Government Cheese Live chords by Keb Mo

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Performance: live

Key: DmDm

Guitar riff thoughout the song
e|--------------------|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|--------------------|
G+G|--------------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|----------5----7----|-----5--------------|
A augmentedA|5----8--------------|5------8-5----------|
E MajorE|--------------------|--------------------|


🎸 Intro:

 Dm7Dm7
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 Gsus4Gsus4       G+G         Dm7Dm7
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🎸 Verse 1:
     Dm7Dm7
 Well its late in the evening and I am on my knees
    Gsus4Gsus4    G+G           Dm7Dm7
 Its a late in the evening and I am on my knees
  Asus4Asus4     A augmentedA      Gsus4Gsus4    G+G
 You know I'm so grateful
          Dm7Dm7
 for that government cheese  (government cheese)

🎸 Verse 2:
     Dm7Dm7
 Its a bad situation and I know my little friend Louise
      Gsus4Gsus4  G+G               Dm7Dm7
 Well, its a bad situation I know my little friend Louise
    Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA      Gsus4Gsus4     G+G
 She's a wizz in the kitchen she knows what to do
          Dm7Dm7
 with that government cheese  (government cheese)

🎸 Interlude:
 guitar solo
 A#Maj7A#maj7               Bm7/A
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 A#Maj7A#maj7               E7E7        G7G7
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 G7G7
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🎸 Verse 3:
 Dm7Dm7
 First thing tomorrow I'm gonna find me a full time job
 Gsus4Gsus4    G+G                    Dm7Dm7
 First thing tomorrow I'm gonna find me a full time job
      Asus4Asus4   A augmentedA         Gsus4Gsus4   G+G
I'm gonna make my own paycheck I will not steal
       Dm7Dm7
and will not rob         I got that(government cheese)

 Keyboard solo
 Dm7Dm7
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 Gsus4Gsus4       G+G         Dm7Dm7
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 Asus4Asus4  A augmentedA    Gsus4Gsus4  G+G    Dm7Dm7
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 A#Maj7A#maj7               Bm7/A
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 A#Maj7A#maj7               E7E7        G7G7
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 G7G7
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🎸 Verse 4:
Dm7Dm7
   I don't like baloney and I don't speak Japanese
 Gsus4Gsus4    G+G             Dm7Dm7
 I don't like baloney and I don't speak Japanese
          Asus4Asus4   A augmentedA          Gsus4Gsus4  G+G
 Yeah, now when you make my macaroni I want you to make it with
        Dm7Dm7
the government cheese          (government cheese)

🎸 Outro:
 Dm7Dm7
 repeat

End with guitar + bass riff:
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G+G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|----------5----7----|-----5--------------|7----5--------------|
A augmentedA|5----8--------------|5------8-5----------|-------8-5----------|
E MajorE|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|