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Don't Say Nothing chords by
Patti Smith
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
C

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Verse 1
C
C

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Lower the thing the skin of a cat

Skin it to the left just laying there

No other thing is luck like that
Verse 2

And you set it said it said nothing
C
C

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Bb
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F
F

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Went to the party very discouraged
C
C

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Bb
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F
F

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I watched the litter pile like a wall
C
C

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Bb
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I looked at the river just
F
F

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couldn't forgive it
C
C

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Bb
Bb

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F
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C
C

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It was ladened with all kinds of shit
F
F

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Dm
Dm

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Still I admit that I didn't say nothing
C
C

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I turned my back walked away
F
F

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Dm
Dm

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Got to face the fact that I didn't
Interlude 1

say nothing
C
C

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Verse 3
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C

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Bb
Bb

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Everyone was dancing I
F
F

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C
C

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stood over in the corner
Bb
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F
F

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C
C

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I was listening they were

saying this and saying that
Bb
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And putting this one down
C
C

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but nothing was delivered
Bb
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F
F

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Nothing good was coming I
C
C

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just stood there
F
F

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I couldn't believe it but I
Dm
Dm

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did n't say nothing
C
C

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I walked the floor then I looked away
Verse 4
F
F

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Got to face the fact that I
Dm
Dm

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didn't say nothing
G
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Dm
Dm

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How long how long will we make do
Dm
Dm

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F
F

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G
G

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Maybe it's time to break on through
C
C

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Gonna lift my skirts gonna straighten up
F
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Dm
Dm

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Gonna get well I'm gonna
C
C

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do something
F
F

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Gonna face the fact gonna give it back
Dm
Dm

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And I'm gonna do something
C
C

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won't hold my tongue

Won't hold the thought
F
F

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won't hold the card
Dm
Dm

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Well I'm gonna do something
C
C

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Oh my brain I got to complain
F
F

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You can refrain but I'm
Dm
Dm

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gonna do something
G
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Dm

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How long how long will we make do
Dm
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F

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Maybe it's time to break on through
Interlude 2
C
C

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Verse 5
C
C

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Out in the desert I saw

that old cat skinned

I saw it floating in the river

I saw and no one seemed to mind

They sat there they sat

there watching the sun

I saw it float away and I watched

the buildings crumble

Like dust in the hand and we
F
F

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watched the sun
C
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Spread its wings and fly away
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Bb
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And in the mountains a
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Bb
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F
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cry echoes
C
C

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Bb
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F
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Don't say nothing
C
C

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Bb
Bb

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Don't say nothing
F
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C
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Bb
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F
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C
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Bb
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F
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no
C
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Don't say nothing no
Outro 1
F
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • Bb

  • F

  • Dm

  • G

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Don't Say Nothing by Patti Smith is C major.

The primary chords used in Don't Say Nothing are C, Bb, F, Dm, G.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, Bb, F, Dm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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