{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1494891,"song":"Fuck Em","artist":"Shel Silverstein","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11273929-fuck-em-chords-by-shel-silverstein/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1494891?type=chord","rating":4.42236,"votes":12,"content":"SHEL SILVERSTEIN\r\n\"FUCK EM\"\r\nOkay, this song is just plain hilarious\r\nMost of the song is an\r\nalternating strum pattern (lower pitched strings, then higher pitched strings \r\n- alternating your base note of the chord with the 5th note) on a simple progression:\r\nA E A D E A  he might hit an A7 quickly before he goes to D some of the time.\r\n[tab]e|--5--\r\nB|--5--\r\nG|--6--\r\nD|--7--\r\nA|--7--\r\nE|--5--[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]For the second E, again I'm not sure, but I think he's using a higher chord, such as:\r\ne|--4--         e|--7--\r\nB|--5--         B|--9--\r\nG|--4--         G|--9--\r\nD|--6--   or    D|--9--\r\nA|--7--         A|--7--\r\nE|--0--         E|--0--[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              \r\nI'm all strung-out, and, my money's spent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCan't really tell ya' where last year went[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, I've given up paying my bills for Lent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMy landlord, he says he wants his rent[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFuck 'em![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch] \r\nHey, now, the women they come, the women they go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThe hens start to cackle when the cock starts to crow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHell, I take 'em in when the warm winds blow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut, I boot 'em in the ass once it starts to snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause, fuuuuuuuuuck them![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]                               \r\nYeah, got a letter from my folks, and, they say they're in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey say that things are as bad as they can possibly get[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nY'know, I haven't answered that letter yet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI might use it to light my cigarette[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause, fuuuuuuuuuck them![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     \r\nWhat'd they ever do for me anyway?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nThrew me outta the house when I was twenty-nine years old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd cut off my allowance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFuck 'em![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHey, a woman come around and handed me a line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAbout a lot of little orphan kids sufferin' and dyin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShit, I give her a quarter, cause one of 'em might be mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                        \r\nYeah, the rest of those bastards can keep right on cryin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI mean, fuuuck kids![/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThrow up on your shoulder, piss in your lap, Never give you nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFuck 'em![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI had a fight last night with a big lumberjack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI spent most the fight laying flat on my back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou know he beat me up fair, and, that's a fact[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut, I busted his head as soon as he turned his back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause, fuuuuuuuuuck \"fair fighting\"![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeaaaaaah, y'know, my junkie buddy got the shakes again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe give me five bucks in the autumn rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm supposed to bring back something to kill his pain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nheh, hehAw, shit! I took the bread and I jumped on a train'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause, fuuuuuuuuuck junkies![/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nMenace to society, break into your house, steal your TV set And go pawn it, and stick up gas stations,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthen wanna get rehabilitated right next-door to you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nFuck them![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch] \r\nHey, I caught a cold, I'm chilled and wet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd, I'm coughing blood, and I'm short of breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd at the foot of my bed sits Old Man Death[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe says: \" Hey Shel, \" he says, \" ain't you ready to go yet? \"And, I says... \" You're the Devil's\r\nfavorite pet! \" And, I says...\"He's waitin' for ya...And, you're late...\"And I says:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                                                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"FUUUUUUUUUCK HIM! LET THE MOTHER WAIT! I GOT THINGS I AIN'T DONE YET, AND BILLS I HAVEN'T NOT PAID![/tab]\r\nI GOT PEOPLE I AIN'T FUCKED UP, AN' I GOT CHICKS THAT I HAVEN'T KNOCKED UP AND LEFT YET!\r\n[tab]  [ch]A#[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\n I'VE GOT things TO DO...PLACES T' GO.... PEOPLE T' DO!HA HA-HA-HA!...\"[/tab]\r\nHow's that?","plain_text":"SHEL SILVERSTEIN\n\"FUCK EM\"\nOkay, this song is just plain hilarious\nMost of the song is an\nalternating strum pattern (lower pitched strings, then higher pitched strings \n- alternating your base note of the chord with the 5th note) on a simple progression:\nA E A D E A  he might hit an A7 quickly before he goes to D some of the time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe says: \" Hey Shel, \" he says, \" ain't you ready to go yet? \"And, I says... \" You're the Devil's\nfavorite pet! \" And, I says...\"He's waitin' for ya...And, you're late...\"And I says:\n\n\nI GOT PEOPLE I AIN'T FUCKED UP, AN' I GOT CHICKS THAT I HAVEN'T KNOCKED UP AND LEFT YET!\n\nHow's that?","chords":["A","E","D","A7","B","G","Dm","Em","F#","F#m","Am","F","A#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}