Playing Possum Chords

KeyF Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays416

Playing Possum by George Jones is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords F, C/E, G/D, G, C, D7, E/D and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
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Intro  
F  C/E  G/D G C  C 

          C                                               F 
Well, you didn't think I knew that you'd been cheatin' on me 
    G                                                   C 
You thought that I was stayin' home while you went on a spree 
                                                           F 
But I've been staying outta sight and I see the things you do 
                  C/E     G/D          G        C 
I've been playin' possum, I've been a- watchin' you 

        F                                     C 
Playin' possum, playin' possum,  a-watchin' you 
       D7                                               G 
Seein' you do all those thing that I know you shouldn't do 
    C                                               F 
But I'll keep hanging on because my love for you is true 
                  C/E        G/D     G      C 
I'll keep playing possum and keep on loving you 

Inst  
F  C/E  G/D G C  C 

     C                                               F 
Last night I climbed up in a tree a-just outside his house 
    G                                          C 
And I saw him a-chasing you, a-playing cat and mouse 
                                                         F 
Then I crawled up and went on home I didn't know what to do 
                    C/E         E/D          G        C 
I've been a-playing possum, yes I've been a- watching you 

        F                                     C 
Playin' possum, playin' possum,  a-watchin' you 
       D7                                               G 
Seein' you do all those thing that I know you shouldn't do 
    C                                               F 
But I'll keep hanging on because my love for you is true 
                  C/E        G/D     G      C 
I'll keep playing possum and keep on loving you 

Inst   
F  C/E  G/D G C  C 

        F                                     C 
Playin' possum, playin' possum,  a-watchin' you 
       D                                                G 
Seein' you do all those thing that I know you shouldn't do 
    C                                               F 
But I'll keep hanging on because my love for you is true 
                  C/E        G/D     G      C 
I'll keep playing possum and keep on loving you 

      F                 C/E        G/D     G      C 
Yeah, I'll keep playing possum and keep on loving you ----- 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante