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Damned If I Do Ya

All Time Low

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

E
A×
BDiagram coming soon
C×
D××
F
G

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              (intro 2x)  E   A   B   C   B   E   A   C B 
 
A    E         B      C           A 
  I fought it for a long time now 
      E        B               A 
While drowning in a river of denial 
  E          B         C 
I washed up, fixed up, picked up 
D                    B 
All my broken things 
 
A            E         B          C 
  'Cause you left me police tape, chalk line 
A       E            B 
Tequila shots in the dark scene of the crime 
A        E             B 
Suburban living with a feeling 
                   D              B 
That I'm giving up everything for you 
 
E                   A 
Oh, oh, oh, how was I supposed to know 
              C 
That you were o-o-over me? 
  B 
I think that I should go (Go!) 
    C                         B 
And something's telling me to leave but I won't 
           A (hold) 
'Cause I'm damned if I do ya, damned if I don't 
 
(bridge)   E   A   B   C   B   E   A   C   B 
 
A      E    B      C        A 
  It took a lot to take you home 
    E      B                   A 
One stupid call and I end up alone 
      E      B           C 
You made up, dressed up, messed up 
D                    B 
Plans I set in stone 
 
A         E       B         C 
  But you made me do when I don't like 
A              E            B 
Dancing in the alley with a street-rat night-life 
A          E             B 
Can't keep living with a feeling 
                   D              B 
That I'm giving up everything for you 
 
E                   A 
Oh, oh, oh, how was I supposed to know 
              C 
That you were o-o-over me? 
  B 
I think that I should go (Go!) 
    C                         B 
And something's telling me to leave but I won't 
           A (hold) 
'Cause I'm damned if I do ya, damned if I... 
 
             A 
Don't make a fool of myself 
         B    C 
When you hang around 
            A 
When you're gone 
                   B       C 
I'm a match that's burning out 
           A 
Could have been, should have done 
       F          G        A 
What I said I was going to do 
A  (hold) 
But I never promised you 
 
E                   A 
Oh, oh, oh, how was I supposed to know 
              C 
That you were o-o-over me? 
  B 
I think that I should go (Go!) 
   C                            B 
It never took a fool to see the things that I won't 
           A                  B 
'Cause I'm damned if I do ya, damned if I do ya 
 
E                  A 
Oh, oh, oh how was I supposed to know 
('Cause you left me, police tape, chalk line) 
              C              B 
That you were o-o-over me? I think that I should go 
(Tequila shots in the dark scene of the crime) 
C                         B 
Something's telling me to leave but I won't 
           A 
'Cause I'm damned if I do ya 
            B 
Damned if I D 
A 
Damned if I do ya 
Damned if I don't 
 
( E   A   B   C   B   E   A   C   B )  E 
          
 

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Chord set

E · A · B · C · D · F · G

Practice tip

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