Positively 4th Street Chords
by The Byrds
Positively 4th Street by The Byrds is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Cm, D and Dsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Written by Bob Dylan. This is The Byrds version.
Intro:
G C Cm G
You got a lotta nerve
G D C G D Dsus4 D
To say you are my friend
G C Cm G
When I was down
G D C G D
You just stood there grinning
G C Cm G
You got a lotta nerve
G D C G D Dsus4 D
To say you gota helping hand to lend
G C Cm G
You just want to be on
G D C G D
The side that's winning
G C Cm G
You say I let you down
D C G D Dsus4 D
You know it's not like that
G C Cm G
If you're so hurt
G D C G D
Why then don't you show it
G C Cm G
You say you lost your faith
G D C G D Dsus4 D
But that's not where it's at
G C Cm G
You had no faith to lose
G D C G D
And you know it
G C Cm G
I know the reason
G D C G D Dsus4 D
That you talk behind my back
G C Cm G
I used to be among the crowd
G D C G D
You're in with
G C Cm G
Do you take me for such a fool
G D C G D Dsus4 D
To think I'd make contact
G C Cm G
With the one who tries to hide
G D C G D
What he don't know to begin with
G C Cm G
You see me on the street
D C G D Dsus4 D
You always act surprised
G C Cm G
You say, "How are you?" "Good luck"
G D C G D
But you don't mean it
G C Cm G
Y ou've got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend
G D C G D Dsus4 D
When you know as well as me
G C Cm G
You'd rather see me paralyzed
G D C G D
Why don't you just come out once
G C Cm G
And scream it
G D C G D Dsus4 D
No, I do not feel that good
G C Cm G
When I see the heartbreaks you embrace
G D C G D
If I was a master thief
G C Cm G
Perhaps I'd rob them
G D C G D Dsus4 D
And now I know you're dissatisfied
G C Cm G
With your position and your place
G D C G D
Don't you understand
G D C G D
It's not my problem
G D C G D Dsus4 D
I wish that for just one time
G C Cm G
You could stand inside my shoes
G D C G D
And just for that one moment
G C Cm G
I could be you
G D C G D Dsus4 D
Yes, I wish that for just one time
G C Cm G
You could stand inside my shoes
G D C G D
You'd know what a drag it is
G C Cm G
To see you
ENJOY!