Everybody Loves A Nut Chords

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Everybody Loves A Nut by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D 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 D (2x) 

G                  D                            G 
Everybody loves a nut the whole world loves a weirdo 
  G              C N.C.  G         D       G 
Brains are in a rut but everybody loves a nut 

verse 1 
       G                D                                   G 
There was a hermit named Fred who kept the dead horse in his cave 
    G                  C 
And everyone said to Fred 
      D                        G 
Fred how come you keep a dead horse in your cave and he said well 
 
G                  D                            G 
Everybody loves a nut the whole world loves a weirdo 
  G              C N.C.  G         D       G 
Brains are in a rut but everybody loves a nut 

verse 2 
     G                 D                      G 
A Columbia man named Frank had a tiger named Hank 
     G                       C               D            G 
He tried to put Hank in his tank guess what happened to Frank 
           G 
When they picked up the teets there and eyeballs 
         G 
And erected a tombstone that read 
 
G                  D                            G 
Everybody loves a nut the whole world loves a weirdo 
  G              C N.C.  G         D       G 
Brains are in a rut but everybody loves a nut 

Verse 
  G               D                    G 
Another Columbia fellow told queen Isabella 
   G                         C                                    G 
I don't think the world is flat and now what do you think about that 
                  G 
And she said you don't and he said no ma'm 
                 G 
And she said he'd get out of my queendom and he said yes ma'm 

G                  D                            G 
Everybody loves a nut the whole world loves a weirdo 
  G              C N.C.  G         D       G 
Brains are in a rut but everybody loves a nut 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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