Francine Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays587

Francine by ZZ Top is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and D. 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 
E-------------------| 
B-10b11-10------6-5-| 
G-10b11-10------5-5-| 
D-----------5h7---5-| x2 
A-------------------| 
E-------------------| 
 
C 
Got a girl, her name's Francine, 
C 
finest thing you ever seen. 
G                                 C 
And I love her, she's all that I want. 
G                                 C 
And I need her, she's all that I need. 
 
C 
Well, Francine, oh Francis, why 
C 
do you love me and make me cry? 
G                                 C 
How I love her, she's all that I want. 
G                                 C 
How I need her, she's all that I need. 
 
F 
If I ever caught her with Stevie P 
F                           C 
I'd throw her back in the Penitentiary, now. 
F 
And if I caught her with my mother's son 
G 
I'll call her daddy and get my gun. 
 
repeat intro riff x2 
 
guitar solo - F C F D 
                  E---------------------------- 
                  B-8p7---10p7----8p7---10p7--- 
                  G-----7------7------7------7- 
                  D-----7------7------7------7- 
                  A---------------------------- 
                  E---------------------------- 
 
C 
My Fancine just turned thirteen, 
C 
she's my angelic teenage queen. 
G                                 C 
And I love her, she's all that I want. 
G                                 C 
And I need her, she's all that I need. 
G                                 C 
And I love her, she's all that I want. 
G                                 C 
And I need her, she's all that I need. 
G                                 C 
And I love her, she's all that I want. 
G                                 C 
And I need her, she's all that I need. 
 
 

    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante