Making It Up As I Go Along Chords
Making It Up As I Go Along by Radney Foster is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em7, D, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (C) (Em7) (D) (G) (C) (Em7) (D) (G)
(C) There are (Em7) nights I've (D) owned this (G) town
(C) Most nights it owns (D) me
(C) Play my gui(Em7)tar til (D) it draws (G) blood
(C) It still won't let me (D) be
(Em7) People think you (D) know what you're (C) talking a(G)bout
(Em7) All because you (D) wrote some (C) song
(Em7) I ain't no (D) smarter than the (C) rest of these (G) clowns
Just (Em7) making it (D) up as (C) I go a(G)long
(C) (Em7) (D) (G)
(C) I had (Em7) dreams at (D) twenty (G) one
(C) I traded for a (D) car
(C) The car is (Em7) gone and the (D) dreams are (G) too
(C) But, I've still got your (D) heart
(Em7) You always (D) saw right through the (C) smoke and (G) mirrors
(Em7) Nothing fooled (D) you for (C) long
You know the (Em7) wizard's just a (D) man
Behind the (C) curtain shifting (G) gears
Still (Em7) making it (D) up as (C) I go a(G)long
(C) I've worn this (Em7) mask before
Til I (D) don't know who I (G) am
(F) I love the (Em7) cards life's dealt me
But, I (C) sure don't know how to (D) play out my hand
(C) There are (Em7) nights I've (D) owned your (G) love
(C) Most nights it owns (D) me
(C) There are (Em7) nights I've (D) tried to es(G)cape it
(C) And it still won't let me (D) be
(Em7) People think you (D) know what (C) true love's a(G)bout
(Em7) All because you (D) wrote some (C) song
(Em7) There's more to (D) love than just (C) writing it (G) down
We'll (Em7) make it all (D) up
As (C) we go a(G)long
Girl we're (Em7) making it (D) up
As (C) we go a(G)long
(Em7) Making it (D) up
As (C) I go a(G)long