Automatic chords by
Miranda Lambert (Official Version)

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Key: F majorDifficulty: Advanced

Intro 1

F

Bb/F

F

Bb/F

F

Bb/F

F

Bb/F

Verse 1
F F 
 
Quarter in a payphone
Drying laundry on the line
Ebadd9 Ebadd9 
 
Watching Sun       Tea in the window
Bb Bb 
 
Pocket Watch tellin' time
F F 
 
Seems like only yesterday,
I'd get a blank cassette
Ebadd9 Ebadd9 
 
Record      the country countdown,
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb/F Bb/F 
 
'cause I couldn't buy it yet

Verse 2
F F 
 
If we drove all the way to Dallas
Just to buy an Easter dress
Ebadd9 Ebadd9 
 
We'd take along      a Rand McNally
Bb/D Bb/D 
 
Stand in line   to pay for gas
F F 
 
God knows that shifting gears
Ain't what it used to be
Ebadd9 Ebadd9 
 
I learned to drive     that 55
Bb/D Bb/D 
 
Just like a queen, three on a tree

Chorus 1
F F 
 
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
Hey whatever happened to
Dm7 Dm7 
 
Waitin' your turn
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
Doing it all       by hand
F F 
 
'Cause when everything
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
is handed to you
Dm7 Dm7 
 
It's all only worth
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
as much as the time      you put in
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
It all just seems so good the way we had it
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Back before everything became

Interlude 1

F

Bbsus2

Dm7

Bbsus2

Automatic

Verse 3
F F 
 
If you had something to say
You'd write it on a piece of paper
Ebadd9 Ebadd9 
 
Then you put       a stamp on it
Bb Bb 
 
And they'd get it three days later
F F 
 
Boys would call the girls
And girls would turn them down
Ebadd9 Ebadd9 
 
Staying married   was on the way
Bb Bb 
 
to work your problems out

Chorus 2
F F 
 
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
Hey whatever happened to
Dm7 Dm7 
 
Waitin' your turn
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
Doing it all       by hand
F F 
 
'Cause when everything
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
is handed to you
Dm7 Dm7 
 
It's all only worth
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
as much as the time      you put in
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
It all just seems so good the way we had it
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Back before everything became

Interlude 2

F

Bbsus2

Dm7

Bbsus2

Automatic, yeah

F

Bbsus2

Dm7

Bbsus2

Automatic

Verse 4

F

Let's pull the windows down

Windows with the cranks

Ebadd9

Come on, let's take a picture

Bb

The kind you gotta shake

Chorus 3
F F 
 
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
Hey whatever happened to
Dm7 Dm7 
 
Waitin' your turn
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
Doing it all       by hand
F F 
 
'Cause when everything
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
is handed to you
Dm7 Dm7 
 
It's all only worth
Bbsus2 Bbsus2 
 
as much as the time      you put in
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
It all just seems so good the way we had it
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Back before everything became

Outro 1

F

Bbsus2

Dm7

Bbsus2

Automatic, yeah

F

Bbsus2

Dm7

Bbsus2

F

Automatic

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsF Bb/F Ebadd9 Bb Bb/D...

Chords

F
Bb/F
Ebadd9
Bb
Bb/D
Bbsus2
Dm7
Eb

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Bb/F: 1-x-3-3-3-x
Ebadd9: x-6-5-x-6-6
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
Bb/D: x-5-3-3-6-x
Bbsus2: x-1-3-3-1-1
Dm7: x-x-0-2-1-1
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Automatic by Miranda Lambert, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F major. It is designed for experienced players looking to reproduce the full sonic intent and artistic expression of Miranda Lambert.

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