Nana And Jimi Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays517

Nana And Jimi by Dave Alvin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, A7, D, C, G, Am7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
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Intro: 
Em7 A7 

Verse 
A7 
My mother told me be a good boy, 

And don't do nothing wrong, 
          D 
And she'd wrapped up the sandwich, 
          C    A7 
For me to take along 
            G 
Cause I was gonna see Jimi, 
D                      A7 
Nothing's gonna be the same. 

A7 
She drove us crosstown in her old chevy, 

She parked and waited for us outside, 
         D 
She said be careful honey of 
            C      A7 
these crazy people inside, 
            G 
Cause I was gonna see Jimi, 
    D                      A7 
And nothing's gonna be the same. 

Intro  
Em7 Am7 G D A7 

Verse 
A7 
Now there was Police at the front door, 

And there were Police on the stage, 
         D 
But to a twelve year old boy, 
                C   A7 
It was all cool and straight, 
            G 
Cause I was gonna see Jimi, 
    D                      A7 
And nothing's gonna be the same. 

A7 
The lights were dimming, people were shouting, 

And I forgot about my Mom in the car, 
        D 
When he walked out on stage 
                   A7 
And plugged in his guitar, 
            G 
Cause I was gonna see Jimi, 
    D                      A7 
And nothing's gonna be the same 
      G 
I was gonna see Jimi, 
    D               C      A   Em7 A7 
And nothing's gonna be the same. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante