I Can't Go For That (no Can Do) Chords

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I Can't Go For That (no Can Do) by Daryl Hall & John Oates is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D, Am7, F, G, A, Amaj7, A7, Dmaj7, D6 and Dm9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Intro: Am D 

Am7                 Am    D 
Easy, ready, willing, overtime   
Where does it stop   
             Am 
Where do you dare me   
    F       G 
To draw the line   
Am 
You've got the body   
        Am       D D 
Now you want my soul   
Am 
Don't even think about it   
           F   G 
Say, no go      Yeah   


A  Amaj7            A7 
I, I-I, I 'll do anything   
                 Dmaj7 D6 
That you want me to do   
      A  Amaj7                  A7 
Yeah, I, I-I, I'll do almost anything   
                 Dmaj7 D6 
That you want me too, ooh   


     Dm9 
Yeah But I can't go for that, nooo   
(No)   
Am     Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that, nooo   
(No)   
Am     Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that, nooo   
(No)   
Am     Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that   
                 Dm9 
Can't go for that   

Can't go for that   
Am   Am 
Can't go for that   

Am                 Am        D D 
I can go for being twice as nice   
Am                  Am 
I can go for just repeating   
    F        G 
The same old lines   
Am 
Use the body   
        Am        D D 
Now you want my soul   
     Am 
Ooh, forget about it   
    Am         F  G 
Now say, no go     

A  Amaj7            A7 
I, I-I, I 'll do anything   
                 Dmaj7 D6 
That you want me to do   
      A   Amaj7                 A7 
Yeah, I, I-I, I'll do almost anything   
                 Dmaj7 D6 
That you want me too, ooh   
Yeah   
    Dm9 
But I can't go for that, nooo   
(No)   
Am  Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that, nooo   
Dm9 
(No)   
Am  Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that, nooo   
(No)   
Am   Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that   
                 Dm9 
Can't go for that   
Can't go for that   
Am  Am              Am 
Can't go for that, yeah   

Instrumental Interlude Same As Verse   

      A  Amaj7            A7 
Yeah, I, I-I, I 'll do anything   
                 Dmaj7 D6 
That you want me to do   
      A  Amaj7                  A7 
Yeah, I, I-I, I'll do almost anything   
                 Dmaj7 D6 
That you want me too, ooh   

     Dm9 
Yeah But I can't go for that, nooo   
(No)   
Am  Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that, nooo   
(No)   
Am  Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that, nooo   
(No)   
Am  Am 
No can do   
Dm9 
I can't go for that   
                 Dm9 
Can't go for that   
Can't go for that   
Am    Am 
Can't go for that, yeah.. 
    	

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100 BPM Andante