Know My Name Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays427

Know My Name by Goo Goo Dolls is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords C#5, B5, E5, A5, G#5, F5, F#5 and G5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro:
(r.f. 1)
C#5-B5-C#5   E5    A5 (play 4 times)

Verse: (play r.f. 1)
What kind of situation 
Have I brought upon myself 
Some kind of bad reaction 
Blamed it all on someone else
Oh well

Chorus:
E5         B5            C#5     G#5
  Don't pretend like you know my name 
         A5          B5       E5
'Cause I ain't never seen you before 
E5         B5            C#5     G#5
  Don't pretend like you know my name 
         A5          B5       E5
'Cause I ain't never seen you before 

Break:
E5-F5-F#5-G5-G#5-A5
(r.f. 1)
(r.f. 1)

(verse)
You got me laughing at me 
Laughing all by myself 
I had a drink on Friday 
Heard the news from someone else

(chorus)
Don't pretend like you know my name 
'Cause I ain't never seen you before 
Don't pretend like you know my name 
'Cause I ain't never seen you before

E5-F5-F#5-G5-G#5-A5

(verse)
You got me running? 
Running far from myself 
You got me coming? 
Coming home to someone else
Oh well?

(chorus)
Don't pretend like you know my name 
'Cause I ain't never seen you before 
Don't pretend like you know my name 
'Cause I ain't never seen you before

  C#5               B5              G#5             B5
I tried to find the truth but every word I had came back

Solo:
C#5-B5-C#5     A5       B5
(play 4 times)

(chorus)
Don't pretend like you know my name 
'Cause I ain't never seen you before 
Don't pretend like you know my name 
'Cause I ain't never seen you before

(chorus)
Don't pretend like you know my name 
                                  E5(VII)
'Cause I ain't never seen you before?  
Don't pretend like you know my name 
'Cause I ain't never seen you before

e --------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------
D -2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14----2--------
A -2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14----2--------
E -0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8--9--10-11-12----0--------
    	

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