Chords for Reo Speedwagon " Smilin in the End" From XM Radio
Tempo:
127.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I think a second here.
Not used to playing it on acoustic guitars here.
I'd say, yeah.
Tell me about it.
Yeah, find out.
[G] Of course, sitting on a box.
[N] Sitting on a box.
This is a real rock tune.
This is probably one of the, like, the hardest rocking tunes on the record.
Right.
It's kind of unique to do it this way, for sure.
Yeah, when you hear the record, you won't even recognize it.
I mean, the record is like, it comes on, and remember the old Maxell tape commercial
where the guy's sitting there with his hair blowing backwards?
That's the energy of this song.
This is the New Christy Minstrels version of it here.
Let's rock.
Let's rock.
All right.
One, two.
One, two, three, [E] four.
[A] [C] [G] [D]
[A] [E] [A] [B]
[C#] Can't really [F#] say it's been [C#] a good year.
[B] I know I'll see better days.
[C#] Some [B] things that shouldn't [C#] have been going on around [E] here
have [B] been going on anyways.
[A] See, I was faced down in a pool of my own self-pity.
Got to [E] pick myself up and get out of [A] this city.
Got to leave before I hurt someone.
[E] But, see, there's [A] a place somewhere I'm going to find
where [E] I can feel safe, leave it all behind.
[A] Going to get away, have myself a little [B]
[Bm] fun.
[B] [E] Cause you can knock [A] me down, [E] run [A] me over,
[E] back [A] up and [E] run me down again.
You ain't the first.
[C#m] I've been treated worse.
[A] Guess I ought to be more [F#] careful.
Choosing my friend, [E] well, you can leave me cold.
[G] I'll recover.
[A] Say nasty things [C] about my [G] mother.
Well, [E] you can beat me, [A] mistreat [C] me.
[G] Guess [D] who'll be [A] [E] smiling in the [A] end.
[B] [C#] Been [B] playing in bands since [C#] I was a kid.
[E] [B] Always part of the brotherhood.
[C#] But a lonely, lonely [E] child, only [B] barely understood.
See, [A] I was told I'd never make it [B] so many times before.
The best [E] and the brightest had shown me [A] the door.
But the more they tried to hold me back, [D] the stronger [A] I [E] got.
[A] They said my songs were too simple.
My voice was too weak.
I was too [E] young, too dumb, too much of a freak.
Well, [A] they thought they could write me off.
But there's something [B] they forgot.
[E] Cause you can knock me [A] [E] down, [A] run me over,
[E] back up [A] and run [E] me down again.
You ain't the first.
[C#m] I've been treated worse.
[A] Guess I ought to be more careful.
[F#] Choosing my friend, well, [E] you can leave me cold. I'll [G] recover.
[A] Say nasty things [C] about my mother.
[E] Well, you can beat me, [A] mistreat [C] me.
[G] Guess who'll [D] be [E] smiling in the [A] end.
[E] [D]
[G] I won't say [D] I ain't had [A] my share [E] of good luck.
[G] Ain't [D] good enough, yes, but it [A] just ain't [B] enough.
No, it ain't enough.
[E] Cause you can knock me [A]
[E] down, run [A] me over,
[E] [A] back up and [E] run me down again.
Hey, you ain't the first.
[C#m] Baby, I've been treated worse.
[D] Guess I ought to be more [B] careful.
Choosing my friend, well, [E] you can leave me cold.
[G] I'll recover.
[A] Say nasty things [G] about my mother.
Well, [E] you can beat me, [A] mistreat me.
[C] But [G] guess [D] who'll be [A] smiling [E] in the [A] end.
[C] [G] Guess [A] who'll be smiling [E] in the end.
[A] Baby, [C] [D] guess who'll be [A] [E] smiling in the end.
Not used to playing it on acoustic guitars here.
I'd say, yeah.
Tell me about it.
Yeah, find out.
[G] Of course, sitting on a box.
[N] Sitting on a box.
This is a real rock tune.
This is probably one of the, like, the hardest rocking tunes on the record.
Right.
It's kind of unique to do it this way, for sure.
Yeah, when you hear the record, you won't even recognize it.
I mean, the record is like, it comes on, and remember the old Maxell tape commercial
where the guy's sitting there with his hair blowing backwards?
That's the energy of this song.
This is the New Christy Minstrels version of it here.
Let's rock.
Let's rock.
All right.
One, two.
One, two, three, [E] four.
[A] [C] [G] [D]
[A] [E] [A] [B]
[C#] Can't really [F#] say it's been [C#] a good year.
[B] I know I'll see better days.
[C#] Some [B] things that shouldn't [C#] have been going on around [E] here
have [B] been going on anyways.
[A] See, I was faced down in a pool of my own self-pity.
Got to [E] pick myself up and get out of [A] this city.
Got to leave before I hurt someone.
[E] But, see, there's [A] a place somewhere I'm going to find
where [E] I can feel safe, leave it all behind.
[A] Going to get away, have myself a little [B]
[Bm] fun.
[B] [E] Cause you can knock [A] me down, [E] run [A] me over,
[E] back [A] up and [E] run me down again.
You ain't the first.
[C#m] I've been treated worse.
[A] Guess I ought to be more [F#] careful.
Choosing my friend, [E] well, you can leave me cold.
[G] I'll recover.
[A] Say nasty things [C] about my [G] mother.
Well, [E] you can beat me, [A] mistreat [C] me.
[G] Guess [D] who'll be [A] [E] smiling in the [A] end.
[B] [C#] Been [B] playing in bands since [C#] I was a kid.
[E] [B] Always part of the brotherhood.
[C#] But a lonely, lonely [E] child, only [B] barely understood.
See, [A] I was told I'd never make it [B] so many times before.
The best [E] and the brightest had shown me [A] the door.
But the more they tried to hold me back, [D] the stronger [A] I [E] got.
[A] They said my songs were too simple.
My voice was too weak.
I was too [E] young, too dumb, too much of a freak.
Well, [A] they thought they could write me off.
But there's something [B] they forgot.
[E] Cause you can knock me [A] [E] down, [A] run me over,
[E] back up [A] and run [E] me down again.
You ain't the first.
[C#m] I've been treated worse.
[A] Guess I ought to be more careful.
[F#] Choosing my friend, well, [E] you can leave me cold. I'll [G] recover.
[A] Say nasty things [C] about my mother.
[E] Well, you can beat me, [A] mistreat [C] me.
[G] Guess who'll [D] be [E] smiling in the [A] end.
[E] [D]
[G] I won't say [D] I ain't had [A] my share [E] of good luck.
[G] Ain't [D] good enough, yes, but it [A] just ain't [B] enough.
No, it ain't enough.
[E] Cause you can knock me [A]
[E] down, run [A] me over,
[E] [A] back up and [E] run me down again.
Hey, you ain't the first.
[C#m] Baby, I've been treated worse.
[D] Guess I ought to be more [B] careful.
Choosing my friend, well, [E] you can leave me cold.
[G] I'll recover.
[A] Say nasty things [G] about my mother.
Well, [E] you can beat me, [A] mistreat me.
[C] But [G] guess [D] who'll be [A] smiling [E] in the [A] end.
[C] [G] Guess [A] who'll be smiling [E] in the end.
[A] Baby, [C] [D] guess who'll be [A] [E] smiling in the end.
Key:
A
E
B
G
D
A
E
B
I think a second here.
_ Not used to playing it on acoustic guitars here.
I'd say, yeah.
Tell me about it.
Yeah, find out.
[G] Of course, sitting on a box.
[N] Sitting on a box. _ _
This is a real rock tune.
This is probably one of the, like, the hardest rocking tunes on the record.
Right.
It's kind of unique to do it this way, for sure.
Yeah, when you hear the record, you won't even recognize it.
I mean, the record is like, it comes on, and remember the old Maxell tape commercial
where the guy's sitting there with his hair blowing backwards?
That's the energy of this song. _
This is the New Christy Minstrels version of it here.
Let's rock.
Let's rock.
_ All right.
One, two.
One, two, three, [E] four.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] _ Can't really [F#] say it's been [C#] a good year.
[B] I know I'll see better days. _ _
[C#] Some [B] things that shouldn't [C#] have been going on around [E] here
have [B] been going on anyways.
_ _ [A] See, I was faced down in a pool of my own self-pity.
Got to [E] pick myself up and get out of [A] this city.
Got to leave before I hurt someone.
[E] _ _ But, _ see, there's [A] a place somewhere I'm going to find
where [E] I can feel safe, leave it all behind.
[A] Going to get away, have myself a little [B] _ _
[Bm] fun.
_ [B] [E] Cause you can knock [A] me down, [E] run [A] me over,
[E] back [A] up and [E] run me down again.
_ You ain't the first.
[C#m] I've been treated worse.
[A] Guess I ought to be more [F#] careful.
Choosing my friend, [E] well, you can leave me cold.
[G] I'll recover.
_ _ [A] Say nasty things [C] about my [G] mother.
Well, [E] you can beat me, [A] mistreat [C] me.
[G] Guess [D] who'll be [A] [E] smiling in the [A] end. _
[B] _ _ _ [C#] _ Been [B] playing in bands since [C#] I was a kid.
_ [E] [B] Always part of the brotherhood.
_ _ _ [C#] _ But a lonely, lonely [E] child, only [B] barely understood. _
_ See, [A] I was told I'd never make it [B] so many times before.
The best [E] and the brightest had shown me [A] the door.
But the more they tried to hold me back, [D] the stronger [A] I [E] got. _ _ _ _
[A] They said my songs were too simple.
My voice was too weak.
I was too [E] young, too dumb, too much of a freak.
Well, [A] they thought they could write me off.
But there's something [B] they forgot. _ _ _ _
[E] Cause you can knock me [A] [E] down, [A] run me over,
[E] _ back up [A] and run [E] me down again. _
You ain't the first.
