I Couldn't Get High Chords
by Fugs
I Couldn't Get High by Fugs is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
This is exactly the chords The Fugs use on the studio version, but not exactly the best
progression. If you are annoyed with what they're playing then add an E chord in the
Chorus during the "Whoa oh/Oh no!" part.
Intro:
Am D
Am D
Am D
I went to a party
Am D
just the other night
Am D Am D
I wanted to feel my brain was light
D
I grabbed myself a bottle
D
and I started drinking wine
E
I thought pretty soon, I'd be feeling fine....
Am D Am D
But I couldn't get high! Oh, No!
Am D Am D
Don't know why, Oh, No!
Am D
So I threw down the bottle
Am D
and whipped out my pipe
Am D
and I stuffed it full of grass
Am D
and I gave myself a light
D
I huffed, I puffed
D
I smoked and I toked
E
but after awhile, my heart was nearly broke.....
Am D Am D
cause I couldn't get high, Oh, No!
Am D Am D
Don't know why, Oh, No!
Am D Am D
(Guitar solo)
Am D
So I threw down the pipe
Am D
as mad as I could be
Am D Am D
and gobbled up a tube of LSD
D
I waited thirty minuets
D
for my body to sing
E
I waited and I waited
E
but couldn't get a thing
Am D Am D
cause I couldn't get high, Oh, no!
Am D Am D
Couldn't get high whoa oh!
Am D Am D
I couldn't get high, whoa oh!
Am D Am D
Don't know why, oh no!
Am D Am D