Put Yourself In My Shoes Chords

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Put Yourself In My Shoes by Austin Allsup is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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D                                G 
I always lived for me and nobody else 
D                                                 G 
Getting high with my friends and, maybe just by myself 
D                                G 
I grew up on the cocaine and the pills 
D                                         G 
Livin? life too hard and fast ready for a thrill 
 
 
Em                                 D       G 
You know some people say I?m not a perfect child 
Em                       D        G 
I grew up too fast and I lived to wild 
Em                         D          G 
Why don?t you just put yourself in my shoes 
Em                                D                G 
Then you?ll know just what?s it?s like to have the blues 
 
When I was a kid I always had big dreams 
I wanted a big fancy house and my own limousine 
But now I?m doing real good just to pay my bills 
This aint the life for me lord where?s the fill 
 
Some people say I?m not a perfect child 
I grew up too fast and I lived to wild 
Why don?t you just put yourself in my shoes 
Then you?ll know just what?s it?s like to have the blues 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante