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Santana - Evil Ways Chords

Chord reference Gm, D, C7
Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Gm] [C7] [Gm] [C7] [Gm] [C7] [Gm]You’ve got to [C7]change your evil [Gm]ways [C7] [Gm]baby [C7] [Gm]Before [C7]I stop [Gm]lovin’ [C7]you You’ve got to [Gm]change [C7] [Gm]baby [C7] And [Gm]every [C7]word that I [Gm]say is [C7]true

You got me [Gm]running and [C7]hiding [Gm]all over [C7]town You got me [Gm]sneaking and [C7]peeping And [Gm]running you [C7]down this can’t go [D]on Lord knows you got to [Gm]change [C7] [Gm]baby [C7]

[Gm] [C7] [Gm] [C7] When I come [Gm]home [C7] [Gm]baby [C7] My [Gm]house is [C7]dark and my [Gm]pots are [C7]cold You hang a[Gm]round [C7] [Gm]baby [C7] With [Gm]Jean and [C7]Joan and a [Gm]who knows [C7]who

I’m getting [Gm]tired of [C7]waiting and [Gm]fooling a[C7]round I’ll find [Gm]somebody who won’t [C7]make me [Gm]feel like a [C7]clown this can’t go [D]on Lord knows you got to [Gm]change [C7] [Gm]baby [C7]

[Gm] [C7] When I come [Gm]home [C7] [Gm]baby [C7] My [Gm]house is [C7]dark and my [Gm]pots are [C7]cold You hang a[Gm]round [C7] [Gm]baby [C7] With [Gm]Jean and [C7]Joan and a [Gm]who knows [C7]who

I’m getting [Gm]tired of [C7]waiting and [Gm]fooling a[C7]round I’ll find [Gm]somebody who won’t [C7]make me [Gm]feel like a [C7]clown this can’t go [D]on Lord knows you got to [Gm]change

Artist Santana
Album Santana
Genres Jazz, Rock
Year 1970
Key Gm

How to Play Evil Ways on Guitar?

Santana - Evil Ways can be played in the key of Gm using the Gm, D, C7 chords.

  • For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let D, G ring open.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Evil Ways with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.