Four Down And Twelve Across Chords

KeyD# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays455

Four Down And Twelve Across by George Strait is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, G, Bm, A, D/F#, Em and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D#
Text
16
Speed
  			 
 
Intro Chords: 
D   G 
 
  D          Bm 
I don’t know what to think of it 
G 
Sometimes I hate it 
A 
Sometimes I love it 
D                  Bm 
Girl, this relationship we’re in 
G                     A 
To say the least it’s puzzlin’ 
       G                 D/F# 
Like a crossword puzzle 
            Em      A 
Fill in the blanks 
 

       D             Bm 
What’s four down and twelve across 
G              A                   D       
Two letter synonym for lost That’s me 
      D              Bm 
And a three letter word that rhymes with through 
G          A        D                
Oh I get it, that’s you
 
 
Never believed in horoscopes 
But to the left of the ad 
For a new dishwashin’ soap 
Dear Abby’s got some good advice 
For a troubled couple lost in paradise 
In the Living section 
Page two 
 
Chorus 
 
       D           F#m        Em 
That’s you, that’s me, that’s us 
          A  
Sometimes love ain’t enough 
   D       F#m 
We try and try 
        G                   A 
For the life of me, why did we give up 
 
Chorus 
 
       D 
That’s me 
G          D 
Oh, that’s us 
       D             Bm           G  A      D 
What’s four down and twelve across   That’s us 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante