You Can't Say No In Acapulco Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays522

You Can't Say No In Acapulco by Elvis Presley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A7, Em, C, Am, D7, D, G7, G and Fmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Special note: The "You can't say" at the start of each verse is vocal only, no chord! 


              A7 Em          
You can't say no,     
        C   Am  D7   
in  Aca-pul-co 
D7   C               D          D7     G7 G  Em     
With every beat your heart will answer ye-s 
Em           Fmaj7 Em         G 
Where lovers sing  instead of talk 
    G7    Em         G      C      C Am         
And dance instead of walk together 
     G             Em          A7                 
In a night, that's filled with stars 
    A7        C       D7 - stop  
And strumming guitars ! 

              G   C      Am    D7 
You can't say no, in Aca-pulco 
      C                   D7              G7  G 
Where romance blooms, and love, is in the air 
   C               Am         
So kiss me tender, love me true 
        G               Em 
Darling feel this magic too 
          Am      A7        D   D7    C   G7  G   D7 - stop              
Don't say no, you can't say no,    in Aca-pul-co  ! 


              G   C      Am    D7 
You can't say no, in Aca-pulco 
      C                   D7              G7  G 
Where romance blooms, and love, is in the air 
   C               Am         
So kiss me tender, love me true 
        G               Em 
Darling feel this magic too 
          Am      A7        D   D7   C   G7  G   Em                
Don't say no, you can't say no,   in Aca-pul-co  

Outro (last line finish with single downstrums for final D! & G! chord) 

Em        Am      A7        D   D7                    
Don't say no, you can't say no,  
D7 C   G7  G    G    G   G  D G 
in Aca-pul-Coooooooooo      ! ! 
    	

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100 BPM Andante