Cost Of Living Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays489

Cost Of Living by Ronnie Dunn is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, Em, G and D/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
  


  D                         Em 
e|---0h2---0-----------------0h2---0---------0--------| 
B|------------3----------------------3---------3------| 
G|-------2--------2----------------------0---------0--| 
D|-0--------0---0---0-----0--2---2--2--2----2----0----| 
A|--------------------0h2-----------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------0-----------| 

  G                             D 
e|---------------------------------------0-------------| 
B|-----3------3---2---0---------------------3----3-----| 
G|---------0--------------2---0-----2------------------| 
D|--0-----------0---0---0---0----0----0---0---0---0----| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-3-3---3--3------------------------------------------| 


D                               Em                       G                           D 
Everything to know about me is written on this page / The number you can reach me my  
social and my age 
Yes I served in the army it where I learned to shoot / 18 months in the desert pouring  
sand out of my boots 
Em                      D/F#      G 
No I ve never been convicted of a crime 
Em                         G      G  
I could start this job at anytime 

        D                            Em 
I got a strong back steel toes   I rarely call in sick 
     G                                     D 
A good truck, what I don't know I catch on real quick 
        D                                   Em 
I work week ends if I have to  nights and holidays 
         G                        D 
Give you 40 and then some   what ever it takes 
 Em                     D/F#     G 
Three dollars and change at the pump 
 Em               G           D 
Cost of livin's high and going up 

D                                   Em                      G                           D 
I put Robert down as a reference he's known me all my life /We attend the same church he  
introduced me to my wife 
Gave my last job everything before it headed south, / Put the shoes off of my childrens  
feet & the food out of their mouths 
Em                   D/F#      G 
Yesterday, my folks offered to help 
Em                         G 
But their barely gettin by themselves. 

Repeat Chorus 

Bridge

Em                                     D 
Im sure a hundred others have applied 
Em                               G 
Rumor has it your only taken five 

        D                        Em 
I got a strong back steel toes. I'm handy with a wrench 
  G                          D 
Nothin I can't drive. Nothin I can't fix 
        D                      Em 
I work sun up to sun down ain't proud to sweep the floor 
  G                                 D 
The bank has started calling and the wolves are at the  my door 
Em                      D/F#    G 
Three dollars and change at the pump 
Em                           G      D 
The cost of living is high and going up 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante