Cold Turkey Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays705

Cold Turkey by John Lennon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, D, C and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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  			Intro: Am

Am            G 
Temperature's rising
          Am
Fever is high
Am           G
Can't see no future
D            Am
Can't see no sky 
Am             G
My feet are so heavy
         Am
So is my head
Am             G
I wish I was a baby
D            Am
I wish I was dead 
     C          G             Am
Cold turkey has got me on the run 
Am         G
My body is aching
             Am
Goose-pimple bone
Am           G
Can't see no body
Dm       Am
Leave me alone 
Am               G
My eyes are wide open
             Am
Can't get to sleep
Am              G
One thing I'm sure of
D                  Am
I'm in at the deep freeze 
     
     C          G             Am
Cold turkey has got me on the run 
     C          G             Am
Cold turkey has got me on the run 
Am         G
Thirty-six hours
           Am
Rolling in pain
Am         G
Praying to someone
D         Am
Free me again 
Am           G 
Oh I'll be a good boy
               Am
Please make me well
Am            G
I promise you anything
D                  Am
Get me out of this hell 
     C          G             Am
Cold turkey has got me on the run 
Oh, oh, oh, oh 
    	

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