How Could You Want Him (acoustic) Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays407

How Could You Want Him (acoustic) by Spin Doctors is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Bb and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro:  G G  C C   G G  C C  (4x)

verse 1: 

G          C            G        C 
I'm quite contented to take my chances 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G           C               G    C 
Against the Guildensterns & Rosenkrantzes 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G       C         G      C 
It's a matter of Cain & Abel 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

    G               C          G         C 
And I can feel your knee underneath the table 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  




Bb                        A 
He doesn't dangle by the seraphim 
Bb                       A 
He only wants a pretty face by him so 
Bb                               A        C         G 
How could you want him when you know you could have me? 

Break:  G G  C C   G G  C C  



verse 2: 

G               C              G         C 
See the pigeons peck & peck to pay their dues 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

             G             C           G          C 
 But they'll peck a little extra to resole their shoes 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G             C        G        C 
He's with the pigeons pecking crumbs 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G          C         G                   C 
I'm on my deathbed bleeding with the cherubim 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  



Chorus:

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante