At The Crossroads Chords

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At The Crossroads by Mott the Hoople is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, D, F#, A, F#m, B, Bm, Em, Fm and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
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(Intro) 
E 
D E  
F# E 

E 

E                   D         A        E     F#m E  
Leaving me girl and moving on down the road 
E           D            A             E      (F#m E) 
You left me many burdens such a heavy load 
E           B        
And it sure does bring me out 
     A             E  
When I think about what went down 

E                 D           A         E   
Well the crossroads all my life it has been 
E                D        A          E  
And I'm so afraid but now I'm trying to see 
B         
I just rode on through life 
A                          E  
Till I took the time to concentrate on you 

Bm    A   
Well you can preached me like a lesson 
E                               Bm 
You can bring me a lot of gold 
E        A  
But you just can't live in Texas 
E                       B             (Em B) 
If you don't have a lot of soul 


E                        D       A         E      F#m E 
I'm leaving here tonight for the very last time 
E 
Yes I'm leaving you babe 
D            A     E               (F# Fm E) 
'Cause now I know you ain't mine 

B                    A  
Where you're living you'll find out how 
E 
You never had a friend 

A   
Well you can preached me like a lesson 
E 
You can bring me a lot of gold 
A 
But you just can't live in Texas 
E                   B                (Gm Bm) 
If you don't have a lot of soul  

E                        D       A         E  
I'm leaving here tonight for the very last time 
E 
Yes I'm leaving you girl 
D            A               E  
'Cause now I know that you ain't mine 
B         
Some day a change will come 
A 
And you'll be there beside me one more time 
E 
One more time 

E               A                             E 
Yeeeeaaaaaah!!! and you'll be there beside me one more time 
A                              E  
Yes, you'll be there beside me one more time 

A         E  
A         E 
A        B E A 
E        A 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante