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We Can't Stop

Boyce Avenue

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

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

C×○○
Em○○○○
Am×○○
F
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G○○○
D××○
A×○○
E○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              
 
Tuning: Standard ( 
) 
 
hide this tab Chords used 
   C      Em      Am       F   
e|-0-|   |-0-|   |-0-|   |-0-| 
B|-1-|   |-0-|   |-1-|   |-1-| 
G|-0-|   |-0-|   |-2-|   |-2-| 
D|-2-|   |-2-|   |-2-|   |-3-| 
A|-3-|   |-2-|   |-0-|   |-3-| 
E|-0-|   |-0-|   |-0-|   |-0-| 
 
Intro: 
   C     Em     Am    F 
e|-------------------------| 
B|-1-----0---------1-----1-| 
G|---0-----0---2-----2-----| 
D|-----2-----0---2-----3---| 
A|-3-----2-----0-----3-----| 
E|-------------------------| 
 
Verse: 
   C   Em  Am  F 
e|---------------| 
B|-1---0---1---1-| 
G|-0---0---2---2-| 
D|---------------| x2 
A|-3---2---0---3-| 
E|---------------| 
 
Bridge: 
   C         Em        Am        F 
e|-------------------------------------| 
B|-1-----1h3-0-----1p0-----1---------1-| 
G|---0---------0-------2-----2s4-2-----| 
D|-----2---------2-------2---------3---| 
A|-3---------2---------0---------3-----| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
Chorus: 
            C    
And we can't stop 
            Em 
And we won't stop 
                   Am 
Can't you see it's we who own the night 
                 F 
Can't you see it we who bout' that life 
            C    
And we can't stop 
            Em 
And we won't stop 
              Am 
We run things 
Things don't run we 
           F 
Don't take nothing from nobody 
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   C     Em     Am    F 
e|-------------------------| 
B|-1-----0---------1-----1-| 
G|---0-----0---2-----2-----| 
D|-----2-----0---2-----3---| 
A|-3-----2-----0-----3-----| 
E|-------------------------| 
 
Verse: 
   C   Em  Am  F 
e|---------------| 
B|-1---0---1---1-| 
G|-0---0---2---2-| 
D|---------------| x2 
A|-3---2---0---3-| 
E|---------------| 
 
Bridge: 
hide this tab    C         Em        Am        F 
e|-------------------------------------| 
B|-1-----1h3-0-----1p0-----1---------1-| 
G|---0---------0-------2-----2s4-2-----| 
D|-----2---------2-------2---------3---| 
A|-3---------2---------0---------3-----| 
E|-------------------------------------| 
 
Chorus: 
            C    
And we can't stop 
            Em 
And we won't stop 
                   Am 
Can't you see it's we who own the night 
                 F 
Can't you see it we who bout' that life 
            C    
And we can't stop 
            Em 
And we won't stop 
              Am 
We run things 
Things don't run we 
           F 
Don't take nothing from nobody 
 
Intro:  
hide this tab    C   Em  Am  F 
e|---------------| 
B|-1---0---1---1-| 
G|-0---0---2---2-| 
D|---------------| 
A|-3---2---0---3-| 
E|---------------| 
 
   C     Em     Am    F 
e|-------------------------| 
B|-1-----0---------1-----1-| 
G|---0-----0---2-----2-----| 
D|-----2-----0---2-----3---| 
A|-3-----2-----0-----3-----| 
E|-------------------------| 
 
Chorus/Outro: 
            C    
And we can't stop 
            Em 
And we won't stop 
                   Am 
Can't you see it's we who own the night 
                 F 
Can't you see it we who bout' that life 
              C    
And we can't stop 
             Em 
And we won't stop 
              Am 
We run things 
Things don't run we 
           F 
Don't take nothing from nobody 
C 
  It's our party we can do what we want to 
Em   
  It's our house we can love who we want to 
                     Am 
  Can't you see it's we who own the night 
                   F 
  Can't you see it we who bout' that life 
C 
  It's our song we can sing we if we want to 
Em 
  It's my mouth I can say what I want to 
             Am 
We run things 
Things don't run we 
F 
 'Cause we can't stop

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Chord set

C · Em · Am · F · B · G · D · A · E

Practice tip

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