I Can't Quit Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays489

I Can't Quit by The Vaccines is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Em and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 
C F C F 

verse 1 
C 
Hangin' around, hittin' the ground 
C 
Dead in the water 
F 
Suckin' it up, fuckin' it up 
F 
With her favourite daughter 
C 
Take the swing, everything 
C 
Goin' 'round in circles 
F 
Takin' a hit, this is it 
F 
I'm over it 

Hook 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 
F 
  I'm over it 

verse 2 
C 
Shootin' it up, cuttin' up 
C 
With broken glasses 
F 
Haven't I been loving love 
F 
And in the classes 
C 
Get your man 
C 
And go to work out with your sister 
F 
Talkin' about brother's fame 
F 
I'm over it 

Hook 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 
F 
  I'm over it 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 
F 
  I'm over it 

Refrain 
Em                      F 
  You can't change me, can you? 
     F                       G 
You can't offer that much to me 
        Em                  F 
Oh you can't offer change, can you? 
       F                       G 
And I can't offer that much to you 

verse 3 
C 
Havin' it out, livin' in doubt 
C 
But no defenses 
F 
Tighten the rope, and talkin' to hope 
F 
In different tenses 
C 
Callin' my friends and tellin' 
C 
The only one that answers 
F 
It's hard to make brother sick 
F 
I'm over it 

Hook 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 
F 
  I'm over it 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 

Refrain 
Em                      F 
  You can't change me, can you? 
     F                       G 
You can't offer that much to me 
        Em                  F 
Oh you can't offer change, can you? 
       F                       G 
And I can't offer that much to you 

Instrumental 
C F C F 

Outro 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 
F 
  I'm over it 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 
F 
  I'm over it 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 
F 
  I'm over it 
C               F 
Oooh  I can't quit 
F 
  I'm over it 
    	

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