You Don't Have To Do That Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays518

You Don't Have To Do That by Bob Dylan is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
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Intro: A D A 

verse 1 
D                   A        D       A 
you say that you're fed up 
    D                A           D       A 
you say you're gonna head off 
        D          A         D       A 
and you run around packing 
       D                 A          D        A 
like a chicken with your head off 

  D            A         D          A 
I just want to ask you 
D               A         D          A 
honey where are you at? 
        D                A      D          A 
cause I tell you all the time 
D                 A         D          A 
you don't have to do that 
    	

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