Steel And Glass Chords

by John Lennon
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Am
Capo: no capo
Author maguri [tm] 59,874. Last edit on Mar 6, 2022

Chords

Fmaj7
Am
Am/F
D7sus2
Am/D
C/G
D9/F#
D
F
G
C

Strumming

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          Steel and Glass – John Lennon
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Written by: John Lennon
From: "Walls and Bridges" (1974)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
LINK
  Fmaj7            Am
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|
B|------------1-0-|
G|----------------|2
D|--------3-2-----|2
A|----3-2---------|0
E|1-0-------------|
 
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CHORDS
       E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G    3-x-2-0-1-0
D9/F#  2-x-0-2-1-0
Fmaj7  1-x-2-2-1-0 (= Am/F)
D7sus2 x-x-0-2-1-0 (= Am/D)
 
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[Intro]
| Am | % | % | % |
| Am | % |
(This is a story about your friend and mine
Who is it, who is it, who is it?)
 
[Verse 1]
Am                        C/G
There you stand with your L.A. Tan
                               | 4/4 | 2/4 | 4/4 |
         D9/F#                  Fmaj7             | Am | % |
And your New York walk and your New York talk
       Am                   C/G
You're mother left you when you were small
                               | 4/4 | 2/4 | 4/4 |
           D9/F#                 Fmaj7             | Am | % |
But you're gonna wish you wasn't born at all
 
[Chorus]
         |  D  |  F  G  |
Steel and glass
         |  Am  |  %  |
Steel and glass
D              |  F  G  |
Steel and glass
         |  Am  |  %  |
Steel and glass
 
[Interlude]
| Am | C | D7sus2 | Am |
 
[Verse 2]
     Am                      C/G
Your phone don't ring no one answers your call
                       | 4/4 | 2/4 | 4/4 |
D9/F#                  Fmaj7             | Am | % |
How does it feel to be off the wall (LINK)
 
[Interlude]
| Am | C | D7sus2 | Am | % |
 
[Verse 3]
          Am                       C/G
Well your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
                                  |  4/4  |  2/4  |  4/4  |
        D9/F#                      Fmaj7                  | Am | % |
But you can't pull strings if your hands are tied  (LINK)
          Am                       C/G
Well your teeth are clean but your mind is capped
                            |  4/4  |  2/4  |  4/4  |
    D9/F#                    Fmaj7                  | Am | % |
You leave your smell like an alley cat       (LINK)
 
[Chorus]
         |  D  |  F  G  |
Steel and glass
         |  Am  |  %  |
Steel and glass
D              |  F  G  |
Steel and glass
         |  Am  |  %  |
Steel and glass
 
[Outro]
Am
Na, na, na, na, na
            Am
Na, na, na, na
            Am
Na, na, na, na
 
Am
Hey, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh
            Am
Na, na, na, na
     Am
Hey, hey
 
D                   F
Hey, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh
               G
Hey, yeh, yeh, yeh
     Am
Hey, hey
 
| Am | % |
 
(fade out over last 8 bars)
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4 comments
Mats Fagergren
Great chords Love it
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henkern
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Dean_Kustas
This is a great song and also a good one to learn how to walk down the scale while picking the chords during the verse, then strumming the chords for the chorus. I’m a bass player but John Lennon is getting me through it on a 12 string😎
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