Every Trick In The Book Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays478

Every Trick In The Book by Roger Hodgson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, E, Dm, Bm, Am, Gm, Cm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
Text
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  			Intro: A    F#m    E     E    (4x) 
       Dm   Bm     Am    F#m 
       E    E 

A		      F#m 
Well every trick in the book 
                 E 
that you want to play 
A			F#m 
You'd better have a good answer 
            E 
to get your way 
Dm			    Bm 
'Cause all the tricks that you pulled 
Am		     F#m 
And all the people you fooled, 
E 
well you you started something 

A	                F#m 
Well all the people that liked you 
             E 
just went on home 
A			     F#m 
And when they could of stood by you, 
          E 
you stood alone 
Dm		        Bm 
'Cause all the people you fooled 
Am		     F#m 
And all the people you took 
E 
well you started something 

Bm                        Am 
And all the signs in your head 
Gm              Am 
call out you're dead 
Bm                         Am 
But all the preachers went home 
Gm            Am 
and left you alone 

Dm      Gm  Cm       Em 
Aaaaaaaaah, aaaaaaaaaah 

A		     F#m 
And all the women that liked you, 
           E 
you fooled around 
A		    F#m 
And when you got them inside you, 
           E 
you turned them down 
Dm		       Bm 
'Cause all the women you fooled 
Am	             F#m 
And all the women you took 
         E 
well you started something 

Bm                        Am 
And all the lines in your head 
Gm              Am 
call out you're dead 
Bm                        Am 
And all the teachers went home 
Gm            Am 
and left you alone 

Dm      Gm  Cm       E 
Aaaaaaaaah, aaaaaaaaaah 

Solo:  A    F#m    E     E 
       A    F#m    E     E 
       Dm   Bm     Am    F#m 
       E    E 

A 
Monkeys to the left, 
F#m                      E 
monkeys feeling right at home 
A 
Too many people, 
F#m               E 
too many walking alone 
Dm 
And though they say 
           Bm 
they don't like it 
Am		         F#m 
You know they really don't mind 
               E 
if you started something 

Started something 

Bm                        Am 
But all the signs in your head 
Gm              Am 
call out you're dead 
Bm                        Am 
And all the teachers went home 
Gm              Am 
and left you alone 

Dm      Gm  Cm       E 
Aaaaaaaaah, aaaaaaaaaah 

A    F#m    E     E     (6x) 
Dm   Bm     Am    F#m 
E    E 

E           A 
Oh, oh, oh, ohhhhhhhh... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante