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Michigan Left (acoustic)

Arkells

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon
G
D××
A×
E
C×
Em
Am×
E5Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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hide this tab    E5 
e|--X--| 
B|--5--| 
G|--4--| 
D|--2--|   
A|--X--|  
E|--X--| 
 
 
Intro  G C Em G x2 
 
 
G          C               Em    G 
Driving to work, I had the radio on,  
G       C           Em           G 
Only to hear Curtis Granderson's gone. 
  G            C    Em       G    
Reminders they come in empty lots,  
G     C          Em         G 
sixty-seven took these city blocks. 
 
 
       Am          G         E5   D 
Can we meet in the middle?   Woah-Oh 
      Am         G         E5   D 
Can I turn you around?   
              Am     G          E5   D 
I said, "let's talk a little    Woah-Oh 
           Am     G          E5   D 
and we can go downtown." 
     C     G       E5   D 
Decorations        Woah-Oh 
         C    G       E5   D 
won't be wasted, oh no 
        C    G     E5       D 
I'll be taking any beauty I see 
         C     G               E5   D 
And I'll try to give it to ya. 
 
 
G C Em G x2 
 
 
G         C         Em    G 
Let's not hear that story again,  
G          C        Em       G 
One that's drilled in to our heads. 
G         C    Em             G 
I'll hold dear neighbours and friends,  
G        C    Em       G 
Who hold dear ideas of dissent. 
 
 
       Am          G         E5   D 
Can we meet in the middle?   Woah-Oh 
      Am         G        E5   D 
Can I turn you around?   
              Am     G          E5   D 
I said, "let's talk a little    Woah-Oh 
           Am     G          E5   D 
and we can go downtown." 
     C     G       E5   D 
Decorations        Woah-Oh 
         C    G       E5   D 
won't be wasted, oh no 
        C    G     E5       D 
I'll be taking any beauty I see 
         C     G               E5   D 
And I'll try to give it to ya. 
 
 
G    C G   E5 D   C G                 ~~little riff/solo over this~~ 
 
 
G        C         Em          G 
I was confused the day that we met,  
G          C            Em       G 
All I kept hearing was "Michigan Left". 
      G       C                 Em       G 
Those old nicknames, they don't make any sense 
        G          C       Em    G 
He said let me explain... 
 
 
     C     G       E5   D 
Decorations        Woah-Oh 
         C    G       E5   D 
won't be wasted, oh no 
        C    G     E5       D 
I'll be taking any beauty I see 
         C     G               E5   D 
And I'll try to give it to ya. 
 
     C     G       E5          D 
Decorations        Woah        Oh 
            (Can we meet in the middle!) 
         C    G        E5       D 
won't be wasted, oh no 
                (Can I turn you around!) 
        C    G     E5       D 
I'll be taking any beauty I see 
         C     G                           E5     D 
And I'll try to give it to ya. 
                              (I said lets talk a little bit!) 
 
C  G  E5  D x2 
 
G    C G    C G    C G    ~~listen for the timing of this in the youtube link at the end of the video~~ 
          
 

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Chord set

B · G · D · A · E · C · Em · Am · E5

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.