My Very Good Friend The Milkman Chords

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My Very Good Friend The Milkman by Paul McCartney is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, F, C, Gm, Bb, Am, Ab, Ebm and Db. 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
  			Intro  
D  G  F  C  F  
F 
My very good friend the milkman says 
Gm  C 
That I've been losing to much sleep 
Bb  Gm  C 
He doesn't like the hours I keep 
D  G  F  C  F 
And he suggests that you should marry me 

F  C  F  Am  
My very good friend the mailman says 
Gm  C  D  
That it would make his burden less 
Gm  D  C 
If we both had the same address 
D  G  F  C  F  
And he suggests that you should marry me. 

F  Ab  Ebm  Ab   
Then there's a very friendly fellow who prints 
Db   
All the latest real estate news 
Ab  Ebm  Ab 
And every day he sends me blueprints 
Db  C 
Of cottages with country views 

F 
My very good friends the neighbours say 
Gm  C 
That they've been watching little things I do 
Bb  Gm  C 
And they perceive that I love you 
D  G  F  C  F 
So I suggest that you should marry me. 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante