When You're Smiling And Astride Me Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays455

When You're Smiling And Astride Me by Father John Misty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Dm, G, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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  			Em Dm G Am (x2) 

Em                 Dm 
There's no need to fear me 
G          Em              Dm              G 
Darling, I love you as you are when you're alone 
Em               Dm 
I'd never try to change you 
   G                    Em                  Dm                 G 
As if I could, and if I were to, what's the part that I'd miss most? 
Em                      Dm 
When you're smiling and astride me 
      G                   Em                Dm           G 
I can hardly believe I've found you and I'm terrified by that 

Am G (x2) 

Em Dm G Am (x2) 

Em                  Dm 
I've got nothing to hide from you 
G                        Em                Dm              G 
Kissing my brother in my dreams or finding God knows in my jeans 
Em              Dm 
You see me as I am, it's true 
G                              Em             Dm            G 
Aimless, fake drifter, and the horny manchild models for to boot 

Am G 

               Am   G 
That's how you live free 
      Am         G  
Truly see and be seen 

Em Dm G Am (x2) 

G Am G C 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante