Take Your Knife Out Of My Back Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays421

Take Your Knife Out Of My Back by Robyn Hitchcock is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Gsus4, Em, C, F and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 

Verso 1:
          G 
Take your knife 
          G     Gsus4 G 
Out of my back 
          Em 
Take your fork 
          C 
Out of my soul 
          F 
Take your spoon 
             G 
Out of my brain 
D 
I don't want to know 
              G    C   G 
Anymore about you 

Verso 2:
          G   Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 
Take your gun 
          G      Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 
Out of my window 
          Em 
Take your planes 
          C 
Out of my skies 
          F 
Take your news 
             G 
Off of my radio 
D 
I don't want to know 
              G   C   G 
Anymore about you 

Verso 3: 
          G 
Take your dreams 
          G    Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 
Out of my eyes 
          Em 
Take your face 
          C 
Out of my mirror 
          F 
Take your bones 
             G 
Out of my body 
D 
I don't want to know 
              G   C   G 
Anymore about you 
D 
I don't wanna know 
              G   C   G 
Anymore about you 
    	

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