Kerosene Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays551

Kerosene by Miranda Lambert is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			No Capo  
  
For the intro and the D I put out   
after a line in the lyrics you can  
alternate chords: dsus2, d, and dsus4         
according to how the song goes.  
  
  
      D  
I'm waitin' on the sun to set   
         C            G       D  
cause yesterday aint over yet  
     D                          
I started smoking cigarettes there?s   
   C            G          D  
nothing else to do I guess  
  A  
Dusty roads ain't made for walking,   
   C                 G                D  
spinning tires ain't made for stoppin?  
      A                       C  
I'm giving up on love cause love?s   
      G        D  
given up on me  
  
Well I gave it everything I had and   
everything I got was bad  
Life aint hard but it's too long to   
live it like some country song  
Trade the truth in for a lie, cheating   
really aint a crime  
I'm giving up on love cause love's   
given up on me  
  
Forget your high society, I?m soakin? it   
in Kerosene  
Light'em up and watch them burn, teach   
them what they need to learn HA!  
Dirty hands aint made for shakin', ain't   
a rule that ain't worth breakin?  
Well I'm giving up on love cause   
love's given up on me  
  
Now I don't hate the one who left   
You can't hate someone who's dead  
He's out there holding on to someone,   
I'm holding up my smoking gun  
I'll find somewhere to lay my blame the   
day she changes her last name  
Well I'm giving up on love cause love's   
given up on me  
Well I'm giving up on love HEY love's given   
up on me 

    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante