Tough As Nails Chords by Danny Elfman

Tempo:
101.35 bpm
Chords used:

B

Bm

D

E

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tough As Nails - Danny Elfman chords
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[F] [G]
[Bm]
[B]
[Bm] [F]
[Bm] Mr.
Macho loves his [G] women with such [Bm]
dedication.
[B] Second only to his [C#] car that drives as fast as [B] light.
[Bm] On a highway, [C#] bad-jot fighters come from [B] all directions.
Shooting verbal missiles, fire their targets right on [Bm] sight.
[B]
[Bm] [B]
[Bm] In the office, things get [C#] rough as action [G] is the meanest.
Staring [B] at a paper he has lost beside his head.
[D] Teaming over [F] battlefield with guns and [Bm]
ammunition.
[D] All [B] around the bodies [G] of the wounded [Bm] and the dead and the dead.
[E] Is he [A] as tough as nails?
[A] He is tough as nails.
[G]
[E] [D] [C#m] He's such [B] a lying wimp.
He's such a lying wimp.
[D] [E] [C#] Now [E]
[D] [C#] [B]
[Bm] [B]
[Bm] it's time for [C#] football and a bout with [Bm] heavy drinking.
Holding so much liquor makes him feel [B] like a man.
[Bm] As he trips out on the [F#] sea in a ship that's [Bm] slowly sinking.
[B] Quietly salutes [C#] himself with courage.
He wins [Bm] head, he wins head.
[E] [A] He's tough as nails.
[A]
[C#m] [G] [A]
[C#m] [Bm] Round [B] and round it's him, swiping [C#m] up through the holes.
[Bm] Falling [Em] down the stairway, he didn't [E] stop yet.
[B] Slashing the dome, crashing on land by a pair of rubber shoes.
His feet are too old to jerk and [E] face him.
He's a [B] lonely lonely soul, lying in the woods.
He knows he's still a little bit too young to move like a woman.
Playing with those sad old, lying barefoot shoes.
[D] His [B] feet are too old to jerk and face him.
[Bm]
[B]
[Bm] [B]
[D] [B] [Bm]
[A] [B]
[D] [Bm] [B]
[A] He's tough as nails.
He's tough as nails.
[G] He's tough as nails.
[A]
[G]
[B] [D] He's [B] such [D] a lying [Em] [D] [B]
[E] [D] [Bm]
[Em] [D] [E] wimp.
[B]
Round and round it's him, swiping up through the holes.
Falling down the stairway, he didn't stop yet.
Slashing the dome, crashing on land by a pair of rubber shoes.
His feet are too old to jerk and face him.
Round and round it's him, swiping up through the holes.
Falling down the stairway, he [Em] didn't stop yet.
[A]
Key:  
B
12341112
Bm
13421112
D
1321
E
2311
A
1231
B
12341112
Bm
13421112
D
1321
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To learn Danny Elfman - Tough As Nails chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Em, D, Em, E, Em, E and G in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 67 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 135 BPM. Considering the song's key of D# Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bm] _ Mr.
Macho loves his [G] women with such [Bm]
dedication.
[B] Second only to his [C#] car that drives as fast as [B] light.
[Bm] On a highway, [C#] bad-jot fighters come from [B] all directions.
Shooting verbal missiles, fire their targets right on [Bm] sight.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] In the office, things get [C#] rough as action [G] is the meanest.
Staring [B] at a paper he has lost beside his head.
[D] Teaming over [F] battlefield with guns and [Bm]
ammunition.
[D] All [B] around the bodies [G] of the wounded [Bm] and the dead and the dead. _ _ _ _ _
[E] Is he [A] as tough as nails?
[A] He is tough as nails.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] [C#m] He's such [B] a lying wimp.
_ He's such a lying wimp. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [C#] Now [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Bm] it's time for [C#] football and a bout with [Bm] heavy drinking.
Holding so much liquor makes him feel [B] like a man.
[Bm] As he trips out on the [F#] sea in a ship that's [Bm] slowly sinking.
_ [B] Quietly salutes [C#] himself with courage.
He wins [Bm] head, he wins _ head. _ _ _
[E] _ [A] He's tough as nails.
_ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] _ [Bm] Round [B] and round it's him, swiping [C#m] up through the holes.
[Bm] Falling [Em] down the stairway, he didn't [E] stop yet.
[B] Slashing the dome, crashing on land by a pair of rubber shoes.
His feet are too old to jerk and [E] face him.
He's a [B] lonely lonely soul, lying in the woods.
He knows he's still a little bit too young to move like a woman.
Playing with those sad old, lying barefoot shoes.
[D] His [B] feet are too old to jerk and face him.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] He's tough as nails.
_ He's tough as nails.
_ [G] He's tough as nails.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ [D] He's [B] such [D] a lying [Em] _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ wimp.
[B] _
_ Round and round it's him, swiping up through the holes.
Falling down the stairway, _ he didn't stop yet.
Slashing the dome, crashing on land by a pair of rubber shoes.
His feet are too old to jerk and face him.
Round and round it's him, swiping up through the holes.
Falling down the stairway, he [Em] didn't stop yet.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _

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