Casualties Chords

KeyC Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays344

Casualties by J Tillman is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords F/C, C, Am, G, A4 and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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F/C          C        C     C      
I don't have enough 
Am                G      G     G 
To get us all the way 
F/C                   C     C    C 
Why'd you quit your job 
Am                 G      G     G 
Leave without your pay 
A4     Dsus2          G       G     G 
Wasn't worth that much    (3x) 

F/C                C        C     C      
Broke into your mom's 
Am                  G       G     G 
While she was fast asleep 
F/C           C           C     C   
We took the VCR 
Am                   G        G     G 
Kissed her on the cheek 

F/C               C        C     C   
Got out to the yard 
Am                G       G     G 
Put it on the steps 
F/C                 C         C     C   
You turned to me and asked 
Am                         G        G     G 
'Who does a thing like this?' 
A4      Dsus2      G        G     G 
Honey I don't know 
A4      Dsus2       C 
I don't know anymore 

F/C                      C       C     C   
We spent the next few years 
Am                  G       G     G 
Thinking about how we 
F/C                 C         C     C   
Could make a better life 
Am                   G      G     G 
With fewer casualties 

F/C                 C           C     C   
Until your mother passed 
Am                G         G     G 
Left us all she had 
F/C                 C          C     C   
We moved into the house 
Am               G           G     G 
We bought a TV set 
A4     Dsus2         G          G     G 
Wasn't worth that much      (3x) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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