Barely Legal Chords
by The Strokes
Barely Legal by The Strokes is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
BARELY LEGAL
G
e---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------
A--5-5-5--7-------------5-5-5--7--------------
E-----------7-7-7-7-5-7----------7-7-7-7-5-7--
C
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B---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------
A--5-5-5--7-------------5-5-5--7--------------
E-----------7-7-7-7-5-7----------7-7-7-7-5-7--
G
I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
C
Aw mama runnin' out of luck
Well like my sister don't give a fuck
G
I wanna steal your innocence
To me my life it just don't make sense
C
Aw your strange manners, I love you so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat
Guitar Riff 1
e--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
B----2---2---2---2---4---4---4--4 x2
D--3---3---3---3--/5---5---5--5--
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
e--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
B----2---2---2---2---0---0---0--0 x2
D--3---3---3---3---2---2---2--2--
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
G
I should have worked much harder
I should have just not bothered
C
I never show up on weekdays
Somethin' that you learned yesterday
G
Drive you to work, you'll be on time
Your little problems, they're not yours they're mine
C
Come on listen to what I say
I got some secrets that'll make you stay
Am
I just want to turn you down
I just want a turn you around
C
You ain't never had nothin' I want but
Am
I want it all, I just can't figure out
G
Nothin'
G
And all together it went well
Em
We made pretend we were best friends
G
Then she said "Oh, you're a freak" / "Oh, I can wait"
Em
They ordered me to make mistakes
G
Together again, like the beginnin'
Em
It all works somehow in the end
G
The things we did, the things you hide
Em
But for the record it's between you and I
Am
I just want to misbehave
I just want to be your slave
C
You ain't got nothin' I want but
I want it all, I just can't
Am
Figure out
Nothin'
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