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Its So Easy

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Tuning: Half-step down
Chords used:
E5   Bb5   G5   A5   D5   F#5   B5   D/F#   G   Gmaj7/BAm7(no3)
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------7------------------------0------0----|
Db|-2----8---5---7---7----4---9----0----0-----4------2----|
Ab|-2----8---5---7---5----4---9----0----2-----2------0----|
Eb|-0----6---3---5--------2---7----2----3-----------------|
Arpeggiate interlude chords
Can also use 022x00 or x799xx for E5
[Intro]
E5
[Verse 1]
Bb5   G5   E5I see your sister in her Bb5Sunday drG5essE5  
She's out to please, she pBb5outs her bG5estE5  
She's out to take, no nBb5eed to trG5yE5  
She's ready to make
[Chorus]
A5  Bb5It's so E5easy, easy
When A5everybody's Bb5tryin' to E5please me, baby
A5  Bb5It's so E5easy, easy
When A5everybody's Bb5tryin' to E5please me
[Verse 2]
Bb5Cars are crG5ashin' E5every night
I Bb5drink and drG5ive, everyE5thing's in sight
I Bb5make the fG5ire but I E5miss the firefight
I Bb5hit the buG5llseye E5every night
[Chorus]
A5  Bb5It's so E5easy, easy
When A5everybody's Bb5tryin' to E5please me, baby
A5  Bb5It's so E5easy, easy
When A5everybody's Bb5tryin' to E5please me
[Interlude]
So D/F#ea - Gsy
But Gmaj7/Bnothin' seems to Am7please me
It all D/F#fits so Gright
When I Gmaj7/Bfade into the Am7night
E5See me hit you
E5You fall down
[Bridge]
D5   G5   F#5   E5I see you standin' there
D5   G5   F#5   E5You think you're so cool
D5   G5   F#5   E5Why don't you just
D5   G5   F#5   E5Fuck off
[Solo]
Bb5   G5   E5x4
[Verse 3]
Ya get Bb5nothin' for noG5thin' if E5that's what ya do
Bb5Turn around G5bitch, I got E5a use for you
BesidesBb5, you ain't got G5nothin' E5better to do
And I'm Bb5boredG5  E5  
[Chorus]
A5  Bb5It's so E5easy, easy
When A5everybody's Bb5tryin' to E5please me, baby
A5  Bb5It's so E5easy, easy
When A5everybody's Bb5tryin' to E5please me
[Interlude]
So D/F#ea - Gsy
But Gmaj7/Bnothin' seems to Am7please me
It all D/F#fits so Gright
When I Gmaj7/Bfade into the Am7night
So D/F#come with Gme
Don't Gmaj7/Bask me where 'cause I Am7don't know
I'll F#5try to G5please you
I ain't B5got no money but it A5goes to show!
[Outro]
Bb5   G5   E5It's so easy
Bb5   G5   E5So fucking easy
Bb5   G5   E5It's so easy
Bb5   G5   E5So damn easy
Bb5   G5   E5It's so easy
Bb5   G5  E5Ah, so fucking easy
Bb5  G5It's so E5easy
Bb5Oh, G5it's so E5easy
Ending
Riff E5   D5  E5  
It's so ea-sy
Riff E5   D5  E5  
So fucking ea-sy
Riff E5   D5  E5  
It's so ea-sy
Riff
[Riff]
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|-8--7--5------------------|
Ab|----------7---------------|
Eb|-------------6--5--3b--0--|
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The story behind the song

"It's So Easy" captures a specific period in the band's early days, reflecting on a time when Duff McKagan, West Arkeen, and the rest of Guns N' Roses had little money but found life "too easy" due to hangers-on and girls they could rely on. This ease, however, came with an underlying emptiness. Originally conceived by McKagan and Arkeen as an acoustic "Hippie Ya-Ya" song, it was Slash's decision to transform it into the rock track heard on their 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction. The distinctive sound of the song was influenced by Arkeen teaching McKagan about alternate tuning, specifically open-E tuning. It plays like a raw, honest snapshot of their early struggles and the complex feelings that came with them.

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