Doin It Right

Carly Pearce

PopMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              verse 1 
C 
I call 
                  C 
You wait a couple days to call back 
      Am 
And I thought we were past that 
     F 
Yeah we should be past that 
C 
You say 
     C 
Just enough of the right words 
Am 
Keeping your lines blurred 
F 
Yeah, that really works 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
   C 
Now you're giving me those 
C 
"What's wrong baby" eyes 
C 
And I'm like... 
 
 
Chorus 
C 
If you wanna burn us to the ground 
C 
Make sure that I never come back around 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
C 
If you wanna tear my heart in two 
C 
Make me never able want to think about you 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
       F 
You're doin' it right 
F 
Oh, you 
 
 
verse 2 
C 
You treat love 
               C 
Like it's some shitty little motel 
                     Am 
You check in and you check out like hell 
      F 
Well, in case you couldn't tell 
C 
I ain't your old guitar 
C 
That you leave out in the back of your car 
         Am 
That you never play 
                        F 
But you say that you're gonna play 
 
You're gonna play 
 
 
Chorus 
C 
If you wanna burn us to the ground 
C 
Make sure that I never come back around 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
C 
If you wanna tear my heart in two 
C 
Make me never able want to think about you 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
       F 
You're doin' it right 
 
 
Interlude 
C C Am F 
 
 
Bridge 
       C 
You're giving me those 
                     C 
"What's wrong baby" eyes 
             Am 
Yeah, you're doin' it right 
        F 
You're doin' it right 
 
 
Chorus 
C 
If you wanna burn us to the ground 
     C 
Make sure that I never come back around 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
C 
Yeah, boy, I'm calling your bluff 
C 
If you're dead-set on messin' this up 
       Am 
You're doin' it right 
       F 
You're doin' it right 
 
 
Outro 
C 
You're doin' it right 
                  Am 
You're doin' it right 
                                   C 
You're doin' it, you're doin' it right

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Chord set

C · Am · F

Practice tip

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