The Jealous Kind Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays562

The Jealous Kind by Joe Cocker is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: G 

Verso 1:
G 
Dont be so angry if I seem rude 
D7 
Each time we meet, someone that you once knew, that you say, used to be 
G 
So close to you 
G 
It's just that I'm so afraid someone might steal you away, 
     C                        D7 
I'd lose my mind and I can't help myself the way I feel sometimes 
G 
Yes I'm the jealous kind 

Verso 2:
G 
It was alright when I first met you, 
D7 
I didn't mind, but now things have changed, I'm just not the same 
G 
Now I find 
G 
I want you all to myself, nobody to share you with 
C                       D7 
nobody else, you must forgive me for the way I act sometimes 
G 
cos I'm the jealous kind 

Instrumental 

G D7 C G (x2) 

Verso 3:
G 
If you only knew how much it hurts 
D7 
to hear you say, how you can't forget that before we met 
G 
those were the good old days, why must you hurt me so, I can take it no more 
C                              D7 
and I'm really tryin, I can't help myself the way I act sometimes 
G 
I guess I'm the jealous kind 

Instrumental Saxophone 

G D7 C G x4 
    	

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