Modern Don Juan Chords

KeyF Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays470

Modern Don Juan by Buddy Holly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords E, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Modern Don Juan:Buddy Holly. 
Recorded in 1956. 
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INTRO: E A E A E...E A E A E 

#1. 
E             A             E   A  E   
Well, I ain't nothin' but a man in love. 
E       A            E    A  E 
I ain't nothin' but a man in love. 
    A                               E  A E A E 
The girls, they say, I'm their only one. 
     B          A          E    A E A E 
They say, I'm a modern Don Juan. 

#2. 
E                     A         E     A    E 
Well, there ain't but one thing puzz..lin' me. 
E       A        E   A     E    
I got a girl and she can't see.. 
     A                       E   A E A E 
that I want only to make her mine. 
      B                   A             E  A E A E 
Well, she thinks I'm just handin' her a line. 

Chorus: 
A              E     A                   E B 
Oh, I love her so..I never, ever let her go. 

#3. 
E             A             E   A  E 
Well, I ain't nothin' but a man in love. 
E       A             E   A  E 
I ain't nothin' but a man in love. 
    A                               E  A E A E 
The girls, they say, I'm their only one. 
     B          A          E   A E A E 
They say, I'm a modern Don Juan. 

Chorus: 
A              E     A                   E B 
Oh, I love her so..I never, ever let her go. 

#4. 
E             A             E   A  E 
Well, I ain't nothin' but a man in love. 
E       A             E   A  E 
I ain't nothin' but a man in love. 
    A                               E  A E A E 
The girls, they say, I'm their only one. 
     B          A          E   A E A E 
They say, I'm a modern Don Juan. 

OUTRO: 
E       A             E   A  E 
I ain't nothin' but a man in love.(x3) 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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