[C#m] I've been treated worse.
[A] Guess I ought to be more careful.
[F#] Choosing my friend, well, [E] you can leave me cold. I'll [G] recover. _ _ _
[A] Say nasty things [C] about my mother.
[E] Well, you can beat me, [A] mistreat [C] me.
[G] Guess who'll [D] be [E] smiling in the [A] end.
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ I won't say [D] I ain't had [A] my share [E] of good luck. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Ain't [D] good enough, yes, but it [A] just ain't [B] enough. _
No, it ain't enough.
[E] Cause you can knock me [A]
[E] down, run [A] me over,
[E] _ [A] back up and [E] run me down again.
_ Hey, you ain't the first.
[C#m] Baby, I've been treated worse.
[D] Guess I ought to be more [B] careful.
Choosing my friend, well, [E] you can leave me cold.
[G] I'll recover.
_ _ _ [A] Say nasty things [G] about my mother.
Well, [E] you can beat me, [A] mistreat me.
[C] But [G] guess [D] who'll be [A] smiling [E] in the [A] end. _
[C] [G] Guess [A] who'll be smiling [E] in the end.
[A] Baby, [C] [D] guess who'll be [A] [E] smiling in _ _ _ _ _ the end. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Not used to playing it on acoustic guitars here.
I'd say, yeah.
Tell me about it.
Yeah, find out.
[G] Of course, sitting on a box.
[N] Sitting on a box. _ _
This is a real rock tune.
This is probably one of the, like, the hardest rocking tunes on the record.
Right.
It's kind of unique to do it this way, for sure.
Yeah, when you hear the record, you won't even recognize it.
I mean, the record is like, it comes on, and remember the old Maxell tape commercial
where the guy's sitting there with his hair blowing backwards?
That's the energy of this song. _
This is the New Christy Minstrels version of it here.
Let's rock.
Let's rock.
_ All right.
One, two.
One, two, three, [E] four.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] _ Can't really [F#] say it's been [C#] a good year.
[B] I know I'll see better days. _ _
[C#] Some [B] things that shouldn't [C#] have been going on around [E] here
have [B] been going on anyways.
_ _ [A] See, I was faced down in a pool of my own self-pity.
Got to [E] pick myself up and get out of [A] this city.
Got to leave before I hurt someone.
[E] _ _ But, _ see, there's [A] a place somewhere I'm going to find
where [E] I can feel safe, leave it all behind.
[A] Going to get away, have myself a little [B] _ _
[Bm] fun.
_ [B] [E] Cause you can knock [A] me down, [E] run [A] me over,
[E] back [A] up and [E] run me down again.
_ You ain't the first.
[C#m] I've been treated worse.
[A] Guess I ought to be more [F#] careful.
Choosing my friend, [E] well, you can leave me cold.
[G] I'll recover.
_ _ [A] Say nasty things [C] about my [G] mother.
Well, [E] you can beat me, [A] mistreat [C] me.
[G] Guess [D] who'll be [A] [E] smiling in the [A] end. _
[B] _ _ _ [C#] _ Been [B] playing in bands since [C#] I was a kid.
_ [E] [B] Always part of the brotherhood.
_ _ _ [C#] _ But a lonely, lonely [E] child, only [B] barely understood. _
_ See, [A] I was told I'd never make it [B] so many times before.
The best [E] and the brightest had shown me [A] the door.
But the more they tried to hold me back, [D] the stronger [A] I [E] got. _ _ _ _
[A] They said my songs were too simple.
My voice was too weak.
I was too [E] young, too dumb, too much of a freak.
Well, [A] they thought they could write me off.
But there's something [B] they forgot. _ _ _ _
[E] Cause you can knock me [A] [E] down, [A] run me over,
[E] _ back up [A] and run [E] me down again. _
You ain't the first.
[C#m] I've been treated worse.
[A] Guess I ought to be more careful.
[F#] Choosing my friend, well, [E] you can leave me cold. I'll [G] recover. _ _ _
[A] Say nasty things [C] about my mother.
[E] Well, you can beat me, [A] mistreat [C] me.
[G] Guess who'll [D] be [E] smiling in the [A] end.
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ I won't say [D] I ain't had [A] my share [E] of good luck. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Ain't [D] good enough, yes, but it [A] just ain't [B] enough. _
No, it ain't enough.
[E] Cause you can knock me [A]
[E] down, run [A] me over,
[E] _ [A] back up and [E] run me down again.
_ Hey, you ain't the first.
[C#m] Baby, I've been treated worse.
[D] Guess I ought to be more [B] careful.
Choosing my friend, well, [E] you can leave me cold.
[G] I'll recover.
_ _ _ [A] Say nasty things [G] about my mother.
Well, [E] you can beat me, [A] mistreat me.
[C] But [G] guess [D] who'll be [A] smiling [E] in the [A] end. _
[C] [G] Guess [A] who'll be smiling [E] in the end.
[A] Baby, [C] [D] guess who'll be [A] [E] smiling in _ _ _ _ _ the end. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _