Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - Neck and neck-06 - Yakety axe Chords

Tempo:
97.2 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

D

G

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - Neck and neck-06 - Yakety axe chords
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[Am] [Bm] [Am] [G]
[A] poverty stricken but still I'm a-stickin' to the things I know to be facts
one day it's feathers and the next day [E] it's pickin' while I'm pickin' my yackety axe
[A] everybody says that I never will [D] get far keepin' out of work by pickin' this [A] guitar
livin' on a shoestring, puttin' off things like [Dm] a shave and a [G] haircut
[A] money don't matter as long as I scatter a little bit of happiness around
if people keep a-grinnin' I figure I'm a [E]-winnin' with my good old yackety sound
[A] city folks go around turnin' up their [D] noses and yowlin' their greenbacks and smellin' their [A] roses
but I wouldn't trade my yackety axe even for a T-bone
[D] I'm confessin' I never took a lesson all my notes are a matter of guessin'
hopin' they'll come out in some kinda [A] manner that'll make a yackety sound
[D] so if you're in the mood and your feet start [G] tappin' and you feel laid back and your hands start [D] clappin'
then I'll have done what I wanted to from way back here diggin' my [E] yackety axe
[A] now, I'm a-winnin'
[E]
[A] [D]
[A] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [Bm] [A]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[Em] [A] [D]
[A]
[E]
[A] [D]
[A] [G]
[A]
[E]
[A] [D] hello
[A] [G] [C] [A]
[E]
[A] [D]
[A] [G]
[A]
[E]
[A] [D]
[A] [Bm] you
[F#m]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
G
2131
Bm
13421112
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
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To learn Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler - Yakety Axe chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: A, D, A, E and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 48 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 97. With an eye on the song's key A Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
[A] poverty stricken but still I'm a-stickin' to the things I know to be facts
one day it's feathers and the next day [E] it's pickin' while I'm pickin' my yackety axe
[A] everybody says that I never will [D] get far keepin' out of work by pickin' this [A] guitar
livin' on a shoestring, puttin' off things like [Dm] a shave and a [G] haircut _
[A] money don't matter as long as I scatter a little bit of happiness around
if people keep a-grinnin' I figure I'm a [E]-winnin' with my good old yackety sound
[A] city folks go around turnin' up their [D] noses and yowlin' their greenbacks and smellin' their [A] roses
but I wouldn't trade my yackety axe even for a T-bone
[D] I'm confessin' I never took a lesson all my notes are a matter of guessin'
hopin' they'll come out in some kinda [A] manner that'll make a yackety sound
[D] so if you're in the mood and your feet start [G] tappin' and you feel laid back and your hands start [D] clappin'
then I'll have done what I wanted to from way back here diggin' my [E] yackety axe
[A] now, I'm a-winnin' _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ hello _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] you
_ [F#m] _ _

Facts about this song

This song was penned by Boots Randolph and James Rich.

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