Whats In It For Me Chords

KeyEb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays579

Whats In It For Me by Hoodoo Gurus is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb, Bb, C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Eb
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
Eb  Bb  C 

G       F  Bb       C 
Whoo hoo   Whoo hoo 
G       F  Bb       C 
Whoo hoo   Whoo hoo 

Verse 
G                F 
What's in it for me? 
    Bb                    C 
You don't get nothing for free. 
    G                    F 
You stand and shake your tin, 
   Bb            C 
It gets under my skin. 
  G                    F 
I might see what I can do 
   Bb              C 
In another year or two. 
 
       G F         Bb        C 
Let me see: what's in it for me? 
           G F               Bb      C 
'Cause you don't - don't get nothing free. 
        G F            Bb    C 
Can you stop? you keep after me 
        G F         Bb   C 
But I'm not - not a charity 

G       F  Bb       C 
Whoo hoo   Whoo hoo 

Verse 
G               F 
Now you're back again 
     Bb               C 
Just like a long-lost friend 
          G             F 
With your sorry tale of woe 
    Bb              C 
But no one wants to know. 
G              F 
Just give us a rest! 
       Bb          C 
You're making me depressed. 
 
      G F        Bb   C 
Gotta run, I'm a busy man 
         G F       Bb      C 
And I've done everything I can 
        G F           Bb       C 
But you keep stickin' out your hand 
       G F           Bb    C 
Pardon me, you're in disneyland 

Bridge 
Eb    Bb                     C 
And I know you'll think it's strange, 
Eb     Bb                     G 
You, I know you'll think it's strange 
Eb    Bb             C      Eb   C  Eb 
But I don't have any change. 
So no change. 

Solo 
G       F  Bb       C 
Whoo hoo   Whoo hoo 
G       F  Bb       C 
Whoo hoo   Whoo hoo 
G F Bb C G F Bb C 
G F Bb C 

Bridge 
Eb    Bb                     C 
And I know you'll think it's strange, 
Eb     Bb                     G 
You, I know you'll think it's strange 
Eb    Bb             C      Eb   C  Eb 
But I don't have any change.     Change. 

Verse 
     G            F 
I'll tell you for free: 
      Bb                   C 
Don't waste your breath on me. 
     G              F 
I've heard it all before. 
   Bb            C 
Philanthropy's a bore! 

       G F         Bb        C 
Let me see: what's in it for me? 
           G F               Bb      C 
'Cause you don't - don't get nothing free. 
        G F            Bb    C 
Can you stop? you keep after me 
        G F         Bb   C 
But I'm not - not a charity 

Outro 
G      F  Bb                 C 
  Charity!  What's in it for me? 
G      F  Bb                 C 
  Charity!  What's in it for me? 
G      F  Bb                 C 
  Charity!  What's in it for me? 
G      F  Bb                 C 
  Charity!  What's in it for me? What's in it for me? 

G F Bb C 
          For me! 
G F Bb C 
G F Bb C 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante