Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
E MajorE A minorAm
Just keep right on walking
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Just keep right on walking
Instrumental:
BB
E MajorE
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
D MajorD A augmentedA
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
E MajorE
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
F#F# BB
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Verse:
E MajorE
Don't dilly-dally, come right home
D MajorD A augmentedA
I don't see why I must go home
E MajorE
When in the streets the niceties
F#F# BB
Come pouring out and over me
E MajorE
Its three o'clock and here they come
D MajorD A augmentedA
So many that my eyes are numb
E MajorE
Familiar faces each and all
F#F# BB
But I've been ordered not to stall
Chorus:
E MajorE C#C# F# minorF#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
E MajorE C#C# F# minorF#m
I know that you're all OK, but
A augmentedA BB
My orders come from high above me
A minorAm BB
About a foot or two above me
Verse:
E MajorE
The merry band of "How are you's"
D MajorD A augmentedA
In tweedy suits and pointy shoes
E MajorE
They offer me a ride in style
F#F# BB
And something sweet to make me smile
E MajorE
I hate to hurt their feelings so
D MajorD A augmentedA
But I'm supposed to tell them no
E MajorE
My parents say the world is cruel
F#F# BB
I think that they prefer it cruel
Chorus:
E MajorE C#C# F# minorF#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
E MajorE C#C# F# minorF#m
I know that you're all OK, but
A augmentedA BB
My orders come from high above me
A minorAm BB
About a foot or two above me
Interlude:
E MajorE A minorAm
Just keep right on walking
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Just keep right on walking
E MajorE A minorAm
Just keep right on walking
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Just keep right on walking
Instrumental:
BB
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# BB
Chorus:
E MajorE C#C# F# minorF#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
E MajorE C#C# F# minorF#m
I know that you're all OK, but
A augmentedA BB
My orders come from high above me
A minorAm BB
About a foot or two above me
Chorus:
E MajorE C#C# F# minorF#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
F#F# D#D# G# minorG#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
G#G# FF BbmBbm
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
C minorCm C#C#
Anyway, anyway
Outro:
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# BB
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# BB
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# BB
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# BB
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# BB
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# BB