
[F#] [B] I [G] know she always [D] make me cry.
[A]
[Bm] She let [G] you walk straight [D] side her.
[F#] When [Gm] she walks, she'll pass [D] you by.
[A]
[Bm] [Em] [G] Everybody's looking good.
[B] And the lady [G] knows it's her.
Here's the chorus.
Strutter.
[B] [Em]
[D]
[F#] So the chorus is just one [A] word.
It just goes, strutter.
[F#]
There are no rules in songs.
What's that Judas Priest song that goes?
Sing it.
One, [Gm] two, three, [A] four.
Living after [Gm] midnight, [F#] that's a rockin'
Give it verse.
[A] I thought that was verse.
[G] Well, if that chorus was living [D#] after midnight,
Sorry, sir.
[C#] You'd probably
[A]
I'm gonna play Lick It Up, baby!
[G#]
How easy was [E] that?
[G] Yeah, pretty fucking easy.
Isn't that
Sounded good?
Yeah.
I mean, it just [F] sounded like, wow, we sounded like a [Am] band.
So, Lick It Up, surprisingly,
[G] the same chords [G#] are shared [G] by thousands and thousands of [A] [Em] songs.
Lennon and McCartney and Jagger Richards and a lot of guys.
And Paul and I [E] used to do that, too.
Although we tend to write our own songs.
But in the [G] beginning, he'd come in with something like,
I came in with this.
[Bm]
[Gm]
[D] [Gm]
[Bm] [Gm]
[D]
[Am] [G]
Who?
So
[E] [Bm] [Am]
[Bm]
[Gm] [Bm]
[G]
[E] [F#]
[C] [A]
[E] I didn't know what to do with [Bm] it.
[Gm]
[D] Those are the chords.
So Paul [B] went,
I know [G] a thing or two [D] about her.
[A] [G]
[F#] [B] I [G] know she always [D] make me cry.
[A]
[Bm] She let [G] you walk straight [D] side her.
[F#] When [Gm] she walks, she'll pass [D] you by.
[A]
[Bm] [Em] [G] Everybody's looking good.
[B] And the lady [G] knows it's her.
Here's the chorus.
Strutter.
[B] [Em]
[D]
[F#] So the chorus is just one [A] word.
It just goes, strutter.
[F#]
There are no rules in songs.
What's that Judas Priest song that goes?
Sing it.
One, [Gm] two, three, [A] four.
Living after [Gm] midnight, [F#] that's a rockin'
Give it verse.
[A] I thought that was verse.
[G] Well, if that chorus was living [D#] after midnight,
Sorry, sir.
[C#] You'd probably
[A]
Key:
G
A
Bm
Gm
D
G
A
Bm
[C#m] We're gonna play Lick It Up, [A] okay? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm gonna play Lick It Up, baby! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
How _ easy was [E] that? _
[G] Yeah, pretty fucking easy.
_ Isn't that_
Sounded good?
Yeah.
I mean, it just [F] sounded like, wow, we sounded like a [Am] band.
So, Lick It Up, _ _ surprisingly,
_ [G] the same chords [G#] are shared [G] by thousands and thousands _ of [A] [Em] songs.
Lennon and McCartney and Jagger Richards and a lot of guys.
And Paul and I [E] used to do that, too.
Although we tend to write our own songs.
But in the [G] beginning, _ he'd come in with something like,
I came in with this.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Who?
So _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ I didn't know what to do with [Bm] it.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ Those are the chords. _ _
So Paul [B] went,
I know [G] a thing or two [D] about her.
_ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ [B] I [G] know she always [D] make me cry.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ She let [G] you walk straight [D] side her. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ When [Gm] she walks, she'll pass [D] you by.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ [G] Everybody's looking good.
_ [B] And the lady [G] knows it's her.
Here's the chorus.
Strutter.
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ So the chorus is just one [A] word.
It just goes, strutter.
_ _ [F#] _ _
There are no rules in songs.
_ What's that Judas Priest song that goes?
Sing it.
One, [Gm] two, three, [A] four.
Living after [Gm] midnight, [F#] that's a _ rockin'
Give it verse. _
[A] I thought that was verse.
_ _ [G] Well, if that chorus was living [D#] after midnight,
Sorry, sir.
[C#] You'd probably_
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm gonna play Lick It Up, baby! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
How _ easy was [E] that? _
[G] Yeah, pretty fucking easy.
_ Isn't that_
Sounded good?
Yeah.
I mean, it just [F] sounded like, wow, we sounded like a [Am] band.
So, Lick It Up, _ _ surprisingly,
_ [G] the same chords [G#] are shared [G] by thousands and thousands _ of [A] [Em] songs.
Lennon and McCartney and Jagger Richards and a lot of guys.
And Paul and I [E] used to do that, too.
Although we tend to write our own songs.
But in the [G] beginning, _ he'd come in with something like,
I came in with this.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Who?
So _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ I didn't know what to do with [Bm] it.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ Those are the chords. _ _
So Paul [B] went,
I know [G] a thing or two [D] about her.
_ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ [B] I [G] know she always [D] make me cry.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ She let [G] you walk straight [D] side her. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ When [Gm] she walks, she'll pass [D] you by.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ [G] Everybody's looking good.
_ [B] And the lady [G] knows it's her.
Here's the chorus.
Strutter.
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ So the chorus is just one [A] word.
It just goes, strutter.
_ _ [F#] _ _
There are no rules in songs.
_ What's that Judas Priest song that goes?
Sing it.
One, [Gm] two, three, [A] four.
Living after [Gm] midnight, [F#] that's a _ rockin'
Give it verse. _
[A] I thought that was verse.
_ _ [G] Well, if that chorus was living [D#] after midnight,
Sorry, sir.
[C#] You'd probably_
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _