Billy Currington – People Are Crazy

joeguitar — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:14:28 +0000

When you are a beginning guitarist you need to know the basic open chords of the six-string guitar. People Are Crazy from country singer Billy Currington is a prime example of why. When you see the Chords to People Are Crazy you will notice that they are C – G – Am – F , but when you play it on your guitar you notice it does not sound right, that is because he is using a Capo on the 5th fret, this is a common trick among acoustic guitarists, that allows you to play the most common open chords all the way down the fretboard without having to worry about using barre chords.

In fact when you think about it, when you are using a barre chord, you are actually using your forefinger as a capo, and then forming the open chord structure with you other three fingers.

Put the capo on other frets and play the chords you know, check out the different sounds and you may find yourself wroting your own songs in the way Billy did using a capo.

Billy Currington – People Are Crazy (Capo 5th)

Intro: (C) (G)

(C)                 (G)
This old man and me, were at the bar and we
(Am)                         (F)
Were having us some beers and swapping I don’t cares.
(C)              (G)
Talking politics, blond and redhead chicks.
(Am)                       (F)
Old dogs and new tricks and habits we ain’t kicked.

(C)                        (G)
We talked about God’s grace and all the hell we raised.
(Am)                     (F)
Then I heard the ole’ man say
(C)                  (G)                 (C) (G)
God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.

(C)
He said “I fought two wars,
(G)
Been married and divorced.”
(Am)
What brings you to Ohio?
(F)
He said “Damned if I know.”
(C) (G)
We talked an hour or two about every girl we knew.
(Am)
What all we put ‘em through.
(F)
Like two ole’ boys will do.

(C)
We pondered life and death
(G)
He lit a cigarette
(Am) (F)
And said “These damn things will kill me yet.”
(C) (G) (C)
But God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.

Bridge:

(F) (Em)
Last call, its 2am, I said goodbye to him
(Dm) (G)
I never talked to him again

(C)                (G)
Then one sunny day, I saw the old mans face
(Am)                (F)
Front page Obituary, he was a millionaire.
(C)                   (G)
He left his fortune to some guy he barely knew,
(Am)                          (F)
His kids were mad as hell. But me? I’m doing well.
(C)                    (G)
And I dropped by today, to just say thanks and pray,
(Am)                       (F)
And I left a six-pack right there on his grave and I said

Outro: (C) (G)

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Billy Currington – People Are Crazy