Miranda Lambert - Automatic Chords
Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow. Using the Transpose tool, switch to E,A keys to play this song with easier chords.
Guitar C chord diagram
Guitar F chord diagram
Guitar Am chord diagram
Guitar A# | B♭ chord diagram
[Opening]
[C] [F] [Am] [F] [C] [F] [Am] [F]
[C]Quarter in a payphone, drying laundry on the line
Watching [Bb]sun tea in the window, pocket [F]watch for telling time
[C]Seems like only yesterday, I’d get a blank cassette
[Bb]Record the Country Countdown, ’cause I [F]couldn’t buy it yet [C] [F]
[verse 2]
If we drove [C]all the way to Dallas, just to buy an Easter dress
We’d take [Bb]along a Rand McNally, stand in [F]line to pay for gas
God [C]knows that shifting gears, ain’t what it used to be
I learned to [Bb]drive that ’55, just like a [F]Queen three on a tree
[chorus]
[C]Hey whatever happened [F]to, waiting your [Am]turn, doing it [F]all by hand
‘Cause when [C]everything is handed to [F]you
It’s only [Am]worth as much as the [F]time you put in
It [Bb]all just seems so good the way we [F]had it
[Bb]Back before everything [F]became, [C]automatic [F] [Am] [F]
[verse 3]
If [C]you had something to say, you’d write in on a piece of paper
And you’d [Bb]put a stamp on it, and they’d [F]get it three days later
[C]Boys would call the girls, and girls would turn them down
Staying [Bb]married was the only way, to [F]work your problems out
[chorus]
[C]Hey whatever happened [F]to waiting your [Am]turn, doing it [F]all by hand
‘Cause when [C]everything is handed to [F]you
It’s only [Am]worth as much as the [F]time you put in
It [Bb]all just seems so good the way we [F]had it
[Bb]Back before everything [F]became, [C]automatic, [F]yeah [Am] [F]
[C]Automatic [F] [Am] [F]
[verse 4]
Lets’s [C]roll the windows down, windows with the cranks
Come [Bb]on let’s take a picture, the [F]kind you gotta shake
[verse 5]
[C]Hey whatever happened [F]to waiting your [Am]turn, doing it [F]all by hand
‘Cos when [C]everything is handed to [F]you
It’s only [Am]worth as much as the [F]time you put in
It [Bb]all just seems so good the way we [F]had it
[Closing]
[Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[Am][F]Back before everything became, Automatic, yeah, [C]automatic
[outro]
[F] [Am] [F] [C]
How to play Automatic on Guitar (Step-by-step)
Miranda Lambert - Automatic on guitar requires 4 chords and 4 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.
Automatic uses these transitions most often: F → C (21), C → F (14), and Am → F (13). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with C - F chord transition.
1. C → F chord transition
To move from C to F;
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
- Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
- Place pinky on D string fret 3.
2. F → Am chord transition
To move from F to Am;
- While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
- Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 2.
3. C → Bb chord transition
To move from C to Bb;
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 2 to fret 3.
- Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
- Place pinky on B string fret 3.
4. Bb → F chord transition
To move from Bb to F;
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
- Slide your pinky from B string fret 3 to D string fret 3.
Automatic chord transition analysis
A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Automatic.
- Automatic includes 87 chord transitions, 4 of them unique.
- These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
- Automatic contains 2 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
- These transition patterns show how Automatic connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.After F, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (40%), G (21%), and Am (11%).
- F → C: 40%
- F → Am: 11%
After C, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (35%), F (16%), and D (11%).- C → F: 16%
- C → Bb: 2%