I Can't Get Started Chords
by Jack Jones
I Can't Get Started by Jack Jones is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G6, C7M, C, Am7, Dm7, G7, E, E7, Am, Fm7, G#7, C/B, C6, D, Bm7, Bm5-/7, D7 and Bb9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G G6 G C7M C Am7 Dm7 G7
I've flown around the world in a plane
E E7 Am Fm7
I've settled revolutions in Spain
C7M C Am
The north pole I have charted
Dm7 G C Am7 Fm7 G#7-G7
But I can't get started with you
G G6 G C7M C Am7 Dm7 G7
Around the golf course, I'm under par
E E7 Am Fm7
And all the movies want me to star
C7M C Am Dm7
I've got a house, a show place,
G C G#7 G7
But I get no place with you
Bridge
C C/B Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
You're so supreme, lyrics I write of you
C7M C6 C7M C6
Scheme just for a sight of you
D Bm7 Bm5-/7 D7
Dream both day and night of you
Dm7 Am7 Fm7 G
And what good does it do
G G6 G C7M C Am7 Dm7 G7
In nineteen twenty-nine, I sold short
E E7 Am Fm7
In England, I'm presented at court
C7M C Am Dm7
But you've got me down hearted
Dm7 G G7 C Fm7 Bb9 C
'Cause I can't get started with you
Interlude: G G6 G C7M C Am7 Dm7 G7
C C/B Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
You're so supreme, lyrics I write of you
C7M C6 C7M C6
Scheme just for a sight of you
D Bm7 Bm5-/7 D7
Dream both day and night of you
Dm7 Am7 Fm7 G
And what good does it do
G G6 G C7M C Am7 Dm7 G7
In nineteen twenty-nine, I sold short
E E7 Am Fm7
In England, I'm presented at court
C7M C Am Dm7
But you've got me down hearted
Dm7 G G7 C Fm7 Bb9 C
'Cause I can't get started with you
Dm7 G G7 C Fm7 Bb9 C
'Cause I can't get started with you