Gimmie Sympathy Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays398

Gimmie Sympathy by Metric is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, F#m, Bm, D and A/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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      A                         E 
Get hot    Get too close to the flame 
           F#m                      Bm 
Wild open space   Talk like an open book 
        A                              E 
Sign me up  Got no time to take a picture 
                F#m                         Bm 
I'll remember someday   All the chances we took 

           D                            E 
We're so close to something better left unknown 
           D                            E 
We're so close to something better left unknown 
                     
I can feel it in my  

F#m      D        A        E 
Bones   Gimme sympathy     After all of this is  
F#m      D                 A      E 
Gone    Who'd you rather be   The Beatles or The Rolling  
F#m         D        A        A/C#  
Stones?  Oh seriously You're gonna make mistakes you're 
D          A                     E 
Young    Come on baby play me something, like here comes the  
D          A                    E 
Sun     Come on baby play me something, like here comes the  
F#m 
Sun 

      A                       E 
Don't go, Stay with the all unknown, Stay away from the  
F#m                         Bm 
hooks   All the chances we took 

           D                            E 
We're so close to something better left unknown 
           D                            E 
We're so close to something better left unknown 
  
I can feel it in my   

F#m      D           A      E 
Bones   Gimme sympathy      After all of this is  
F#m       D             A        E 
Gone   Who'd you rather be   The Beatles or The Rolling  
F#m         D       A        A/C#  
Stones?  Oh seriously You're gonna make mistakes you're 
D          A                     E 
Young    Come on baby play me something, like here comes the  
F#m      D         A      E 
Sun    Gimme sympathy     After all of this is  
F#m       D             A         E 
Gone   Who'd you rather be   The Beatles or The Rolling  
F#m      D         A         A/C#  
Stones?  Oh seriously You're gonna make mistakes you're 
D          A                     E 
Young    Come on baby play me something, like here comes the  
D          A                       E 
Sun     Come on baby play me something, like here comes the  
D          A                       E 
Sun     Come on baby play me something, like here comes the  
F#m 
Sun 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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