How to Play The Nickel Song on Guitar?

Melanie Safka - The Nickel Song can be played in the key of F using the F, Bb, C chords. 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 Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B. 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. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play The Nickel Song with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Melanie Safka - The Nickel Song Chords

Chord reference F, Bb, C

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[F] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] [C]Well, you [F]know that I’m not a gambler But I’m [Bb]being gambled on They put in a [F]nickel and I [C]sing a little [F]song [F]Dad da dad da dad da da da Dadn [Bb]da dad da da da They put in a [F]nickel and I [C]sing a little [F]song

[F]Well I don’t mind that they’re lucky, but it [Bb]seems like they always win And gambling is i[F]llegal in the [C]state of mind I’m [F]in [F]And if I had a nickel for each [Bb]time that I’ve been put on I would be the [F]nickel man and I’d [C]sing a nickel [F]song

You know, hey’re [Bb]only putting in a [F]nickel And they [C]want a dollar [F]song Oh, they’re [Bb]only putting in a [F]nickel And they [C]want a dollar [F]song

[F]Well, you know I know I don’t know so many things But I [Bb]know what’s been going on We’re only putting in a [F]little to get [C]rid of a lot that’s [F]wrong

And if we had a nickel for each [Bb]time that we’ve been put on We’d all be the [F]nickel man and we’d [C]sing a nickel [F]song, you know

They’re [Bb]only putting in a [F]nickel And they [C]want a dollar [F]song Oh, they’re [Bb]only putting in a [F]nickel And they [C]want a dollar [F]song

[F]Well, you know that I’m not a gambler But I’m [Bb]being gambled on They put in a [F]nickel and I [C]sing a little [F]song [F]Dad da dad da dad da da da Dadn [Bb]da dad da da da Dad da dad da [F]da da, Da da [C]dad da da [F]da

Da da da [Bb]da dadn [F]da da da [C]Da da da da [F]dad da da da [Bb]Da da da da [F]dad da da da [C]Da da da da [F]dad da da da

They’re [Bb]only putting in a [F]nickel and they [C]want a dollar [F]song We’re only putting in a [F]little to get [C]rid of a lot. They’re [Bb]only putting in a [F]nickel and they [C]want a dollar [F]song

Artist Melanie Safka

Album The Good Book

Genres Folk, Folk Rock, Rock

Year 1971

Key F

Melanie Safka - The Nickel Song can be played in the key of F using the F, Bb, C chords.

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 Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B.
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.

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

You can play The Nickel Song with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.