No Room To Rumba In A Sports Car Chords

KeyAb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays583

No Room To Rumba In A Sports Car by Elvis Presley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ab. It uses the chords Ab, Eb, Bbm, Bb, Fm, Db, Ebm and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Ab
Text
16
Speed
  			


Intro: Ab Eb 

#1. 
Eb       Ab           Bbm 
This was gonna be the night tonight. 
      Eb           Ab 
I was gonna get to hold you tight. 
                      Bb 
But I guess we didn't plan it right. 
Eb      Fm      Ab                  Eb 
I never stood a chance, we couldn't dance. 


              Ab 
Cause there's no room to Rumba in a  
Db              Eb                    Ab 
sports car..you can't move forward or back. 
Eb      Ab                     Eb 
There's no room to do what the beat tells  

you to..without throwing your spine outta  
Ab     Ebm Eb 
whack. 

#2. 
Eb     Ab            Db      Bb     Eb 
When a little kiss I want to steal, I hit  
                    Ab 
my head against the steering wheel. 
                     Bb 
Now I know the way a pretzel feels.. 
Ab  Cm          Ab                 Eb 
all I can do is shout..hey, let me out! 

 
              Ab 
Cause there's no room to Rumba in a  
Db              Eb                    Ab 
sports car..you can't move forward or back. 
Eb      Ab                     Eb 
There's no room to do what the beat tells  

you to..without throwing your spine outta  
Ab     Ebm Eb 
whack. 

#3. 
Eb                  Bbm 
What a way to waste away, all you. 
Eb                       Ab 
Nothing happens here, to tell the truth. 
                        Db        Eb 
Let's go out and find a telephone booth. 
      Bbm             Ab                 Eb 
Yeah, that's a better place, I like more space! 


              Ab 
Cause there's no room to Rumba in a  
Db              Eb                    Ab 
sports car..you can't move forward or back. 
Eb      Ab                     Eb 
There's no room to do what the beat tells  

you to..without throwing your spine outta  
Ab      
whack..(Fade.) 



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante