It Must Have Been Something I Said Chords

KeyA# Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays426

It Must Have Been Something I Said by Sonny Burgess is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A# with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Gadd9, G, Em, C, D, A, Dsus4 and Cadd9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A#
Text
16
Speed
  			 
 
Intro: (Gadd9)  (Gadd9) 
 
(G) Everyone said she was (Em) out of my league 
(C) She would never fall for a (D) guy like me 
Her (G) daddy had money, her (Em) mama had class 
Said I'd (C) need a foriegn car, and a (D) pocket full of cash 
But, (C) I won her heart with (D) 20 bucks 
A (C) 9 o'clock show and an (Dsus4) ugly tr(D)uck 
 
  There were no (Cadd9) vi(D)ol(Gadd9)ins 
  No (Cadd9) candle (D) light, like there (Gadd9) should've been 
  (Em) No red wine, to (D) go to her (Cadd9) head 
  So it must've been (D) something I (G) said (Em) 
  It (Cadd9) must've been (D) something I (Gadd9) said 
 
I (G) can't explain what (Em) happened that night 
There's (C) nothing romantic 'bout (D) burgers and fries 
But we (G) wound up sittin' on (Em) my tailgate 
Singing (C) Alabama songs, skippin' (D) rocks on the lake 
I (C) carved her name in a (D) Cottonwood tree 
Next (C) thing I knew, she was (D) kissing me 
(C) Why she did is still a (Dsus4) myster(D)y 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
We (Cadd9) talked about the moon 
Talked about milkshakes 
(Gadd9) Earthquakes and old cartoons 
I (Cadd9) told her my dreams 
She talked about the weather 
I (A) said I thought that love should last for(D)ever 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
  It (Cadd9) must've been (D) something I (Gadd9) said (Em)  
  It (Cadd9) had to be (D) something I (Gadd9) said  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante