All She Wrote Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays453

All She Wrote by The Kinks is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords Em, D, Cmaj7, C, G, E, A, B, Bm and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro Em  D Cmaj7 (hold)    Em  D    C    G         E  D  A  D x2 

E       D           A       D        E         D          A            D 
All she wrote was a goodbye letter  "It's over for us, to tell you the truth  
E             D      A    D     E           D          A           B 
I've met this person in a disco He's really special, reminds me of you  
Bm           A            E        A       B      A        E     A     
"Now you can mix in those swinging circles Single bars and gay cafes  
B           A        E             A               F# 
With pickup lines to impress young schoolgirls And big Australian barmaids"  

B      A       E     A  B      A            E         A         B 
That's all she wrote    On the back of that old brown envelope  
B            A        E      A      F# 
A few killer lines to get my goat       That's all she wrote  
B   A      E A    B   A     E 
ooh o      o o    ooh o       
E       D             A       D      E               D          A            D 
All she wrote on that goodbye letter      "It's over for us, to tell you the truth  
E          D        A    D     E                D    A        B   
And my new man is a vegetarian      He laughs a lot, not like you"  
Bm        A          E        A        B     A          E      A     
Picked up one of her old love letters   "You are such a caring man"  
B      A                E            A     F# 
Such a change from that cold, bitter scam    Of what I was, and what I am  

 B     A       E     A  B      A            E         A          B 
That's all she wrote    On the back of that old brown envelope  
B            A        E      A      F#                        E       D 
A few killer lines to get my goat       That's all she wrote  
D                              E      F#                                E     D 
"Did you ever really love me               ? Did you ever really care?  
D                                      E   F#                         E    D 
Now you're free to live your fantasy             And I'm not there  
D                                         E  F#                                        F# E D 
To cramp your style and blow your cover           Now you're free to take your lover  
D                                     ://E     D    A   D ://: x4 
To titty bars and low life clubs"     o        o    o   o 

All she wrote is a goodbye letter "It's over for us, to tell you the truth  
I've met this person in a disco He's really special, reminds me of you  
"So don't pretend to be a new man Be chauvinistic, that's your way  
Now you're free to make your play For that big Australian barmaid  
(Big Australian barmaid) Big Australian barmaid" 
That's all she wrote On the back of that old brown envelope  
                                                                 F# (hold) 
A few killer lines in that suicide note That's all she wrote 
    	

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100 BPM Andante