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can’t stand me now acoustic – the libertines
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similar to the electric version but i think it sounds good on acoustic with these chords .

A : 003330
A2 : 577655
B : 799877
E : 022100
C#m : 446654
F#m : 244222

tuning : standard

strumming patterns not the easiest to explain if you listen to acoustic versions of the
song it may help .

intro E A C#m B A2 B

verse 1

E
an ending fitting for the start
A
you twist and tore our love apart
C#m ( strum ) B
your light fingers through the dark
A2 B
shattered the lamp into darkness they cast us
E
no , you’ve got it all wrong way round
A C#m ( strum )
you shot me up , and blamed it on the brown
B
cornered the boy kicked out to the world
A2 B
the world kicked back , a lot fxxkin’ harder now .

pre chorus

E
if you wanna try , if you wanna try
C#m E
theres no worse you could do , uh oh oh
E
i know you lie , i know you lie
C#m
but i’m still in love with you
B A2
uh oh oh can’t take me anywhere , i take you anywhere
B A2
you can’t take me anywhere , i can take you anywhere
F#m B
oh i’ll take you anywhere that you wanna go

chorus

E A
oh , you can’t stand me now , ( no , you can’t stand me now )
A E
you can’t stand me now , ( oh , you can’t stand me now )
A A
you can’t stand me now , ( no , you can’t stand me now )
E
no you can’t stand me now .

verse 2

E A
have we done enough to keep it together?
C#m B
or do we just keep on pretending
A2 B
and hope our luck is never ending , no .
E A
you tried to pull the wool , i wasn’t feeling too clever
C#m B
and you take all that you lending
A2
until you needed mending , no .

pre – chorus 2 ( same as before )

chorus 2 ( same as before )