Blue Suede Shoes Chords

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Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G9, C9, D9 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
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G 
Well it's one for the money 

Two for the show 
                       G9 
Three to get ready and four to go now 
 C9                             G 
Don't you step on my Blue Suede Shoes 
        D9                  C9                  G 
You can do anything but lay off o my Blue Suede Shoes 

         G 
You can knock me down step in my face 

Slander my name all over the place 

Do anything that you want to do 
                    G7 
But uh uh honey lay off o my shoes 
C9                              G 
Don't you step on my Blue Suede Shoes 
        D9 
You can do anything 
        C9                  G 
but lay off o my Blue Suede Shoes 

G 
Well you can burn my house steal my car 

Drink my cider from my ol fruit jar 

Do anything that you want to do 
                    G7 
But uh uh honey lay off o my shoes 
 C9                              G 
Don't you step on my Blue Suede Shoes 
        D9 
You can do anything 
         C9                  G 
but lay off o my Blue Suede Shoes 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante