Squeeze Box Chords

by The Who
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 5th fret
Author americanpig11 [a] 1,213.
2 contributors total, last edit on Jan 12, 2021
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Chords

Dsus4
D
C/G
C
Csus4
G/D
G

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Squeeze Box
By The Who
 
          Main:        Optional:          Optional:
          Guitar 1     Guitar 2 (capo 5)  Guitar 3 (elec, tune: DGDGBD)
G/D       xx0033       x59787 & x59785    x(12)(12)(12)xx
Dsus4     xx0233       x57785 & x59785    000030
D         xx0232       x57775             020030
G         3(2)0003     x55787             000000
C/G       3x2013       xx5587             002010
C         x32010       875558             x02012
Csus4     x32011       8x7568             x02013
 
 
[Intro]
| G/D    D  | G/D    D  | x2
(Gtr 3)
   (12th      (12th
   harm)      harm)
 
| G G C/G G | G  C/G G  | x2
 
 
[Verse]
|G      C/G   G       C/G    |G        C/G G         C/G
 Mama's got a squeeze box she wears on her chest and when
|G     C/G   G       C/G  |G     C/G G        C/G    |
 Daddy comes home he never gets no rest 'cause she's
 
 
[Chorus]
|D       Dsus4 D   Dsus4 |D   Dsus4  D  Dsus4  |
 Playing all night                      and the
|C       Csus4 C   Csus4 |C   Csus4  C         |
 Music's al----right
|D      Dsus4 D       Dsus4|C     Csus4 C      Csus4|
 Mama's got a squeeze box,  Daddy never sleeps at
 
| G G C/G G | G  C/G G  |
  Night
 
 
[Verse]
Well, the kids don't eat and the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music in the whole damn street
 
 
[Chorus]
'Cause she's playing all night and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night
 
        |G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G  C/G|
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
 
'Cause she's playing all night and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night
 
        |G          |           |G         |
She goes squeeze me, come on and squeeze me, come on and
|D                |D      |C              |C
 Tease me like you do, I'm so in love with you
|D                        |C                    |G     |     |
 Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night
 
 
[Interlude; verse pattern]
 
 
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
 
'Cause she's playing all night and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night
 
                 [2/4]      [4/4]
|C   G   C   G   |C   G C/G |G
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6 comments
TheGoshdarnBoss
Gee btown, by "it's played exactly like Dsus4, only the g string is played open," you must mean G/D, the exact chord he said it was? Nice work.
+5
ttrigger
Hey man, where are the banjo parts, this is the best part of this song, especially near the end.
+2
kn!!led
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. sry. im still laughing at btown. lol
+1