Don't Break The Needle Chords

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Don't Break The Needle by J. Roddy Walston & The Business is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G 
I bet you sick lick forcep and you're tiny in red. 
Elevate your tricep you're a martyr in bed. 
C 
Sitting on a gold mine, shooting up the old time. 
G 
Cleaning up the refuse of your plaid shirt and coke lines. 
D 
Now I've been pulling thread doing all kinds of evil. 
C 
I know you hate me baby but don't break the needle lady. 
G 


G 
Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee haw haw, 
You made laugh baby, you made me crawl. 
C 
Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee haw haw, 
G 
You made laugh baby, you made me crawl. 
D 
I've been pulling thread doing all kinds of evil. 
C 
I know you hate me baby but don't break the needle lady. 
G 

G 
Now seven time two equals fourteen,  
This time is a dime. Do you know what I mean? 
C                                                           G 
And I been building friends out of friends that I used to have. 
D 
I've been pulling thread, doing all kinds of evil. 
C 
know you hate me baby but don't break the needle lady. 
G 

G 
Marshall saw a rolling ball, it ran right over him. 
It's a shame to have the dead naming off all their friends. 
C 
My right hand my left hand they're both no good. 
G 
It's black lung like the young, who were dying while they could. 
D 
I've been pulling thread doing all kinds of evil. 
C 
I know you hate me baby, but don't break the needle lady. 
G 

G 
Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee haw haw, 
You made laugh baby, you made me crawl. 
C 
Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee haw haw, 
G 
You made laugh baby, you made me crawl. 
D 
I've been pulling thread doing all kinds of evil. 
C 
I know you hate me baby but don't break the needle lady. 
G 


G 
Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee haw haw, 
You made laugh baby, you made me crawl. 
C 
The devil had a blister so I knew he had kissed her. 
G 
And I just wanted to know if the girl had a sister. 
D 
I been pulling thread, doing all kinds of evil 
C 
I know you hate me baby but don't break the needle lady. 
G 
    	

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