I Never Wrote Those Songs Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays526

I Never Wrote Those Songs by Alice Cooper is a guitar song played in the key of Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Intro: 

 Am7      D(addG)/A  E(addC)/A         Am9               F#07 
|------------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------| 
|-------1------3---|-----0-----0-----|-------0---0---0-|-----1-----1-----| 
|-----0------0---0-|---5---5-----5---|-----5-------5---|---2-----2-------| 
|---2----/4--------|/6-------6-----6-|---5-------------|-------1---------| 
|-0----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-------------0-1-| 
|------------------|-----------------|---------------0-|-2---------------| 

  Bm7-5              E7                Am(addB)          D       E 
|-------0-1--^0----|-----------------|-----0-------0---|-2-------0-------| 
|-----3----------3-|-------------0---|-----0--0^1----1-|---3-------0-----| 
|---2-------2------|-1---1---2-----2-|-----------------|-----2-------1---| 
|------------------|-------0---0-----|---2---2---2-----|-0-----0-------2-| 
|-2-------2--------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------| 
|------------------|-0---------------|-----------------|---------0-------| 

Verse: 
  Am                 C+/G#          po  C/G              D9/F# 
||:-----0---0--------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------| 
||:-----1---1--------|-----5---5--5^6^5|-----5---5-------|-5---5---5-------| 
||:---2---2---2------|-----5---5-------|-----5---5-------|-----5---5-------| 
||:-----------------2|/6-----6---6-----|-5-----5---5-----|-4-----4---4-----| 
||:-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------5\-| 
||:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
1. My tape recorder,it must be lyin','cause this I just can't believe 
2. The wheel goes 'round I hear a sound   It's coming out all wrong   And I 
3. and oh,that music I hate those lyrics it stayed inside me so long  And I 

                                     1.____________________________(to verse 2) 
 Bm7-5              E7                Am(addB)          D       E 
|-------0-1---3--0-|-----------------| -----0-------0--- |-2-------0-------:|| 
|-----3------------|-------------0---| -----0--0^1----1- |-3-------0-------:|| 
|---2-------2------|-1---1---2-----2-| ----------------- |-2-------1-------:|| 
|------------------|-------0---0-----| ---2---2---2----- |-0-------2-------:|| 
|-2-------2--------|-----------------| -0--------------- |---------2-------:|| 
|------------------|-0---------------| ----------------- |---------0-------:|| 
1.I hear a voice that's cryin  but that's not me 
2.swear to you I never wrote that song 
3.swear to you I never wrote that song 

2._________________________(to Break1)  3.__________________________(to Break2) 
 Am                Am       AmV GIII      A                  A        A   G 
|-----0-------0---|-0-------5---3---||  |------------------|------------------|| 
|-----0--0^1----1-|-1-------5---3---||  |-------------2----|-2--------2---3---|| 
|-----------------|---2---2-5---4---||  |-----2------------|-2------2-2---4---|| 
|---2---2---2-----|-0---------------||  |---2---2-----2----|-2--------2---5---|| 
|-0---------------|-----------------||  |-0-------0--------|-0--------0-------|| 
|-----------------|---------5---3---||  |------------------|--------------3---|| 

Break1: 
  F                  Em            Dm                    D#07 
|-1----------------|-0-------------1-|-----------------|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-| 
|-1----------------|-0-------------3-|---------------0-|-1-----1-1-1-1-1-| 
|-2----------------|-0-------------2-|-----------0-2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-| 
|-3----------------|-2-------------0-|-----0-2-3-------|-1-----1-1-1-1-1-| 
|-3----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-1----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
   I been livin' in my own shell so long 
                                                           (1x to verse 3) 
  C/E                E7                F             Bb13  (2x to End) 
|-0----------------|-0---------------|-1---1-1---1-----|--3---1---0------| 
|-1----------------|-3---------------|-1---1-1---1-----|--1------------3-| 
|-0----------------|-1---------------|-2---2-2---2-----|--1--------------| 
|-2----------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|-----------------| 
|-3----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|--1--------------| 
|-0----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
  the only place     I ever feel at home 

Break2:                                                   1.________________ 
    Am                 C/G               Fmaj7             Em7 
||:------------------|-----0--0--------|-0---------------|-----------------| 
||:-------5-5--3--1--|-----------3--1--|-1---------------|---3-3-----------| 
||:-5-------5--4--2--|-----------------|------2-2--------|-------0-0-------| 
||:-7----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------| 
||:-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------| 
||:------------------|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|-0-------------0-| 
      But pardon me   I'm not looking for sympathy        not sympathy 
      The melody      it goes nowhere  pointlessly 
_______________________________________________________   2.________(to Solo) 
  D#07               C/G               E7/G#               Em7 
|-2----------------|-0---------------|-0-----0-0-------:||-0---------------| 
|-1--------1-------|-1---------------|-0-----0-0-------:||-3---------------| 
|-2----2-4---4---2-|-0---------------|-1-------1-------:||-0----0-0--------| 
|-1----------------|-----------------|-----------------:||--------0--------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------:||-----------------| 
|------------------|-3-----3-3---3-3-|-4-----------4---:||-0-------------0-| 
I'm just thinking out loud                                silence please 

Solo: 

  D#07    F#07       C                 F/C     D#07      Esus4   E7 (to Break1) 
|---------5--------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-------------0---| 
|-----1-----4------|---1-------------|-----1-------1---|-----0-----------| 
|---2---------5----|-----0-----------|---2-------2-----|---2---2-1-------| 
|-1-----1-4--------|-------2---------|-3-----3-4-----4-|-2-------2---2---| 
|------------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------| 


End: 

|------------------|-----------------| 
|-----1--1---------|-----1--1--------| 
|------------------|-----------------| 
|-----2--2---------|-----2--2--------| 
|------------------|-----------------| 
|-3--------------3-|-4-------------4-| 
  and oh that music  I hate those lyrics 

  Am7                D9                Bm7-5             E7 
|------------------|-5---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------| 
|-----1--1---------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------| 
|------------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-1---------------| 
|-----2--2---------|-4---------------|-----------------|-0---------------| 
|-0--------------0-|-5---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------| 
 it stayed inside me so long     and I swear to you   I  never 

    Am                 C/G               Fmaj7             Em7 
||:------------------|-----0--0--------|-0---------------|-----------------| 
||:-------5-5--3--1--|-----------3--1--|-1---------------|---3-3-----------| 
||:-5-------5--4--2--|-----------------|------2-2--------|-------0-0-------| 
||:-7----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------| 
||:-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------| 
||:------------------|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|-0-------------0-| 

  D#07               C/G               E7/G#              Repeat and Fade 
|-2----------------|-0---------------|-0-----0-0-------:|| 
|-1--------1-------|-1---------------|-0-----0-0-------:|| 
|-2----2-4---4---2-|-0---------------|-1-------1-------:|| 
|-1----------------|-----------------|-----------------:|| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------:|| 
|------------------|-3-----3-3---3-3-|-4-----------4---:|| 
    	

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