You Really Got Me Chords
by Van Halen
You Really Got Me by Van Halen is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Am, A5, Bm, Em, D, C, F, G and E7/#9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Capo at 1st, transpose +1,(or leave like this to sing with baritones!)
Ask if you want chord fingering help. Note that the "Am" is really the riff more like
just an A5 power chord, etc than strumming an Am chord.
Intro: Am
Am
Girl, you really got me goin', you got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now
Am
Girl, you really got me now, you got me so I can't sleep at night
Bm
Girl, you really got me now, you got me so I don't know where I'm goin', yeah
Em
Girl, you really got me now, you got me so I can't sleep at night
Em D
You really got me, (oh), you really got me, (oh), you really got me
Am
Please, don't ever set me free, I only wanna be by your side
Am
Please, don't ever set me free, I only wanna be by your side
Bm
Girl, you really got me now, you got me so I don't know what I'm doin'
Em
Oh yeah, you really got me now, you got me so I can't sleep at night
Em D
You really got me, (oh), you really got me, (oh), you really got me
Solo: Am C-D Am F-G Am
Am
Am
Girl, you really got me goin', you got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now
Am
Girl, you really got me now, you got me so I can't sleep at night
Bm
Girl, you really got me now, you got me so I don't know where I'm goin', yeah
Em
Girl, you really got me now, you got me so I can't sleep at night
Em D
You really got me, (oh), you really got me, (oh), you really got me
Em E7/#9
Oh, oh, oh