I Really Don't Want To Know Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays409

I Really Don't Want To Know by Solomon Burke is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, B, E7 and Gb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
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Intro: 
 A     E            B       E    B 
(Oh, I really don't want to know-ow.) 

 
E        A         E 
How many arms have held you, and hated  
   E7      A 
to let you go? 
A                         E   A 
How many, oh, how many, I won-der? 
      E            B                   E   B 
But I really don't want, I don't wanna know. 


    E        A         E 
Oh, how many lips have kissed you and set,  
               A     E         A 
set your soul aglow, yes, they did. 
                          E             A 
How many, oh, how many, I wonder, yes I do? 
      E            B       E 
But I really don't want to know. 


Bridge: E A E A Gb B Gb B 


 
     E              A           E 
Just let it, let it remain your secret. 
                           B        A 
Oh, for darling, darling I love you so. 
                    Gb        E      A 
No wonder, yeah, no wonder, I wonder. 
             E            B 
Mmm, cause I really don't want, I don't wanna  
E    A E 
know. 
    	

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