Knockin The Dust Off The Rust Belt Tonight Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays437

Knockin The Dust Off The Rust Belt Tonight by Pokey Lafarge is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A7, D7, G#7, C, G7, C7, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:      
A7 D7  G#7 C A7 D7 G7 C  G7 C      
then vamp: C G7 C G7 


verse  

        C               C                   C                      A7 
Wellâ... the lights are on, it’s time to go   Gotta hit the stage for another show 
 D7                        G7           C       G7 
Knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight 
  C                             C                          A7 
I started out, all by myself   But I’m lucky now that I’ve found some help to 
 D7                     G7              C       C7 
Knock the dust off the rust belt tonight 


  F         F             C7              C       D7          D7                  G7  (pause) 
Have you   seen what’s   happenin’ round here?   You ask most people, they don’t care 
      A7        A7        D7                G#7             C            A7            D7  G    C        
But now is the time   we have to do things right   So we’re knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight

 

(Shortnin’ bread riff: C F C G7 C) 


verse  

         C            C             C                        A7 
From the C H I to the S T L   I was born raise a ruckus and do it well 
D7                         G7             C      G7 
Knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight 
  C                     C                    C                           A7 
Take a jazz band with a country beat   It’s Midwestern Swing for your dancin’ feet 
             D7                     G7         C        C7 
We’re gonna knock the dust off the rust belt tonight 



  F         F             C7              C       D7           D7                 G7  (pause) 
Have you   seen what’s   happenin’ round here?   You ask most people, they don’t care 
      A7        A7        D7                G#7             C             A7           D7  G       C 
But now is the time   we have to do things right   So we’re knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight 



Instrumental Verse and Chorus:

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