Chords for How to play “Money (That’s What I Want)" by Barrett Strong on acoustic guitar
Tempo:
106.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
G
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Money that's what I want.
I'm going to show you the [A] lick in the beginning if you want to do it
And you don't [F#] have to do it, but if you [E] do
What I'm basically doing is I'm riding on the E string
[G] So [A]
[F#] it's zero zero third [G] fret fourth fret
[G#] open fifth [A] string and then [F#] back to the third row
[G] [F#] open
So let me do
Play a little bit slower here
[A]
[G] [A] [G]
again
And you'll see the tab there, and then you can go right to the [B] B7
[A] A7
[E]
[B] B7
That's your intro part.
[G] [A]
[G]
[B] [A]
[B]
If you don't want to play that part.
You can just go from E to the [E] A
[A]
[E] [A]
[B] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] Then you do the verse part
[A] A7 back to E
[E]
[B] A7
[A] B7
[E] [B]
I'm going to show you the [A] lick in the beginning if you want to do it
And you don't [F#] have to do it, but if you [E] do
What I'm basically doing is I'm riding on the E string
[G] So [A]
[F#] it's zero zero third [G] fret fourth fret
[G#] open fifth [A] string and then [F#] back to the third row
[G] [F#] open
So let me do
Play a little bit slower here
[A]
[G] [A] [G]
again
And you'll see the tab there, and then you can go right to the [B] B7
[A] A7
[E]
[B] B7
That's your intro part.
[G] [A]
[G]
[B] [A]
[B]
If you don't want to play that part.
You can just go from E to the [E] A
[A]
[E] [A]
[B] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] Then you do the verse part
[A] A7 back to E
[E]
[B] A7
[A] B7
[E] [B]
Key:
A
E
G
B
F#
A
E
G
Money that's what I want.
I'm going to show you the [A] lick in the beginning if you want to do it
And you don't [F#] have to do it, but if you [E] do
What I'm basically doing is I'm riding on the E string
[G] So [A] _
_ [F#] it's zero zero third [G] fret fourth fret
[G#] _ open fifth [A] string and then [F#] back to the third row
[G] _ _ _ [F#] open _
So let me do
Play a little bit slower here
_ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
again _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And you'll see the tab there, and then you can go right to the [B] B7
_ _ _ [A] _ _ A7
[E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ B7 _
That's your intro part.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
If you don't want to play that part.
You can just go from E to the [E] A
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] Then you do the verse part _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ A7 _ _ back to E
[E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] A7
_ _ [A] B7 _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
I'm going to show you the [A] lick in the beginning if you want to do it
And you don't [F#] have to do it, but if you [E] do
What I'm basically doing is I'm riding on the E string
[G] So [A] _
_ [F#] it's zero zero third [G] fret fourth fret
[G#] _ open fifth [A] string and then [F#] back to the third row
[G] _ _ _ [F#] open _
So let me do
Play a little bit slower here
_ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
again _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And you'll see the tab there, and then you can go right to the [B] B7
_ _ _ [A] _ _ A7
[E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ B7 _
That's your intro part.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
If you don't want to play that part.
You can just go from E to the [E] A
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] Then you do the verse part _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ A7 _ _ back to E
[E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] A7
_ _ [A] B7 _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _