A Saints Complaint Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays408

A Saints Complaint by John Gorka is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Am, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			

rd Fret 


Intro: G  Am  C  G     Am  C  G   
       
                       Am 
I never lived anywhere 
                      C 
I didn't mind leaving 

I never knew anyplace 
  G 
I didn't want to go 
                    Am 
Short on the giving 
                  C 
Long on receiving 
                      G 
I never knew anything 
         D       C      G 
I didn't want to know 


                   Am 
I liked the towns 
                     
I liked the people 
        C 
But the brown bugs in my bed 
  G 
I could have done without 
                     Am 
I liked the taconite 
                         C 
Slate roofs and steeples 
                    G 
A few crucial details 
    D       C     
Of my whereabouts 


Chorus:

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