Mr. Misunderstood Chords
by Eric Church
Mr. Misunderstood by Eric Church is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Cadd9 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Cadd9 G Cadd9
verse 1
G
Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes
Cadd9
Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you
G
Always left out, never fit in
Cadd9
Owning that path you're walking in
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood
verse 2
G
Now, your buddies get their rocks off on Top 40 radio
Cadd9
But you love your daddy's vinyl, old-time rock and roll
G
Elvis Costello, Ray Wylie Hubbard,
Cadd9
and think Jeff Tweedy is one bad mother
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood
D
One day you'll lead the charge, you'll lead the band
Cadd9 G
Guitar Hero with lightning hands
D
And the girls will like your tattoos and the veins in your arms
Cadd9 G
They'll be helpless to your musical charms
G Cadd9
And they'll all hold up their hands
G Cadd9
And they'll all wanna dance
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
With Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood
verse 3 (Strummed)
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
First time I met Alabama Hannah, I was skinny as a rail
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Red hair tied up in a blue bandanna; she was hotter than the devil's Hell
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
She turned me on to Back Porch Pickers, Jackson Pollock, and gin
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Her daddy didn't trust my intentions, so he turned to his daddy's old .410
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I'm Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood
D
Had an ax to grind, so off I went
Cadd9 G
Mad at the sun for coming up again
D
I lost religion, found my soul in the blues
Cadd9 G
Rubbed the velvet off my blue suede shoes
G Cadd9
Yeah, everybody held up their hands
G Cadd9
And every soul on Beale Street danced
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
With Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood
verse 4 (Faster)
G Cadd9
So I went with it like a colt on my Plymouth
G Cadd9
Through the glass behind my rear-view
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Took a left when the world went right down 16th Avenue
G Cadd9
Played with fire and I played on ledges
G Cadd9
Every circus, stage, and county fair
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I tried to file my points, sand my edges, and I just grew out my hair
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I'm Mr. Misunderstood, I'm Mr. Misunderstood
D
They're standing in line, chasing the buzz
Cadd9 G
Til the next big things and already was
D
And hell if they know what they're trying to find
Cadd9 G
If it ain't that same old, been-done kind
G Cadd9
Yeah, gives the head-scratchers fits
G Cadd9
Wondering how in the hell they missed
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood
Verse 5
G
Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes
Cadd9
Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you
G Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood (I understand)
(x5)
G Cadd9
I'm Mr. Misunderstood (let's go out of here)
Outro
G
Na na nanana
Cadd9
Na na nanana
G
Na na nanana
Cadd9
Na na nanana