Try Chords
by Michael Penn
Try by Michael Penn is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords A, Em, G, D, E, Bm, G5, F#5, B5, A5, A/G, G7, F#sus, E7 and Em/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Riff:
|-----0---------3-3---2-2-|--------3-3------------|
|-3----3--------3-3---3-3-|--------3-3------------|
|-2-----2--1-1--0-0---2-2-|--1-1---0-0------------|
|-0--------0-0------------|--0-0---0-0------------|
|----------2-2------------|--2-2---2-2------------|
|-------------------------|--------3-3------------|
A Em G D E G D
-- Picked up that something of it that I could still try to make
A Em G D E G Bm
--Then watch me blink and overlook what I -- undertake
A G5 F#5 B5 A5 A/G Bm
But I don't try............I don't try....
A G A
And I don't wanna try to anymore
(Play first bar of riff then a bar of G)
A Em G D E G D
I would choose to accuse you and strike the fire, issue a decree
A Em G D E G Bm
Ask you why... watch you take the fifth as I give you the third degree
A G5 F#5 B5 A5 A/G Bm
But I don't try............I don't try....
A G A
I don't wanna try you anymore
D G A
I don't try to anymore
D G A
I won't try you anymore
(Play first bar of riff then a bar of G)
A G
With a witness dismissed it's adjourned
Bm Em G
And by heart the only rope that it's learned is
A G7 F#sus E7
Mercifully do not prolong if the way I'm rubbing you is wrong
A Em/G G Em D Em G
That is why I kept away so I'd look strange at your door
A Em G Bm
In my way..... In a nutshell
A G5 F#5 B5 A5 A/G Bm
But I don't try............I don't try....
A G A
I don't wanna try you anymore
D G A
I don't try to anymore
D G A
I won't try you anymore
G A
I don't wanna try you anymore
D G A
I can't try to anymore
D G A
I can't try you anymore
D Em A
I don't try..... (nine!)
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