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Amy Winehouse

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

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

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Chords & lyrics

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              Intro: 
 
Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 (x2) 
 
Verse 1: 
 
Amaj7        Dmaj7  
 When I walk in your shoes 
  C#m7         E9 
I understand a man confused 
      Amaj7              Dmaj7  
There must have been but I don't care 
  C#m7              E9 
I feel the way your soul does there 
Amaj7         Dmaj7  
 Darling they empathise 
C#m7                  E9 
 Looking through your bloodshot eyes 
Amaj7                  Dmaj7  
 And I know you you're so frustrated 
C#m7                      E9 
 Above we all become what we once hated 
 
Bridge 1: 
 
   Bm7    E7         Bm7         E7 
Be slight nobody can be that wise 
 
Chorus 1: 
 
Amaj7             
 I can't help ya  
Dmaj7         
 If you won't  
E9         Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 
 Help your-self 
Amaj7             
 I can't help ya  
Dmaj7         
 If you don't  
E9         Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 
 Help your-self 
Amaj7               
 You can only get  
Dmaj7    E9           Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 
 So much from someone else 
Amaj7             
 I can't help ya  
Dmaj7         
 If you won't  
E9         Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 
 Help your-self 
 
Verse 2: 
 
Amaj7                  Dmaj7  
 You've got a degree a in philosophy 
C#m7                        E9 
 So you think you're clever-er than me 
    Amaj7             Dmaj7   
But I'm not just some drama queen 
         C#m7                E9 
Cos it's where you're at not where you've been 
   Amaj7          Dmaj7  
So what do you ex-pect from me 
   C#m7             E9 
To hold your head a-bove the sea 
    Amaj7              Dmaj7  
And there are you even though you're bigger 
    C#m7                        E9 
Cos don't you know you crush my tiny figure 
 
Bridge 2: 
 
    Bm7          E7          
And anyway we're still so young 
    Bm7        E7 
And this isn't yet the day 
 
Chorus 2: 
 
Amaj7             
 I can't help ya  
Dmaj7         
 If you won't  
E9         Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 
 Help your-self 
Amaj7             
 I can't help ya  
Dmaj7         
 If you don't  
E9         Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 
 Help your-self 
Amaj7               
 You can only get  
Dmaj7    E9           Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 
 So much from someone else 
Amaj7             
 I can't help ya  
Dmaj7         
 If you won't  
E9         Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9 
 Help your-self 
 
Middle 8: 
 
Dmaj7                         B7 
 You might be twenty-five but in my mind 
Amaj7         Ab Amaj7          F#7 
 I see you at sixteen years old most of the time 
Dmaj7                B7 
 And I'm just a child and you're full grown 
Bm7                           E9 
 And no I'm nothing like I've ever known  
 
Instrumental: 
 
Amaj7  Dmaj7  E9  
 
(Repeat to Fade)

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Chord set

Amaj7 · Dmaj7 · E9 · C#m7 · Bm7 · E7 · B7 · Ab · F#7

Practice tip

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