Hey, Asshole Chords
Hey, Asshole by George Watsky is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Am, Dm, Bb and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F Am
Hey, asshole
Am Dm
See the sun is shining
Dm Bb F
But you are not smiling
F C F
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
F Am
I'm an asshole
Am Dm F
Cause the sun is shining
F Bb F
But I am not smiling
F C F
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
F
I know I'm often told
Am
That there's a pot of gold
Dm
But I don't see a fucking rainbow and my coffee's cold
Bb
I know I should be grateful
F
I know I'm good and able
C
But I don't have the strength to get up from the kitchen table
F
This kind of shot comes once
Am Dm
Another opportunity of a lifetime just slipped away
Dm
And that's the fifth this month
Bb
But when you take a punch
F
Don't you ever forget
C
Why you get up and you put one foot in front of the next
F
Got the power of my will
F Am
I don't needa to win a mil
Am
But I'm looking at window sill
Dm
Gotta take a bitter pill
Dm
Gonna pay for what I did to my head and my heart'll foot the bill
Bb F
Got a foot in my mouth and because I'm kicking myself I developed a habit of knocking
out my front tooth
C
Looking uncouth
C
Want to hear the truth
C
Give it to me straight, 151 proof
F Am
Telling myself it'll happen when I'm happy but I'm climbing up a ladder that has got no end
Dm
Hung up on a rung I'll never make it to the top, I'm looking at the bottom and I must descend
Bb
All I want to do is buck this trend
F
Everybody need a buck to spend
C
And I'll be working on myself, til I work on someone else, til I get there Ima just pretend
F
I know I'm often told
Am
That there's a pot of gold
Dm
But I don't see a fucking rainbow and my coffee's cold
Bb
I know I should be grateful
F
I know I'm good and able
C
But I don't have the strength to get up from the kitchen table
F
This kind of shot comes once
Am Dm
Another opportunity of a lifetime just slipped away
Dm
And that's the fifth this month
Bb
But when you take a punch
F
Don't you ever forget
C
Why you get up and you put one foot in front of the next
F Am
Hey, asshole
Am Dm F
See the sun is shining
F Bb F
But you are not smiling
F C F
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
F Am
I'm an asshole
Am Dm
Cause the sun is shining
Bb F
But I am not smiling
F C F
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
F
When I'm in a crisis
Am
In a moment of silence
Dm
I look under my eyelids
Dm
And I'm checking my mileage
Bb F
I been using a pool of water as a mirror but not for style it's
C
So I can reach in and pimpslap my reflection for acting childish
F
Spent a half an hour
Am
Sitting at the bottom of my shower
Dm
Letting the water run over my body and (dammit I wanted to get up) but I didn't have the power
Bb F C
I don't have the answer anyway yay (yay yay yay (2x)
F
Don't want to panic but I got to come clean
Am
Because the plan of the planet is just mean
Dm
Knew if was tough, but dammit it's obscene
Dm Bb
I been huffing and puffing up to the top of the summit and I'mma rough it if I have
enough steam
F C
I'll keep on coming and coming until I'm coming with the stamina of a salmon who's
heading upstream
C F
Nah nah nah nah nah
Am Dm
Nah nah nah nah nah
Dm Bb F
Nah nah nah nah nah
F C
Nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah
C F
nah nah nah nah nah
F Am
Hey, asshole
Am Dm F
See the sun is shining
F Bb F
But you are not smiling
F C F
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
F Am
I'm an asshole
Am Dm
Cause the sun is shining
Bb F
But I am not smiling
F C F
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
F, Am, Dm, Bb, F, C (2x)