Cant Be Done Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays448

Cant Be Done by Status Quo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, B, C#, D, A and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Can't Be Done 
Status Quo 
Back To Back 1983 
Greg Harper   [email protected] 

I like this one... 

E|-----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------| 
A|-------5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-------5-| 
E|-0-1-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1-2-3-| 

And so on.  The 

E|-0-1-2| 

riff is used throughout the song and is  
also heard sometimes to introduce the  
C chords but on the A string like this: 

A|-0-1-2| 


So here we go... 


G 
Everywhere I dare to go, the corners that I turn 
                                                      C 
Im sure to see a face I know, someone who doesnt earn 
                                                     G 
Thats all I ever get to hear is other peoples woe 

Lets climb into a rocket and well press the one and go 
B  C     C#    D             G 
Although they say it cant be done 
B    C   C#  D             G 
Dont say to me it cant be done 


Looking how we used to be, the way and what we wore 
The things we hoped the future held but always wanted more 
If God had meant for man to fly he would have given wings 
He didnt, so we have to make the best of everything 
So lets not say it cant be done 
Although they say it cant be done 


                    D              A 
Dont say to me everybody says it cant be done 
            F         C       G 
That there aint no chance at all 
   D             A 
Anybody can be right or wrong 
            F         C       G 
When there aint no chance at all 



Half the world is in a mess, the other half as well 
Ive got a feelin strange to me I wish that I could tell 

It wont be long before we push the button I am sure 
So throw away the key when I am locked behind the door 
Youre telling me it cant be done 
Stop telling me it cant be done 


Dont say to me everybody says it cant be done 
That there aint no chance at all 
Anybody can be right or wrong 
When there aint no chance at all 


Half the world is in a mess, the other half as well 
Ive got a feelin strange to me I wish that I could tell 
It wont be long before we push the button I am sure 
So throw away the key when I am locked behind the door 
Youre telling me it cant be done 
Stop telling me it cant be done 
Lets pray and pray it can be done 
Just pray and pray it can be done 
It can be done 
It can be done 
It can be done 


Happy rocking! 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
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