Soft Chords
Soft by Kings of Leon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C9, Am, F, G, E and E7. 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:(guitar1:chords / guitar2:tab)
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C C9 C C9
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C C9 C C9
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-VERSE 1:
C C9
I used to see you every day
C C9 C - C9 - C - C9
used to see you every day
C C9
I danced around your folk and soul
C C9 C - C9 - C - C9
I danced to all your fucking soul
C C9
I left you with your nose a bleedin'
C C9 C - C9 - C - C9
and your toes creepin' around
C C9
aahh so mundane and incomplete
C C9 C C9 C - C9 - C - C9
hand me down my pants and get me off this street
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-CHORUS:(guitar1:chords / guitar2:tab)
Am
i'm passed out in your garden
F
i'm in I can't get off
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G --) (GUITAR 1)
so soft
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Am
i'd pop myself in your body
F
i'd come into your party
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G --) (GUITAR 1)
but i'm soft
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-VERSE 2: same chords as verse 1. These are the lyrics:
behind the fringe of a whiskey high
mutilating cat like eyes
and in your nose blood decadence
you try to drag me into your bohemian dancing
you paint my fingers and you paint my toes
you let your perfect nipple show
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-CHORUS 2:(guitar1:chords / guitar2:tab)
Am
i'm passed out in your garden
F
i'm in I can't get off
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G --) (GUITAR 1)
so soft
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Am
i'd pop myself in your body
F
i'd come into your party
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G --) (GUITAR 1)
but i'm soft
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-SOLO:
GUITAR 1:(play these chords):
C - E - Am - F
C - E - Am - F
GUITAR 2:
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-CHORUS 3:(guitar1:chords / guitar2:tab)
C
i'm passed out in your garden
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E Am F
i'm in I can't get off so soft
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C
i'd pop myself in your body
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E Am F
i'd come into your party but i'm soft
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-AND THEN,(BOTH GUITARS):
C
i'm passed out in your garden
E E7 Am G F G
i'm in I can't get off so soft
C
i'd pop myself in your body
E E7 Am G F G
i'd come into your party but i'm soft
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