Cash machine Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays632

Cash machine by Editors is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			Tuning: Standard 
 
 
Order of song: 
Verse 
Chorus 
Verse 
Chorus 
Verse 
Chorus 
 
 
Verse 1:- 
 
e|--5------5--5-5-------7-----5--5-5--------------5------5--5-5-----------7------7--7-7----------| 
B|--5------5--5-5-------7-----7--7-7--------------5------5--5-5-----------7------7--7-7----------| 
G|--5------5--5-5-------7-----5--5-5--------------7------7--7-7-----------9------9--9-9----------| 
D|--7------7--7-7-------5-----7--7-7--------------7------7--7-7-----------9------9--9-9-----X2---| 
A|------------------------------------------------5------5--5-5-----------7------7--7-7----------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
    
 
Am 
Go to a cash machine 
Am 
To get a ticket home 
Dm 
Message on the screen 
Em 
Says don't make plans, you're broke 
Am 
No, no this can't be right 
Am 
I know that time is tight 
Dm 
I've only just been paid 
Em 
Three weeks five days, til I'm seen 
Dm 
Right... 
Em 
No...   
      
Chorus:- 
 
e|--5----5-5-x-------5---5-5-x-----7---7-7-x------------------------------------------------| 
B|--5----5-5-x-------5---5-5-x-----7---7-7-x------------------------------------------------| 
G|--5----5-5-x(X2)---7---7-7-x-----9---9-9-x------------------------------------------------| 
D|--7----7-7-x-------7---7-7-x-----9---9-9-x-------------X2---------------------------------| 
A|-------------------5---5-5-x-----7---7-7-x------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
Am 
I scratch a living, it ain't easy 
Am 
You know it's a drag 
Dm 
I'm always paying, never making 
Em 
But you can't look back 
Am 
I wonder if I'll ever get 
Am 
To where I want to be 
Dm 
Better believe it 
Em 
I'm working for the cash machine 

    	

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