Before You Accuse Me
Bo Diddley
RockMedium for beginners5 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
E
B7Diagram coming soon
E7
A7
A
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: Before you accuse me Take a look at yourself Before you accuse me Take a look at yourself You say I been spending my money on other women But you been running with somebody else I called your mama 'Bout three or four nights ago I called your mama 'Bout three or four nights ago Well, your mother said "Son don't call my daughter no more" Before you accuse me Take a look at yourself Before you accuse me Take a look at yourself Well, you say I been running around E B7 But you got somebody else Break B7 E E7 Come on back home, baby A7 E Try my love one more time A A7 Come on back home, baby E Try my love one more time B7 A7 Well now you've been gone away so long E B7 I'm about to lose my mind E E7 Before you accuse me A7 E E E7 Take a look at yourself A A7 Before you accuse me E E E7 Take a look at yourself B7 A7 Well now, you say I been buyin' other women clothes E You been taken money from somebody else E7 A7 B7 E
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Chord set
E · B7 · E7 · A7 · A
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.