Faking It Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays394

Faking It by Jay Reatard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C, B, F# and G. 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
  			(Listen to song for timing) 

E    C  B x2 

 E                      C   B 
Sitting in the summer sun 
 E                      C   B 
Thinking over what's begun 
 E                      C   B 
Dreaming of a better place 
 E                          C   B 
Frightened look upon your face 
 E                              C   B 
'Cause you know what must be done 
 E                    F# 
Execute the only one 


 G     F#     B       C 
You faked it all the way 
 G     F#     B       C 
You faked it all the way  
 G     F#     B       C 
You faked it all the way 
 G     F#       B     C 
You faked it all the way 
  G 
You! 

(The Chorus breakdown starts after the second "Faked it all" and goes something like this) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------11-------11-------12---------12------------| 
D|---12----12-----12-----12----9-------9--------10-------10------------------| 
A|-10---10----10------10-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Repeat Verse and Chorus. 

Sitting with no sound 
Fucked in terms of what to do 
Daydreaming of a better place 
Frightened look upon my face 
'Cause I know what must be done 
'Till I rose the only one 

You faked it all the way 
You faked it all the way 
You faked it all the way 
You faked it all the way 
You! 

(On the Studio version this is just a bass solo But on a live version he plays this) 
C     
She executes the only one 
B 
She executes the only one 
C 
She executes the only one 
B 
She executes the only one 
C 
She executes the only one 
B 
She executes the only one 

(Then just repeat Chorus) 

You faked it all the way 
You faked it all the way 
You faked it all the way 
You faked it all the way 
You 
    	

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