How to Play Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be on Guitar?

Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be can be played in the key of C using the C, G, F, Fm chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Fm, To play Fm, barre fret 1 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Max Bygraves - Fings Ain’t Wot They Used To Be Chords

Chord reference C, G, F, Fm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

They’ve [C]changed our [G]local Palais into [C]a [G]bowling alley and [C]fings ain’t [F]what they used to [C]be [F] [G]

There’s [C]teds with [G]drainpipe trousers and [C]debs in [G]coffee houses and [C]fings ain’t [F]what they used to [C]be [F] [G]

There used to be [F]trams not very quick got ya from place to place But now there’s just [Fm]jams half a mile thick [C]stay in the human [G]race I’m walking

[C]They stuck [G]parking meters out[C]side our [G]doors to greet us now [C]fings ain’t [F]what they [G]used to [C]be

[C]Cor, monkeys [G]flying ’round the moon [C]we’ll be [G]up there with ’em soon [C]fings ain’t [F]what they [G]used to [C]be [F] [G]

[C]Once our [G]beer was frothy but [C]now it’s [G]frothy coffee well, [C]fings ain’t [F]what they used to [C]be [C7]

It used to be [F]fun Dad and old Mum paddling down Southend But now it ain’t [Fm]done never mind, chum [C]Paris is where we [G]spend our outings

[C]Grandma [G]tries to shock us all [C]doing a [G]knees up rock ‘n’ roll [C]fings ain’t [F]what they [G]used to [C]be [C7]

We used to ‘ave [F]stars singers who sung a dixie melody They’re buying guit [Fm]ars plinkety plonk [C]backing themselves with [G]three chords only

[C]Once we’d [G]dance from twelve to three [C]I’ve got [G]news for Elvis P [C]fings ain’t [F]what they [G]used to, [C]There’s a [F]lot, we [G]used to [C]fings ain’t [F]what they [G]used to [C]be [G] [C]

Artist Max Bygraves

Album Single

Genres Pop

Year 1960

Key C

Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be can be played in the key of C using the C, G, F, Fm chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Fm, To play Fm, barre fret 1 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, mute A, D.

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

You can play Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.