Action Is My Middle Name Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays430

Action Is My Middle Name by Morrissey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Bm, G, D, E, Am and 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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Intro:  
      
A Bm G D 
A Bm G E 

Verse 1 
        

A                Bm     G         D 
   Writing my in-itials into your neck 

A             Bm                 G           E   
You are my po-ssession you don't realise yet 

                G 
Am I moving too fast for you 

E                    G          A 
   Am I beginning to confuse you  


Chorus 1 
         

D               Bm 
   Action is my middle name 

        E                  A 
I can't waste time any more 

          Bm                 G 
Everybody has a date with an undertaker  

  E 
A date that they cannot break 


Verse 2 
        

A                 Bm               G            D 
   Tongue against tongue and we've only just be-gun 

A                   Bm     G           E 
   Could I interest you in hours of fun 

                G           E 
Am I moving too fast for you 

                  G            A 
Am I beginning to confuse you 


Chorus 2 
         

D               Bm 
   Action is my middle name 

        E                  A 
I can't waste time any more 

          Bm                 G 
Everybody has a date with an undertaker  

  E 
A date that they cannot break 


Bridge 
                            

                G 
Am I moving too fast for you 

           A 
Moving too fast for you 

           Bm  
Moving too fast for you 


C D Bm A 


Chorus 3 
         

D               Bm 
   Action is my middle name 

        E                  A 
I can't waste time any more 

          Bm                 G 
Everybody has a date with an undertaker  

  E                     A 
A date that they cannot brea-ea-ea-eak  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante