Miss Ferguson Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays401

Miss Ferguson by Cory Branan is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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16
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Intro: G D C D (4X) 

G                       D      C 
In a town where you can sum up every girl with just  
    D 
one sentence 
G       D        C              D 
Give or take the subject or the verb 
G         D           C          D 
She shows up like the devil said penance 
G             D       C        D 
Won't nothin' ever be clear no more 

G D C D (2X) 

G       D                    C           D 
She got hired on down at the Last Chance Diner 
G         D            C         D 
She works all the same shifts as me 
G               D       C              D 
I've never been one for too much conversation 
G         D               C      D 
But now I choose my words so carefully 
G                       D            C 
'Cause the angle of her cheek is the math of  
D 
persuasion 
G                      D                C 
First time you saw the ocean, she's got tucked  
           D 
behind her knee 
G      D                        C 
She is swallowing lightning and she is spittin'  
D 
thunder 
G       D           C       D 
Waftin' California, reekin' Tennessee 
G              D          C           D 
She is waftin' California and reekin' Tennessee 

Pre Chorus:

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante