I Read A Lot Chords

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I Read A Lot by Nick Lowe is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords F#m7, G#m7, A, Am, E, F#m/C#, G#m/Eb, Bm, D, G, E2 and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			


Riff1 
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E ----------------|-----------------| 
B ----------------|-----------------| 
G ----------------|-----------------| 
D ----------------|-----------------| 
A ------------2--2|-----------------| 
E 0--0--4--4------|0----------------| 


verse 1 
 
         F#m7 
I read a lot nowadays 
     G#m7  
Much more than before you left me 
         A                 Am 
High and dry in a loveless land  
     E           A          E       RIFF1 
With nothing but time on my hands 


verse 2 

         F#m7              F#m/C# 
I read a lot not just maga-zines 
    G#m7               G#m/Eb 
But other more serious things  
                      A             Am 
To get me through the day night-time too  
       E                    A                   E 
Whilst wondering how in the world to go on with-out you 


Refrain 


Bm     A         D               A 
Lonely isn't the word for me now 
D    A            G        E 
Blue doesn't desc-ribe it somehow 


Inst 
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F#m7   F#m/C#   G#m7   G#m/Eb   A   Am  E2  A    
Blue         's not the word for me now 
E   A   E   A   E   A   E   A   E   A   E 


verse 3 
 
         F#m7       F#m/C# 
I read a lot I can't   put it down 
      G#m7       G#m/Eb 
While others are painting the town  
                 A                  Am 
You'll find me in a world of fantas-y  
      E        A       E2  E 
Popul-ation one that's me 


out 
          Bm 
So if you ask me how I stop 
                   C7 
Contemplating what I now have not 
         F#m7 
I'll rep-ly  
         E 
I read a lot  
    	

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