No Expectations Chords

KeyE Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays443

No Expectations by John Hartford is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, F and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
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Verse 
  C         F        C 
Take me--to the-- station 
        F         C 
Put me-- on a--train 
             F 
I've Got no expectations 
  C       G7    C 
To pass this way again 

  C      F        C 
Once I was a rich man 
     F       C 
Now I am so poor 
           F            C 
Never in my sweet short life 
            G7           C 
Have I felt like this before 

            F          C 
Your heart is like a diamond 
               F          C 
You throw your pearls to swine 
          F          C 
And as I watch you leaving 
            G7        C 
You pack my peace of mind 

             F         C 
Our love was like the water, 
         F       C 
Splashing on a stone 
         F             C 
Our love is like our music 
            G7         C 
It's here, and then it's gone 

Outro 
         F          C 
So take me to the airport 
      F      C 
Put me on a plane 
     F         C 
I got no expectations 
          G7    C 
To pass this way again 
    	

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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100 BPM Andante