I'm Eighteen Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays551

I'm Eighteen by Alice Cooper is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C 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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  			    Em                C               D 
    Lines form on my face and hands. 
    Em                   C              D 
    Lines form from the ups and downs. 
    C                      D 
    I'm in the middle, without any plans. 
    Em              C             D 
    I'm a boy and I'm a man. 
        Em                    C           D 
    I'm eighteen, and I don't know what I want. 
    Em                     C           D 
    Eighteen, I just don't know what I want. 
    Em                C          D 
    Eighteen, I gotta get away. 
    C               D 
    I've got to get outa this place, 
    C                  D                 Em      C   D 
    I'll go runnin' in outer space,   oh yeah! 

                Em                   C         D 
    I've got a, baby's brain and an old man's heart. 
    Em                      C            D 
    Took eighteen years to get this far. 
    C                           D 
    Don't always know what I'm talkin' about, 
    Em                              C         D 
    feels like I'm livin' in the middle of doubt. 
                Em                 C           D 
    'Cause I'm, eighteen, I get confused every day. 
    Em                     C            D 
    Eighteen, I just don't know what to say. 
    Em                C    D       C      D     C     D 
    Eighteen, I gotta get away. 

    Em                C                 D 
    Lines form on my face and my hands. 
    Em                 C              D 
    Lines form on the left and right. 
    C                      D 
    I'm in the middle, the middle of life, 
    C             D 
    I'm a boy and I'm a man. 
                       Em          C D 
    I'm eighteen and I like it! 
          Em        C D 
    Yes I like it! 
         Em                C        D 
    Oh I like it, love it, like it, love it, 
    Em                  C         D              Em           C     D      Em 
    eighteen, eighteen, eighteen, eighteen and I like it! 

    	

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