Chords for I'm Straight (Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers)
Tempo:
140.45 bpm
Chords used:
E
C
G
D
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] I called this number three times already [Em] today, but [C] I got scared.
I put it back [E] in place.
I put my phone back in place.
I still don't know if I should have called.
[C] Look, just tell me, why don't you?
If I'm out of [E] place.
Because here's your chance to make me feel awkward and
wish that [C] I had never even called [E] up this place.
I saw you go today, walk by with hippie Johnny.
I had a call [C] up and say how I [G] want to [D] [E] take his place.
So this phone call today concerns hippie Johnny.
He's always [C] stoned.
[G] He's [D] never [E] straight.
I saw you today, walk by with hippie Johnny.
Look, I had a call [C] up and say, I [G] want to [D] take [E] his place.
See, he's stoned, hippie Johnny.
Now get this, I'm straight [C] and I want
[G] to [F#m] [E] take his place.
Now look, I like him too.
I like hippie Johnny.
But I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to [F#m] [E] take his, I said, I'm straight.
[C]
I said, [E] I'm straight.
[C]
I'm proud to say,
[E] [C]
well, [E] I'm straight [C] and
I want [G] to [D] take [E] his place.
Now I've watched you walk around here.
I watched you meet.
[C]
[N] Boyfriends, I know, and [Cm] you tell [F#m] me how [E] they are deep.
Look, but I think if these guys, if they're really so great,
tell me why [C] can't they at least take this place [G] and
[D] [E] take it straight?
Why always stoned like hippie Johnny's?
I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to [F#m] take [E] his place.
I'm certainly not stoned like [B] hippie Johnny [E] is.
I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to [F#m]
take [E] his place.
I said, I'm straight.
[C]
I said, [E] I'm straight.
[C]
[E]
[C]
[E] I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to, [D] all [E] right, all you brothers, what do you say?
I'm straight.
[C] Tell the world now.
[Em] I'm [E] straight.
[C]
That's it.
I'm [E] straight.
[C]
Yeah, [E] I'm straight [C] and I want to [G]
[A] take his place.
[E] [N]
I put it back [E] in place.
I put my phone back in place.
I still don't know if I should have called.
[C] Look, just tell me, why don't you?
If I'm out of [E] place.
Because here's your chance to make me feel awkward and
wish that [C] I had never even called [E] up this place.
I saw you go today, walk by with hippie Johnny.
I had a call [C] up and say how I [G] want to [D] [E] take his place.
So this phone call today concerns hippie Johnny.
He's always [C] stoned.
[G] He's [D] never [E] straight.
I saw you today, walk by with hippie Johnny.
Look, I had a call [C] up and say, I [G] want to [D] take [E] his place.
See, he's stoned, hippie Johnny.
Now get this, I'm straight [C] and I want
[G] to [F#m] [E] take his place.
Now look, I like him too.
I like hippie Johnny.
But I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to [F#m] [E] take his, I said, I'm straight.
[C]
I said, [E] I'm straight.
[C]
I'm proud to say,
[E] [C]
well, [E] I'm straight [C] and
I want [G] to [D] take [E] his place.
Now I've watched you walk around here.
I watched you meet.
[C]
[N] Boyfriends, I know, and [Cm] you tell [F#m] me how [E] they are deep.
Look, but I think if these guys, if they're really so great,
tell me why [C] can't they at least take this place [G] and
[D] [E] take it straight?
Why always stoned like hippie Johnny's?
I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to [F#m] take [E] his place.
I'm certainly not stoned like [B] hippie Johnny [E] is.
I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to [F#m]
take [E] his place.
I said, I'm straight.
[C]
I said, [E] I'm straight.
[C]
[E]
[C]
[E] I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to, [D] all [E] right, all you brothers, what do you say?
I'm straight.
[C] Tell the world now.
[Em] I'm [E] straight.
[C]
That's it.
I'm [E] straight.
[C]
Yeah, [E] I'm straight [C] and I want to [G]
[A] take his place.
[E] [N]
Key:
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_ [E] _ _ _ I called this number three _ _ _ times already [Em] today, but [C] I _ _ got scared.
I put it back [E] in place.
I put my phone back in place.
I still don't know if I _ _ _ should have called.
_ _ [C] Look, _ just tell me, why don't you?
