The Earnest Of Being George Chords

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The Earnest Of Being George by Bee Gees is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, G, C, F and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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  			E                      A 
You better run just as fast as you can,  
E                     A 
I've got no reason to try. 
E                        A 
You did it to me and I'm takin' a stand.  
E                      G 
You've got a reason to cry. 

C                    G 
Fairy stories in the penny arcade.  
C                                F 
You bought my love and I paid.  
G                       A 
I'm not trying to make history. 
                    E7 
You could have been good to me.  

E                      A 
Spent my life a-makin' my love to you.  
E                      A 
I've got no reason to try.  
E                      A 
Got no reason left for makin' you blue.  
E                      G 
You've got a reason to cry. 

Fairy stories in the penny arcade... 

C                    G 
Fairy stories in the penny arcade.  
C                                F 
You bought my love and I paid.  
G                       A 
I'm not trying to make history. 
                    E7 
You could have been good to me. 
    	

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