When You're Gone (acoustic) Chords

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When You're Gone (acoustic) by Jesse Stewart is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, E7, Am, F, Am7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: C  E7  Am  F  Am7  G  C   

verse 1 
C                                E7   
Took me everythin' I had just to roll outta bed 
           Am                             F 
and to get down on that con man,  get the fuck out of my head 
        Am7                    G                      C   
and for every coin I make , 'n she, she makes me wait 


            C          E7     Am                 F 
But tell me who?  yeah who?   Who's gonna rip me off? 
Am7                G                    C   
Who's gonna rip me off,   when I'm gone? 

Break: C  E7  Am  F  Am7  G  C   

verse 2 
C                                E7   
I left 'm on the table I swore I had about seven or eight 
      Am 
but I woke up with nothin' but a half-a-butts there 
                 F 
with nothin' but me and my dumb fuckin' face 
  Am7               G                          C 
I shit but anyhow , how could do me like that? 


            C          E7     Am                 F 
But tell me who?  Yeah whoooo?  Well who's gonna smoke my smokes?   
Am7                  G                  C   
Who's gonna smoke my smokes when you're gone? 

Solo: C  E7  Am  F  Am7  G  C   

verse 3 
C                                     E7   
Well I was comin' off the end of some awful sorta bender 
  Am                                            F 
I thought about the last couple dem down in the vegetable crisper 
Am7                          G               C   
but I woke up to nothin' but cans in my sink 

 
            C            E7            Am                                F 
But tell me who? Oh yeah whoooo?  Well who's gonna drink my hard-mornin' booze?  
Am7                       G                        C 
Well who's gonna drink my booze, when you're gone? 

verse 4 
         C                          E7         Am                                      F   
Well I'm sittin' in the bar with my ho-bo dog, she's off in the corner with some other hobo's dog.   
Am7                     G                       C   
Well I fuckin' reel buddy,   I gotta deal with this.     Right Arlo? 


             C             E7         Am                  F   
Well tell me who?  Oh yeah who?  Well who's gonna beat my dog,  
Am7                 G            C  
Who's gonna beat my dog when I'm gone? 

Break: C  E7  Am  F  Am7  G  C   

Verse 5 
     C                                 
Well I'm still sittin' in the same fuckin' bar.  
E7                                    Am                          F   
  It's well the fuck past dark, I got piss full a reasons why the bitch shoulda came back,  
       Am7                      G                          C  
but ya know she doesn't 'cause,   she likes to make me wait 


            C         E7    Am                  F 
But tell me who, yeah who?  Who's gonna beat my wife,  
Am7                       G                 C  
Who's gonna beat my wife,   when I'm gone? 

Verse 6 
C                           E7                   
I'm still sittin' here, I'm feelin' kinda shitty. 
 Am                                              F   
about my wander down the inner east side of this God forsaken city 
Am7                  G                                 C  
I picked up my dope' dog who weren't no ambulance meat 

 
            C         E7    Am                    F      Am7                   G        C  
But tell me who, yeah who?  Who's gonna smash the dope?  Who's gonna smash the dope, at my wake? 


Solo: C  E7  Am  F  Am7  G  C   

verse 1 
C                                E7   
Took me everythin' I had just to roll outta bed 
           Am                            F 
and to get down on that con man, get the fuck out of my head 
              Am7                G            C   
and for every coin I make , she, she makes me wait 
    	

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