Ladykiller (acoustic) Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays422

Ladykiller (acoustic) by The Horrible Crowes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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Intro: C G F 

Am 
Watch me slide over here 
F 
Feel me breathe over there 
Am 
I've seen a ghost in a willow 
F 
Must've lost his lover somewhere 
Am 
I've been around a few times 
F 
Never caught a fever like you 
Am 
Never seen me a woman 
F 
Turn a deeper shade of blue 

C                     G 
And you must've met a man 
F 
Tall and handsome at that 
C                               G 
Who must've put a spell on you, baby 
F 
Must've kept on coming back 
C                             G 
Cause I can smell him in your skin 
F 
I bet I taste him in your blood 
C                           G 
Must be all the young boys, baby 
F 
Lady killer got the two of us 

Am 

Am 
And how about this for a good one 
F 
Maybe we don't ever come down 
Am 
I can leave the wound wide open 
F 
And maybe see if I can tough it out 
Am 
Let it pour over my head 
F 
All your shame and your history 
Am 
And see if I say a thing 
F 
As it rolls up inside of me 

C                     G 
And you must've met a man 
F 
Tall and handsome at that 
C                               G 
Who must've put a spell on you, baby 
F 
Must've kept on coming back 
C                             G 
Cause I can smell him in your skin 
F 
I bet I taste him in your blood 
C                           G 
Must be all the young boys, baby 
F 
Lady killer got the two of us 

Am 

C 
Don't you say it feels like heaven 
Em 
If you could sleep through the night 
C         G                 F 
I used to just lay down and close my eyes 
C 
And it would feel like heaven 
Em 
If I could sleep for a while 
C         G                     F 
I used to float right above the fire 

C                     G 
And you must've met a man 
F 
Tall and handsome at that 
C                               G 
Who must've put a spell on you, baby 
F 
Must've kept on coming back 
C                             G 
Cause I can smell him in your skin 
F 
I bet I taste him in your blood 
C                           G 
Must be all the young boys, baby 
F 
Lady killer got the two of us 

C  G 

F 
Lady killer got the both of us 
C                           G 
F 
Young boys, baby 
C                           G 
F 
Young boys, baby 

end on: C 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante