If We Can't Get It Together Chords

KeyEm Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays684

If We Can't Get It Together by You Am I is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, Bm, Am, Esus4, E, F, C, Cm, Em, Em(maj7), Em7, Em(add6), Am7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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    G                     Bm                            G 
To get up the bond for an inner west flat he'd work for anybody if he  
       Bm 
wasn't working for her dad. 
     Am                  Esus4   E               Am             
She' practicing saying I do or I will 'cause she don't know how to tell  
               Esus4     E 
him that she's going off the pill. 
    G                                   Bm                       
Her curtains are for certain that he'll talk about her ass   
        G                          Bm 
but she clings to his photo like a piece of broken glass. 
   Am                    Esus4   E 
We can't get it together today. 
      Am                             Esus4            E 
She's looking for his heart while he stares the other way. 
     F                                  
He's dad is a nut, he's ex-girl is a slut. 
    F 
But he'll be yours forever if you just get it together. 
      C                                                                   
If we can't get it together, if we can't get it together,  
      Cm 
is it ever gonna be just you and me? 
        G                     Bm                              
So they met on Tuesday at the town hall steps to get an  
G                        Bm 
eight by ten photo and a wedding date set. 
   Am                       Esus4 E               Am 
We might as well do it next week     'cause we've met everybody that  
      Esus4      E 
we're ever gonna meet. 
     F                             
He's dad is a nut, he's ex-girl is a slut 
    F 
But he'll be yours forever if you just get it together. 

      C                                                                   
If we can't get it together, if we can't get it together, 
       Cm                             G 
 is it ever gonna Be just you and me? 
Em              Em(maj7) 
Four seventy to Circular Quay. 
   Em7                           Em(add6) 
A present in your pocket for the TAB 
      Am7                                                                  
If we can't get it together, if we can't get it together  
      D                                       
is it ever gonna be just you and me? 

SOLO (relative to capo) 

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Em                     Em(maj7)                                
Would you settle for a mobile home a  
Em7                     Em(add6) 
good record store and a public phone 
      Am7                                                           
If we can't get it together, if we can't get it together 

D  D  D  D     D 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante