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The Serious Matter Chords

by Brian Jonestown Massacre
KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays511

The Serious Matter by Brian Jonestown Massacre is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, A7, E, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
Text
16
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Intro:  
A - A7 - A - A7 - A - A7 - A -  
E - C - D - A - 
E - C - D - A - 
A - A7 - A - A7 - A - A7 - A 

Verse:  
E 
I'm gonna tell you what 
C 
Never gonna get you up  
D 
Yes I'll gonna take you down 
A 
Is it really only? Hell yeah  
E 
This will end no good 
C 
Is it really all of us? 
D                         A 
Im never gonna stop, hell yeah  

Then like the Intro:  
A - A7 - A - A7 - A - A7 - A  

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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