Catholic Day Chords

KeyC# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays640

Catholic Day by Adam And The Ants is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C#. It uses the chords C#, G#, A, D, F, C, A# and D#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Catholic Day by Adam And The Ants 
off the "dirk wears white sox" LP 

C#  G# A  G#  A   D   G#   x2 

C#          G#         A     G#    A      D   G# 
Kennedy died in sixty three poor John F. 
Kennedy died in sixty three poor John F. 
Kennedy died in sixty three poor John F 
Kennedy                               poor John F. 
Kennedy  

F                    C            A#       C          A# 
No more messing 'round playing with Monroe 
A  
Ooh-ooh playing with Monroe 
F                    C            A#       C          A# 
No more turning on      the middle-aged ladies 
A 
Ooh-ooh the middle-aged ladies 
F                    C            A#       C          A# 
All I remember was     your sporty young hairstyle 
A 
Ooh-ooh your sporty young hairstyle 
F                C          A# 
All I remember was the Catholic Day 

Main Riff x 1 

verse 2: 
Kennedy died in sixty three poor John F. 
Kennedy's wife with his brain on her knee poor Jackie 
Kennedy's wife with his brain on her knee poor Jacki 
Kennedy                                                      poor Jackie 
Kennedy 

Chorus 2: 
No more rocking chair sitting on the front porch 
Ooh-ooh sitting on the front porch 
No more soft drugs, playing in the space race 
Ooh-ooh playing in the space race 
All I remember was your Levi Sta-Prest 
Ooh-ooh your Levi Sta-Prest 
All I remember was the Catholic Day 

Break: 
(With overdubbed speech by John F. Kennedy) 

(strumming faster with repeat) 
Gtr: D# D C# D 
Bass line (x1) 
Guitar comes in with bass (x 4) 
D#         D                C#                   D  
I see the chickens have come home to roost (x 4) 
(No chords) 
I see the chickens have come home to roost (x 2) 

Repeat Chorus 2 

Play first part of the main riff: 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante