Keep My Motor Runnin Chords

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Keep My Motor Runnin by Jerry Lee Lewis 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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verse 1 
G 
Hey baby I've been loving you since you were sweet 16 
G 
Good lookin' woman Jerry Lee's ever seen 
G 
C'mon girl you got my heart a jammin' 
  
Why don't you keep my mother humpin' motor running 
     C                                   G 
Lets go, slam it, slam it slam it on the floor 
        D 
Hey you really got me hummin' 
C                           G 
Why don't you keep my motor runnin' 

verse 2 
G 
I got fuel injections Jerry Lee's got front wheels 
G 
I've got completed systems on this time 
G 
You'll really love the feel 
G 
Satin sheets crawl up and down my lovely bed 
G 
If you lift the pillow you can lay your lovely head 
     C                                         G 
Lets go, come on mamma slap that mother on the floor 
    D                                         G 
You really got me hummin', baby keep my motor running 

Instrumental: G C G D C G C G D C G 

verse 3 
G 
Come on baby you know what all it takes 
G 
Jerry Lee's gonna win that race 
G 
Come on baby you know how to drive 
G 
pop it, pop it, pop it, pop it pop the over drive 
C                       G 
Lets go, put it on the floor 
           D                  
My God you really got me hummin hummin 
C                            G  
Baby won't you keep my motor runnin' 

Instrumental: G C G D C G C G D C G  X2 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante