For Kicks Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

For Kicks by Metric is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, A, F#, E and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#m
Text
16
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Intro: C#m C#m A F# (6x) 

C#m 
It's all, but it ain't 
C#m 
It's all, but it ain't 
 A               F# 
So where do I start? 

C#m  
It's only so vain 
C#m 
So what did I gain? 
 A             F# 
I gave it my heart 


C#m            C#m 
I told myself, if I had the wealth 
A                   F#              A 
I could buy my way out of everything 

               E                      Eb 
Why'd I have to be such trouble to please? 
             C#m                  A               E 
It wouldn't be me, oh if it was easy, if it was easy 
                   Eb 
Such trouble to please 
                C#m            A 
It wouldn't be easy, if it was me 

                E        Eb        C#m         A 
Why'd I have to go and break your heart for kicks? 
                E        Eb        C#m         A 
Why'd I have to go and break what can't be fixed? 


C#m C#m A F# 


C#m 
It's all, but it ain't 
C#m 
It's all, but it ain't 
 A               F# 
So where do I start? 

C#m  
I want what I had 
C#m 
I want it so bad 
A              F# 
I gave it my heart 


C#m            C#m 
I told myself, if I had the wealth 
  A                  F#             A 
I could buy my way out of everything 

               E                      Eb 
Why'd I have to be such trouble to please? 
             C#m                  A               E 
It wouldn't be me, oh if it was easy, if it was easy 
                    Eb 
Such trouble to please 
                C#m            A 
It wouldn't be easy, if it was me 

                E        Eb        C#m         A 
Why'd I have to go and break your heart for kicks? 
                E        Eb        C#m         A 
Why'd I have to go and break what can't be fixed? 


C#m C#m A F# (4x)            
C#m A 
  
               E                      Eb 
Why'd I have to be such trouble to please? 
             C#m                  A               E 
It wouldn't be me, oh if it was easy, if it was easy 
                    Eb 
Such trouble to please 
                C#m            A 
It wouldn't be easy, if it was me 

                E        Eb        C#m         A 
Why'd I have to go and break your heart for kicks? 
                E        Eb        C#m         A 
Why'd I have to go and break what can't be fixed?   (2x) 


                E        Eb        C#m         A 
Why'd I have to go and break your heart for kicks? 

End on E 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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