Eric Church
Mr. Misunderstood
Chorded by: Jeff Martin
Chords Used:
G5 |320033|
Cadd9 |032033|
D |X00323|
The notes on the G,D,B and high E strings are a bit improvised throughout the sone, and even strummed at
times.
The bass line is pretty constant. This is a basis for the main acoustic.
INTRO:
I (once) II (three times)
G C G Cadd9
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Verse 1
Flat picking in verse is heavily improvised, but this is the basis for the verse(s).
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G5 G5
Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes
Cadd9 Cadd9
Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you
G5 G5
Always left out, never fit in
Cadd9 Cadd9
Owning that path you're walking in
(Use flat picking from part II of intro)
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
G5 G5
Now, your buddies get their rocks off on Top 40 radio
Cadd9 Cadd9
But you love your daddy's vinyl, old-time rock and roll
G5 G5
Elvis Costello, Ray Wylie Hubbard,
Cadd9 Cadd9
and think Jeff Tweedy is one bad mother
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
Chorus
D D
One day you'll lead the charge, you'll lead the band
Cadd9 G5
Guitar Hero with lightning hands
D D
And the girls will like your tattoos and the veins in your arms
Cadd9 G5
They'll be helpless to your musical charms
G5 Cadd9
And they'll all hold up their hands
G5 Cadd9
And they'll all wanna dance
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
Verse (strum)
G5 Cadd9 G5 Cadd9
First time I met Alabama Hannah, I was skinny as a rail
G5 Cadd9 G5 Cadd9
Red hair tied up in a blue bandanna; she was hotter than the devil's Hell
G5 Cadd9 G5 Cadd9
She turned me on to Back Porch Pickers, Jackson Pollock, and gin
G5 Cadd9 G5 Cadd9
Her daddy didn't trust my intentions, so he turned to his daddy's old .410
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
Chorus
D D
Had an ax to grind, so off I went
Cadd9 G5
Mad at the sun for coming up again
D D
I lost religion, found my soul in the blues
Cadd9 G5
Rubbed the velvet off my blue suede shoes
G5 Cadd9
Yeah, everybody held up their hands
G5 Cadd9
And every soul on Beale Street danced
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
Verse
G5 Cadd9
So I went with it like a colt on my Plymouth
G5 Cadd9
Through the glass behind my rear-view
Gmaj Cadd9 Gmaj Cadd9
Took a left when the world went right down 16th Avenue
G5 Cadd9
Played with fire and I played on ledges
G5 Cadd9
Every circus, stage, and county fair
G5 Cadd9 G5 Cadd9
I tried to file my points, sand my edges, and I just grew out my hair
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
Chorus
D D
They're standing in line, chasing the buzz
Cadd9 G5
Til the next big things and already was
D D
And hell if they know what they're trying to find
Cadd9 G5
If it ain't that same old, been-done kind
Gmaj Cadd9
Yeah, gives the head-scratchers fits
Gmaj Cadd9
Wondering how in the hell they missed
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood
Verse
G5 G5
Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes
Cadd9 Cadd9
Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, I understand
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, I understand
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, I understand
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, I understand
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, I understand
G5 Cadd9
Mr. Misunderstood, Let's get outta here
G5 Cadd9 G5 Cadd9
Na na nanana, Na na nanana, Na na nanana, Na, I understand
G5 Cadd9 G5 Cadd9
Na na nanana, Na na nanana, Na na nanana, Na, I understand
G5 Cadd9 G5 Cadd9
Na na nanana, Na na nanana, Na na nanana, Na, I understand
G5 Cadd9 Gmaj Cadd9
Na na nanana, Na na nanana, Na na nanana, Na, I understand