Despite Repeated Warnings chords by Paul McCartney

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Part I

Chorus 1:
A augmentedA AM7       A7A7
Despite repeated warnings
B7B7      DmDm E7E7
Our danger's up ahead
A augmentedA  E minorEm         D MajorD
The captain won't be listening
D MajorD         E MajorE
To what's been said

Verse 1:
A augmentedA AM7         A7A7
It feels that there's a good chance
B7B7      DmDm   E7E7
That we have been misled
A augmentedA  E minorEm        D MajorD
And so the captain's planning
D MajorD    E7E7
To steam ahead


Verse 2:
A minorAm       G+G
What can we do, what can we do
FF
What can we do to stop
FF      E7E7
This foolish plan going through
A minorAm       G2
What can we do, what can we do
FF               E MajorE
This band is 'bout to lose his ship and his crew
C majorC D MajorD

Chorus 2:
A augmentedA AM7       A7A7
Despite repeated warnings
B7B7       DmDm    E MajorE
From those who ought to know
A augmentedA     E minorEm       D MajorD
Well, he's got his own agenda
D MajorD      E7E7
And so he'll go

Bridge:
A minorAm
Those who shout the loudest
G2
Will not always be the smartest
FF
But they have their proudest moments
E7E7
Right before they fall
A minorAm
Red sky in the morning
G2
Doesn't ever seem to faze him
FF
But a sailor's warning signal
E7E7
Should concern us all
C majorC D MajorD

Part II

G minorGm

Chorus:
G minorGm     E minorEm
How can we stop him?
C minorCm        G minorGm
Grab the keys and lock him up
G minorGm    E minor 7Em7   C minorCm       G minorGm
If we can do it, we can save the day


Verse 3:
C9C9
The engineer lives with his wife and daughter, Janet
E minor 7Em7
But he misses them so
C9C9
Although he's working with the best crew on the planet (The best crew on the planet!)
E minor 7Em7
We'll never want him to go
C7C7
He had a premonition
C7C7
He said that something's wrong
E minorEm
And by his own admission
E minorEm
He knew it all along
C9C9
The captain's crazy but he doesn't let them know it
E minor 7Em7
He'll take us with him if we don't do something soon to slow it
C majorC G minorGm C majorC G minorGm

Chorus:
G minorGm     E minorEm
How can we stop him?
C minorCm        G minorGm
Grab the keys and lock him up
G minorGm    E minorEm   C minorCm       G minorGm
If we can do it, we can save the day
G minorGm
DmDm A minorAm G+G G MajorG A minorAm DmDm
Dm A minorAm G+G G MajorG A minorAm DmDm

Bridge 3:
E7E7
No brakes, the engineer cries
E7b5E7b5
No one's gonna leave us when the temperatures rise
E7E7
The wheel's going up, the engine's gonna blow
E7E7            A minorAm   E minorEm
And we are gonna be left down below
A minorAm   E minorEm
Down below
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
E minorEm G+G B minorBm D MajorD
G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD G minorGm
Gm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD

Interlude 1:
C majorC   G minorGm
Yes we can do it
C majorC    G minorGm
Yeah, we can do it now
C majorC   G minorGm    C majorC
Yes we can do it
G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD
G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD

Interlude 2:
C majorC    G minorGm
Yes, we can do it
C majorC    G minorGm
Yeah, we can do it now
C majorC    G minorGm
Yes, we can do it
C majorC    G minorGm
Yeah, we can do it now
C majorC    G minorGm
Yes, we can do it
C majorC    G minorGm
Yeah, we can do it now
C majorC G minorGm
Oh yeah
C majorC G minorGm

Verse 4:
Eb MajorEb
If life would work out the way you plan it
DmDm
It wouldn't be so fine for the wife and Janet
Eb MajorEb
Sometimes you might have to battle through it
DmDm
And that's the way you learn
DmDm
How you got to do it


Intelude 3:
DmDm        C majorC   G+G
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh
G+G         A minorAm   DmDm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
DmDm        C majorC   G+G
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
G+G         A minorAm   DmDm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
C majorC D MajorD

Chorus 3:
A augmentedA AM7       A7A7
Despite repeated warnings
B7B7      DmDm E7E7
Our danger's up ahead
A augmentedA     E minorEm       D MajorD
While the captain wasn't listening
D MajorD      E7E7
To what was said


Outro:
A minorAm
So we went to the captain (What can we do / For those who shout the loudest)
G2
And we told him to turn around (What can we do / May not always be the smartest)
FF
But he laughs in our faces (What can we do / But they have their proudest moments)
E7E7
Says that we are mistaken (Right before they fall)
A minorAm
So we gather around him (What can we do / Red sky in the morning)
G2
Now the ropes that have bound him (What can we do / Doesn't ever seem to phase him)
FF
Know that he shouldn't listen (What can we do / But a sailor's warning signal)
E7E7
(Should concern us all)
E7E7
To the will of the people
C majorC
It's the will of the people
D MajorD
It's the will of the people
E MajorE