Can't Look Away Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays456

Can't Look Away by Jimi Jamison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, D, A, G, F, Am and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: Em C Em C 

  
verse 1 

        Em                                             C 
See the child, dressed in rags in the street, cold and homeless 
         Em                                   C 
Too weak to ask for just one scrap of food to survive 
         D 
War-torn lives shed their innocent blood on the pavement 
      C 
As we all shake our heads from our ivory towers 
       A                                 N.C. 
Making righteous remarks as we're wasting the hours 


  Em                     D           C 
I hate what I see, but I can't look away 
         Em                             D              C 
From the train-wreck we watch, from our armchairs each day 
       G         D            F            C 
Are we powerless pawns in the games people play 
  Am                          Bm 
I try and blind myself to the pain 
            N.C.  Bm    N.C.    Em              C   Em   D A 
But I can't, no I can't, no I can't look away 


verse 2 

        Em                                         C 
Kids in school, learning lessons in life, love and laughter 
        Em                                            C 
Such precious jewels with a future so bright, dreams so tall 
           D 
An aimless soul, opens fire, rocks the world, makes his exit 
      C 
As we wonder what force could have turned him so wild 
       A                             N.C. 
He was quiet, he was shy, he was somebody's child 



  Em                     D           C 
I hate what I see, but I can't look away 
         Em                             D              C 
From the train-wreck we watch, from our armchairs each day 
       G         D            F            C 
Are we powerless pawns in the games people play 
  Am                          Bm 
I try and blind myself to the pain 
C                           Bm 
Disconnect my heart from my brain 
            N.C.  Bm    N.C.        C 
But I can't, no I can't, no I can't look away 


Bridge 

               D 
We can't stand idly by 
                  C 
No, we can't look away 
                 D 
And let one more child die, no 


Instrumental  

Em     D A  Em     D 


verse 3 

      C 
As we all shake our heads from our ivory towers 
       A                                 N.C. 
Making righteous remarks as we're wasting the hours 



  Em                     D           C 
I hate what I see, but I can't look away 
         Em                             D              C 
From the train-wreck we watch, from our armchairs each day 
       G         D            F            C 
Are we powerless pawns in the games people play 
  Am                          Bm 
I try and blind myself to the pain 
C                           Bm 
Disconnect my heart from my brain 
         Am                          Bm 
If we're gonna change a world gone insane 
            N.C.     Bm   N.C.      Em 
We just can't, no we can't, no I can't look away 


Outro    

Em    D A     Em 
No,     can't look away 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante