East Side Of Town Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays338

East Side Of Town by Lucinda Williams is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. 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
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  			Intro 
G 

Verse 
G 
You think you got problems 
G                  D 
You don’t know the half of it 
G 
I hear you talk about your millions 
G                D 
And your politics 
C 
You wanna cross the poverty line 
G                                   C 
And then you wanna come have a look around 
G                             D 
So why don’t you come find me 
            G 
On the East side of town 


Verse 
G 
You think your Mister Do-good 
G                              D 
But you don’t know what you’re talkin’ about 
G 
When you find yourself in my neighborhood 
G                         D 
You can’t wait to get the hell out 
C 
You wanna see what it means to suffer 
G                                   C 
You wanna see what it means to be down 
G                             D 
Then why don’t you come over  
            G 
to the East side of town 


Solo 
G D G D C G C G D G 

Verse 
G 
You think your dogs are really mean 
G                  D 
But you ain’t seen nothin’ yet 
G 
I’ll show you things you've never seen 
G       D 
And you won’t forget 
C 
You wanna see how the other half lives 
G                         C 
You wanna see how we get around 
G                       D 
Why don’t you come visit 
            G 
On the East side of town 


Verse 
G 
You got your ideals and your visions 
G       D 
And you say you sympathize 
G 
You look but you don’t listen 
G            D 
There’s no empathy in your eyes 
C 
You make deals and promises 
G                  C 
And everybody bows down 
    G                           D 
And now you wanna come shake my hand in  
            G 
On the East side of town 


Outro 
G                        D 
So why don’t come find me 
            G 
On the East side of town 
G                             D 
Yeah, why don’t you come over 
            G 
To the East side of town 
G                        D 
Why don’t you come visit 
         G 
The East side of town 
G           D 
Come on over 
            G 
To the East side of town 
G D G    G D G    G D G    G D G    G D G    G D G    G D G     G D G 
    	

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.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante