Keep It Turned On Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays392

Keep It Turned On by Rick Astley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, A, G, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmRf1hVlSvI 
        
       EADGBe 
Em7    022030 

Intro 
A Em7 G G 
A Em7 G G 


Verse 
A 
I know it's hard to see 
    Em7                          G 
Why things ain't going your way, baby 
A 
And everyone you know 
Em7                         G 
Seems to get the breaks you don't 


Pre-Chorus 
        A 
And the words to the songs that you sing 
                     Em 
Ain't the right ones baby...no 
        A 
And the grass is the wrong shade of green 
         Em       G 
Or so it seems... yeah... 


               D                 Em7 
Don't break it up Don't shake it up 
             G 
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on 
              D                 Em7 
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out 
             G 
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on 
        D     Em7 G  
Turn it on... 


Verse 
A 
You gotta understand 
Em7                      G 
Life is what you make it baby 
A 
No time to sit around and 
Em7                       G 
Think of the mistakes you made 


Pre-Chorus 
           A 
Well it's not what you had 
                                   Em 
It's what you're having right here baby 
          A 
And it's not who you know 
                             Em     G 
It's what you know deep down inside 


               D                 Em7 
Don't break it up Don't shake it up 
             G 
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on 
              D                 Em7 
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out 
             G 
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on 
               D                 Em7 
Don't break it up Don't shake it up 
             G 
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on 
              D                 Em7 
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out 
             G 
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on 
        D     Em7 G  
Turn it on... 
                A Em7 A Em7 G 
Just turn it on 


Break 
D Em7 G G 
D Em7 G G 


               D                 Em7 
Don't break it up Don't shake it up 
             G 
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on 
              D                 Em7 
Don't burn it out Don't sell it out 
             G 
Just turn it on, got to keep it turned on 
        D     Em7 G  
Turn it on... 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
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