Shut Down (A Major)
Artist:
Beach Boys, The
Strum Pattern:
D D U D D U
Roman Numerals:
I, m3, IV, v7
Instrument:
Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]
Entered by:
Leadpencil9
A
(A,C♯,E)
-
A
E
A
C♯
E
C
(C,E,G)
-
C
E
G
C
E
D
(D,F♯,A)
-
-
D
A
D
F♯
Em7
(E,G,B,D)
E
B
E
G
D
E
Intro
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third
]
Tack it up, Tack it up,
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
buddy gonna
[
Em7
Minor 7th Chord (U,m3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
shut you
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
down
Verse
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
it happened on the strip where the road is wide
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Two cool shorts standing side by side
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Yeah, my
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
fuel-injected Stingray and a 413
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Revin' up our engines and it sounds real mean
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third
]
Tack it up, Tack it up,
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
buddy gonna
[
Em7
Minor 7th Chord (U,m3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
shut you
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
down
Verse
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Declining numbers at an even rate
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
At the count of one we both accelerate
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
My
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Stingray is light, the slicks are startin' to spin
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
But the
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
413's really diggin' in
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third
]
Gotta be cool now,
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
power shift
[
Em7
Minor 7th Chord (U,m3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
here we
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
go
Verse
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Super stock dodge is winding out in low
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
But my
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
fuel-injected Stingray's really startin' to go
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
To
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
get the traction I'm riding my clutch
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
My
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
pressure plate's burinin' that machines too much
Verse
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Pedal's to the floor, hear his dual quads drink
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
And now the 413's lead is starting to shrink
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
He's hot with ram induction, but it's understood
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
I got a
fuel-injected engine sitting' under my hood
Outro
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third
]
Shut it off, shut it off,
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
buddy now
[
Em7
Minor 7th Chord (U,m3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
I shut you
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
down
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third
]
Shut it off, shut it off,
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
buddy now
[
Em7
Minor 7th Chord (U,m3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
I shut you
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
down
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