If I'm _ out of [E] place.
_ _ Because here's your chance to make me feel awkward _ and
wish that [C] I had _ _ never _ even called [E] up this place.
_ I saw you go today, _ walk by with _ _ hippie Johnny.
I had a call [C] up and say how I [G] want to _ [D] [E] take his place.
_ So this phone call today concerns _ _ _ hippie Johnny. _ _
He's always [C] _ stoned. _
[G] He's [D] never [E] straight. _ _ _
I saw you today, walk by with _ _ hippie Johnny.
Look, I had a call [C] up and say, I [G] want to [D] take [E] his place.
See, he's stoned, _ _ _ _ hippie Johnny.
_ _ _ _ Now get this, I'm straight _ [C] and I want _
[G] to [F#m] [E] take his place.
Now look, I like him too.
I like _ hippie Johnny.
_ _ _ But I'm straight _ [C] and I want _ [G] to [F#m] [E] take his, I said, I'm straight.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ I said, [E] I'm straight.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ I'm proud to say, _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ well, [E] I'm straight [C] and
I want [G] to [D] take [E] his place. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now I've watched you _ _ walk around here.
I watched you meet.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ [N] _ Boyfriends, I know, and [Cm] you tell [F#m] me how [E] they are deep.
_ Look, but I think if these guys, if they're really so great,
tell me why [C] can't they at least take this place _ [G] and _
[D] [E] take it straight?
_ Why always stoned _ _ _ _ like hippie Johnny's?
_ _ _ _ _ I'm straight _ [C] and I want [G] to [F#m] take [E] his place.
I'm certainly not stoned _ like [B] _ hippie Johnny [E] is.
_ _ _ I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to [F#m]
take [E] his place.
I said, I'm straight.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ I said, [E] I'm straight.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] I'm straight _ [C] and I want [G] to, [D] all [E] right, all you brothers, what do you say?
I'm straight. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Tell the world now.
[Em] I'm [E] straight.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ That's it.
I'm [E] straight.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, _ [E] I'm straight [C] and I want to [G]
[A] take his place.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
I put it back [E] in place.
I put my phone back in place.
I still don't know if I _ _ _ should have called.
_ _ [C] Look, _ just tell me, why don't you?
If I'm _ out of [E] place.
_ _ Because here's your chance to make me feel awkward _ and
wish that [C] I had _ _ never _ even called [E] up this place.
_ I saw you go today, _ walk by with _ _ hippie Johnny.
I had a call [C] up and say how I [G] want to _ [D] [E] take his place.
_ So this phone call today concerns _ _ _ hippie Johnny. _ _
He's always [C] _ stoned. _
[G] He's [D] never [E] straight. _ _ _
I saw you today, walk by with _ _ hippie Johnny.
Look, I had a call [C] up and say, I [G] want to [D] take [E] his place.
See, he's stoned, _ _ _ _ hippie Johnny.
_ _ _ _ Now get this, I'm straight _ [C] and I want _
[G] to [F#m] [E] take his place.
Now look, I like him too.
I like _ hippie Johnny.
_ _ _ But I'm straight _ [C] and I want _ [G] to [F#m] [E] take his, I said, I'm straight.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ I said, [E] I'm straight.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ I'm proud to say, _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ well, [E] I'm straight [C] and
I want [G] to [D] take [E] his place. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now I've watched you _ _ walk around here.
I watched you meet.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ [N] _ Boyfriends, I know, and [Cm] you tell [F#m] me how [E] they are deep.
_ Look, but I think if these guys, if they're really so great,
tell me why [C] can't they at least take this place _ [G] and _
[D] [E] take it straight?
_ Why always stoned _ _ _ _ like hippie Johnny's?
_ _ _ _ _ I'm straight _ [C] and I want [G] to [F#m] take [E] his place.
I'm certainly not stoned _ like [B] _ hippie Johnny [E] is.
_ _ _ I'm straight [C] and I want [G] to [F#m]
take [E] his place.
I said, I'm straight.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ I said, [E] I'm straight.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] I'm straight _ [C] and I want [G] to, [D] all [E] right, all you brothers, what do you say?
I'm straight. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Tell the world now.
[Em] I'm [E] straight.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ That's it.
I'm [E] straight.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, _ [E] I'm straight [C] and I want to [G]
[A] take his place.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _