1-2-3 Chords
1-2-3 by The Professionals is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, E, A, F#, B, C and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D D G E A x2
D
You don't know if I'm a berk
A
And you don't care if I go to work
D
As long as I keep marching up and down
A
Up and down your parade ground.
G F# D D D
What's the use in saying what you mean?
G F# D D D
Just wash yourself and keep your body clean.
A
I know I got a dirty face
A
I know I'm looking out of place
A
I know I got mess on my shoes
G B C C#
What am I supposed to do?
D G
And it's 1 - I'm on the run
E A
And it's 2 - I dunno what I've done
D G
And it's 3 - you're telling me
E A
I'm still a baby.
D A x2
A
What am I doing standing here
D
Training to be a brigadier?
A
You're telling me to be a man
D
Why can't you just understand?
G F# D D D
What's the use in saying what you mean?
G F# D D D
Just wash yourself and keep your body clean.
A
I know I got a dirty face
A
I know I'm looking out of place
A
I know I got mess on my shoes
G B C C#
What am I supposed to do?
D G
And it's 1 - I'm on the run
E A
And it's 2 - I dunno what I've done
D G
And it's 3 - you're telling me
E A
I'm still a baby.
D G
And it's 1 - I'm on the run
E A
And it's 2 - I dunno what I've done
D G
And it's 3 - you're telling me
E A A A A
I'm still a baby, a baby, a baby, a baby...
D G
And it's 1 - I'm on the run
E A
And it's 2 - I dunno what I've done
D G
And it's 3 - you're telling me
E A
I'm still a baby.
D G
And it's 1 - I'm on the run
E A
And it's 2 - I dunno what I've done
D G
And it's 3 - you're telling me
E A A A A D
I'm still a baby, a baby, a baby, a baby-y