Private Idaho Live Chords

by The B-52's
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This is the Chord Accompaniment or the Chord Version of the full song. Playing live this version is preferred with Tab note accompaniment.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author rayvince 43. Last edit on Sep 2, 2023
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Chords

E5
G5
A5
B5
A
G

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[Intro]
E5   G5   A5  (x3)
 
 
[Verse 1]
E5   G5   A5       E5   G5   A5
Wahoo wahoo wahoo, wahahoo wahoo, etc etc
E5   G5   A5           E5   G5   A5
You're livin' in your own private idaho,
E5   G5   A5     E5   G5   A5
livin' in your own private Idaho
E5   G5   A5       E5   G5   A5
Wow  On the ground like a wild potato
E5   G5   A5
don't go on the patio
E5   G5   A5   E5   G5   A5
Beware of blue, bottomless blue
E5   G5   A5         E5   G5   A5
The things you scrape right through the gate
E5
That opens on the blue
 
 
[Chorus]
E5                       G5
You're livin' in you're own private idaho,
A5                                 B5
You're livin' in your own private idaho
E5                       G5
Give up the pat, run the gate (your own private Idaho)
A5                                 B5
Watch out for signs that say "It ain't that way" (your own Orivate Idaho
E5                       G5
Don't let the curry in your eyes (wow Oh)
A5                                 B5
Blind you to the open suprise! (wow Oh)
E5            G5         A5        B5
Wait for you at the bottom of the bottomless blue blue blue
 
E5   G5   A5   G5 (x4)
E5   G5   A5  (x3)
 
 
[Verse 2]
E5    G5    A5        E5   G5   A5
You're livin' in your private Idaho,   Idaho!
E5    G5    A5       E5   G5   A5
You're outta control, the rivers that roll
E5    G5    A5         E5   G5   A5
You fell into the water and out a water hole
E5    G5      A5      E5   G5   A5         E5   G5  A5
Get outta that state, get out of the state  you're in
E5
Better beware
 
 
[Chorus]
E5                       G5
You're livin' in you're own private idaho,
A5                                 B5
You're livin' in your own private idaho
E5                       G5
Give up the patio,  (your own private Idaho) give up the pat
E5            G5      A5           B5
Its a long nine degree which you better not be seen
E5          G5        A5             B5
Look at though you got nature's thing that leads you down
  E5       G5        A5          B5
Down to a pole   wrought with danger
                     E5   G5    A5    G5
It's a room full of strangers
 
E5  G5  A5  G5 (x3)
 
 
[Verse 3]
E5    G5   A5          E5   G5   A5
You're livin' in you're own private idaho
E5    G5    A5            E5   G5   A5
Where do I go from here? To a better state than this (well)
E5    G5   A5      E5   G5   A5
Don't be blind to the big suprise
E5     G5   A5       E5   G5   A5
Swimmin' round and round like the dead leaf heads
E5    G5   A5
Love the radium clock
E5    G5   A5      E5 G5    E5
At the bottom     of the blue
 
 
[Solo]
E5  G5   A5     B5
 
 
[Outro]
E5  G5     A5    B5
I  I  I  Da ho
E5  G5      A5    B5
I  I  I  Da  ho
E5   G5    A5      B5
Oh   oh   oh    oh
E5   G5    A5      B5
Oh   oh   oh    oh
E5   G5    A5      B5
Oh   oh   oh    oh
E5  G5     A5    B5
Get out of that state!
E5  G5     A5    B5
Get out of that state!
A5      G5       A5    G5         A5        G5
You're livin' in your own private idaho, livin' in your own private
 
A   G   A   G
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