Friends Of Inertia Chords

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Friends Of Inertia by Burton Cummings is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, G 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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E
Text
16
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  			Intro: E 

Verse: 1 
          E 
I got the rest of my life to be cool 
          E 
I got the rest of my life to be cool 
          A 
I got the rest of my life to be cool 
          E 
I got the rest of my life to be cool 
B A      E 
Aahh the rest of my life to be cool 

Verse: 2 
          E 
I got the end of my life to be old 
          E 
I got the end of my life to be old 
          A 
I got the end of my life to be old 
          E 
I got the end of my life to be old 
B A      E 
Aahh the end of my life to be old 

 
       G                 D 
So I'm takin' a flier on havin' it change me, 
G                        D 
Keepin' my sights set on upward and onward 
A                   E 
Tryin' to make me a friend of inertia 
A                    E 
Big fascination with what I been given 
G                    D 
Big fascination with just bein' down here 
       A                E 
So I'm tryin' to make a friend of inertia 

Verse: 3 
      E 
Never wanna be acted upon 
      E 
Never wanna be acted upon 
      A 
Never wanna be acted upon 
      E 
Never wanna be acted upon 
B A       E 
Aahh don' wanna be acted upon 

Instrumental: E A E B A E 


       G                 D 
So I'm takin' a flier on havin' it change me, 
G                        D 
Keepin' my sights set on upward and onward 
A                   E 
Tryin' to make me a friend of inertia 
A                    E 
Big fascination with what I been given 
G                    D 
Big fascination with just bein' down here 
       A                E 
So I'm tryin' to make a friend of inertia 

Verse: 1 
          E 
I got the rest of my life to be cool 
          E 
I got the rest of my life to be cool 
          A 
I got the rest of my life to be cool 
          E 
I got the rest of my life to be cool 
B A      E 
Aahh the rest of my life to be cool 

Fade 
E 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante