Cup Of Tea chords by Kacey Musgraves

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 5th

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

Difficulty: Novice


In the intro and the chorus Kacey plays this little riff while strumming G:

e|------------------|
BB|------------------|
G+G|------------------|
D MajorD|------------------|
A augmentedA|-----/2--3--2--0--|
E MajorE|--3---------------|

/=hammer-on

Intro:

G+G G MajorG A minorAm D MajorD
G+G G MajorG A minorAm D MajorD

Verse 1:
 B minorBm          C/GC/G
Maybe your jacket is a hand-me down
 B minorBm              C/GC/G
Maybe you slept with half of your hometown
 B minorBm             C/GC/G     D MajorD
In a world of squares maybe you're just round

Chorus:
     G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD       G+G
You can't be everybody's cup of tea
A minorAm      D MajorD         E minorEm
Some like the bitter, some the sweet
     B minorBm
Nobody's everybody's favorite,
    C/GC/G        E minor 7Em7       A minorAm
So you might as well just make it how you please
D MajorD     G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD       G+G A minorAm D MajorD
You can't be, everybody's cup of tea


Verse 2:
 B minorBm            C/GC/G
Maybe you're working at a hotel bar
 B minorBm               C/GC/G
Maybe you're still driving your high school car
 B minorBm               C/GC/G   D MajorD
Maybe you still don't know just who you are

Chorus:

     G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD       G+G
You can't be everybody's cup of tea
A minorAm      D MajorD         E minorEm
Some like the bitter, some the sweet
     B minorBm
Nobody's everybody's favorite,
    C/GC/G        E minor 7Em7       A minorAm
So you might as well just make it how you please
D MajorD     G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD       G+G A minorAm D MajorD
You can't be, everybody's cup of tea


Bridge:
 G+G
Maybe you married the wrong person first
 A minorAm
Maybe your hair's way too long
 B minorBm
Your sister's in jail
              C/GC/G
Or maybe you failed out of college

But, hey, life goes on
    A minorAm          G+G
We've all got the right to be wrong

Interlude:

G+G A minorAm D MajorD
G+G A minorAm D MajorD
G+G A minorAm D MajorD
G+G A minorAm D MajorD

Chorus 2:

     G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD       G+G
You can't be everybody's cup of tea
A minorAm       D MajorD         E minorEm
Some like it black, some like it green
     B minorBm
Nobody's everybody's favorite,
    C/GC/G        E minor 7Em7       A minorAm
So you might as well just make it how you please
D MajorD     G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD       G+G A minorAm D MajorD
You can't be, everybody's cup of tea


Chorus:

     G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD       G+G
You can't be everybody's cup of tea
A minorAm      D MajorD         E minorEm
Some like the bitter, some the sweet
     B minorBm
Nobody's everybody's favorite,
    C/GC/G        E minor 7Em7       A minorAm
So you might as well just make it how you please
D MajorD     G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD       G+G
You can't be, everybody's cup of tea

 A minorAm      D MajorD
Why would you want to be?

Outro:

G+G A minorAm D MajorD x 12

Other versions of Cup Of Tea

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