Beat Me To It Ukulele Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays440

Beat Me To It Ukulele by Brendan Maclean is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: C F C F 

Verse 
C         F 
Pass me a peg 
     C                 F 
I'll still put out your laundry 
C           F 
Pass you a bandage 
    C         F 
And tie up my old knee 
     Am            C    Am 
It's not that I'm alone 
     C                F    C    F   C 
It's you're not here 
C               F         C                  F 
You still come around the mountains when you come 
        C         F 
With an ace up my sleeve 
     G  F 
I am outplayed 
    Am              C    F    Dm 
I'm glad you met my friends 
   Am               C        Dm 
I just wish you and them had stayed 
                C      Am    Em 
But you beat me to it 
    Dm          C      Am    Em 
And you beat me to it 

    Am           C                    Em 
And where is the home that we'll live in? 
    Dm          F 
The baker we'll buy from? 
    C                       Em 
The home that we'll live in 
    Dm          C       Am      C       Am 
The baker ..... hmmm 

Verse 
C         F               Em           C 
Pass me a peg, I'll still put out your laundry 
            Dm 
See all the new shirts 
    C                 F       Am         G      Dm     C 
And old shirts bought for me bought back 
     Am           C       Am       Em 
It's not that I'm alone 
    Am             Em     Am 
Not just that I'm alone 
       Dm          C       Am     Em 
‘Cause you beat me to it 
     Dm          C        Am     Em 
It's you beat me to it 

    Dm           C                    Em 
And where is the home that we'll live in 
    Dm          F 
The baker we'll buy from? 
    C               Em 
The baker we buy from 
               Dm                    Em 
You bought his cake, you brought him home 

Bridge 
       C      Am      G 
And me to it 
    F           C       Am     G 
And you beat me to it 
    F           C       Em      Dm 
And you beat me to it 
F     C      Em     Dm     Em 
Whoa, yeah 

Outro 
Dm   C    Am    C    F    C    F    C    F    C     F     C 
    	

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