Slug Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays514

Slug by Ramones is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, F#, B and C#. 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
  			Intro
E A F# B (2x)

Verse 1
E        A       F#       B       E    A     F#         
Lying in bed one summer's night.  Everything wasn't all right.

E         A       F#          B    E      A   F#  B
Something started crawling on me.  A  S - L - U - G!

B

Prechorus (play 2x)
A
I saw her walking in the woods last night.

F#
And I new something wasn't right.

A
S-L-U-G no no no no.

B
Why'd she have to go oh oh oh

C#                    F#
 And I know that if I had her back today

       A			     B
Yeah I know, I know, I know, I know...why is it always this way?

Repeat Verse 1

Repeat Prechorus

Repeat Chorus

Outro (play 4x)
A	  F#	   E E
 S-L-U-G   S-L-U-G

 
    	

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