House Of Winston Chords

KeyD Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays383

House Of Winston by Shakey Graves is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G6, Bm, A6 and Gm. 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
  			
Tuning: D A D G B e 
 
 

Intro:
G6   G6   Bm 
A6   A6   Bm x2 


G6                          Bm   A6       Bm   G6 
And don't let your lipstick wear 
                      Bm   A6 
We'll make a swift escape 
Bm       G6                        Bm   A6       Bm  
Yeah, and use the rest to write it down 

Gm                                          Bm 
So that we can remember the way your father turned around 
                      A6 
To say, "Oh boy, just choose a side" 
          (X mute X) 
But I wanna waste your time 

G6   G6   Bm 
A6   A6   Bm 
(Yeah, I wanna waste your time) 

(X mute X)      (Open) 
Oh, into the night 

G6   G6   Bm 
A6   A6   Bm 


Then just repeat with: 

Oh, but don't let your lovin' show 
Oh, we'll find new home 
Yeah, and use the rest to build it 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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante