Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 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+G
A minorAm
DmDm
DmDm
A minorAm
G+G
G+G
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
G minorGm
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
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Despite Repeated Warnings' by Paul McCartney, a male rock artist from Liverpool, England. Paul McCartney was born in 1942. Paul McCartney is known for his philosophical rock/pop music.