The Importance Of Being Idle Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays1.0K

The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Em, Fmaj7, C, B7, E, Dm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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16
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  			Intro: Am Em (x4)  
       Am 
        
  Am                    Fmaj7 
i sold my soul for the second time 
         C             B7  E 
cos the land, it don't pay me 
   Am                    Fmaj7 
i begged my landlord for some more time 
          C                 B7 E 
he said "son, the bills are waiting" 
    Am                       Fmaj7 
my best friend called me the other night 
          C           B7 E 
he said "man, are you crazy?" 
    Am                    Fmaj7 
my girlfriend told me to get a life 
           C           B7 E 
she said "boy, are you lazy" 
 
Dm           Am      (you can play barre chords here) 
but i don't mind 
    Dm                                Am 
as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine 
Dm      Am 
i'll be fine 
        Fmaj7                 
if you give me a minute, a man's got a limit 
   G                       E 
i can't get a life if my heart's not in it... 
 
(instrumental) 
Am Fmaj7 C B7  E 
  
Dm           Am 
i don't mind 
    Dm                                Am 
as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine 
Dm      Am 
i'll be fine 
        Fmaj7                 
if you give me a minute, a man's got a limit 
   G                       E 
i can't get a life if my heart's not in it... 
(repeat intro) 
Fmaj7 Am 
   Am                   Fmaj7 
i lost my faith in the summertime 
        C         B7 E 
cos it don't stop raining 
    Am                 Fmaj7 
the sky all day is as black as night 
         C      B7 E 
but i'm not complaining 
   Am                  Fmaj7 
i begged my doctor for one more line 
          C           B7  E 
he said "son... words fail me" 
   Am                   Fmaj7 
it ain't no place to be killing time 
        C        B7 E 
i guess i'm just lazy 
Dm           Am 
i don't mind 
    Dm                                Am 
as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine 
Dm      Am 
i'll be fine 
        Fmaj7                 
if you give me a minute, a man's got a limit 
   G                       E 
i can't get a life if my heart's not in it... 
 
(repeat intro) 
Am Fmaj7  (ends with Am ) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante