What you meaning/acoustic Chords

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What you meaning/acoustic by Franz Ferdinand is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			G   D   Am   Am (the end of the second Am is always 0-0-2-2-0-0) 
 
G          D             Am 
  As I took step number four 
G           D            Am 
  Into the close of your tenement 
G                D            Am 
  You cast your darkened eyes so low 
G             D          Am 
  Said we're cold as the step cement  
 
 
 
G                  C          G               D    Am 
  But I just don't know... oh what you meant  
Am            G   D   Am   Am 
    What you meant... 
 
 
 
G         D              Am 
  So Alec you may want a pill 
G            D              Am 
  We are so cruel and to communicate 
G              D         Am 
  Without the red stuff being spilled 
G          D       Am 
  We must MDMA our sentiment  
 
 
 
G                  C          G               D    Am 
  But I just don't know... oh what you meant  
Am            G   D   Am   Am 
    What you meant... 
 
 
 
G  D  Am  Am 
 
 
 
 
G             D               Am 
  If we were feckless we'd be fine 
G          D          Am 
  Sucking hard on our innocence 
G                D               Am 
  But we've been bright in our decline 
G     D                  Am 
  Been left as blackened filament  
 
 
 
G                  C          G              D   Am 
  But I just don't know... oh what you meant  
Am            G    D   Am   Am 
    What you meant... 
G   D   Am   Am 
Mmm-mmm 
 
 
 
G                D                Am 
  Because I feel blood inside the vein 
G         D              Am 
  I feel life inside the ligament 
G         D                  Am 
  I feel alive yeah just the same 
G      D              Am 
  Same vigour and the same intent  
 
 
 
G                 C              G             D   Am (strum once and hold) 
  So I just don't know if that's what you meant 
 

    	

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