Understand, Man Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays598

Understand, Man by Young Lights is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, E, A, B and G#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#m
Text
16
Speed
  			                C#m 
Take me by your hand 
E                     A 
  Make me feel like a new man 
                  C#m 
It helps me understand, man 
E                    A 
  It helps me understand, man 

C#m 
Listen to the sad bands 
E                          A 
  Get drunk on weekdays me and myself and 
                  C#m 
It helps me understand, man 
E                    A 
  It helps me understand, man 

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------7--5--4--------| 
B|-----5-----7--5--------5-----9--7--5--------------5-----7--5-----5-----------------555| 
G|--6-----6-----------6-----6--------------------6-----6--------6-----6--------------666| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------777| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

                           C#m 
Now she's with a different man 
         E                          A 
Hand in hand, well that used to be my hand 
              C#m 
I don't understand 
            E             A 
God please help me understand 
                             C#m 
So I'm taping bottles to my hands 
                          E 
Breaking bottles cause I can 
                        A 
Well it helps me understand 
                  C#m 
I'm staring at a blank wall 
                 E          A 
Waiting for the ceiling to fall 
                        A 
Well it helps me understand 

         C#m     E   A 
I don't need her anymore 
            C#m         E             A 
Where's the kid that we used to know gone? 
        C#m      E . A 
I don't need her anymore 
            C#m         E .       A 
Where's the kid that we used to know? 

He's gone 

        6x           5x            6x (2x) 
E|------------------------------------| 
B|------5------------0--------------5-| 
G|------6------------9--------------6-| 
D|------6------------9--------------7-| 
A|------4------------7--------------7-| 
E|-------------------0----------------| 

B 
Heeeee 

( A  G#m  C#m  B  A ) 

A                             G#m 
  Well the last time I had my eyes on you 

C#m         B                   A 
   Was the first time I really saw you 

A                          G#m 
   And to this day I have dreams of you 
C#m               B             A 
    Yeah, my bed has kept that part of you 
A                   G#m 
   No one has your lips and your hair 
                       C#m 
Your lips and that stare 
           B         A 
But I see you everywhere 

I fucking go 

Solo 

E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----19----17----14----12----12-10-9--10-9---9h10p9--------| 
G|--------18----16----13----11-------------------------11-9--| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----19----17----14----12-10-9--10-9------9h10p9------------9h10p9------------9h10p9-----14-12-10-9--| 
G|--------18----16----13-----------------------------9h11p9------------9h11p9--------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

                            C#m                              E                           A 
So I'm taping bottles to my hands, breaking bottles cause I can, well it helps me understand 
                   C#m                       E 
I'm staring at a blank wall waiting for the ceiling to fall 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante