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Looking Out For Number One

Bachman-Turner Overdrive
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Every  day is an endless train, you got to ride it to the end of the
 line
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Be  a trble shtr, blow the bd luck away, & u will make it to ur station
 on time
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 &  u'll find out evy trick in the bk & that there's only 1 way 2 get
 thxs done
 
 
 
 
 
 
 u'll  find out the only way to the top is lookin' out for no. 1, I mean
 u, keep
 
 
 
 
 
 
 lookin'  out for no. 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Evy  nite is a diff. game, we got to wk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 for  our fortune & fame Success is a ladder, take a step at a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 time  & the people will remember ur name, yes I found out all the
 tricks in the
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 trade  & that there's only 1 way ur gonna get thxs done, I found out
 the only
 
 
 
 
 
 way  to the top is lookx out for no.1, and that's me, I'm lookx out for
 no. 1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Evy  nite is an endless train, but I ride it 2 the end of the line, I'm
   real
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 trouble  shooter and I blow it away, no one's gonna get what's mine. I
 found
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 out  evy trick in the bk & that there's only 1 way to get thxs done,
 u'll find
 
 
 
 
 
 
 out  the only way to the top is lookx out for no. 1, I mean you, keep
 lookx out
 
 
 
 
 
 for  no. 1 And that's us, keep lookin' out for no. 1, that's me,
 
 
 
 I'm  lookx out for no. .................
 
 
 
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2]
 
 
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 Fo' A' That, and A' That
 It's Comin' Yet Fo' A' That
 That Man to Man, the World O'er
 Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That

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Readable chord sheet for Looking Out For Number One by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

[F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

 [A]
 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]
 [C]
 [Asus4]
 [E7sus4]
[[Amaj7]]

 [A/B]
 [Bbdim]
 [Am]
 [E/G#]
 [Gdim]
 [F#m7]
 [Fmaj7]

E[G6]very day is an endless train, you got to ride it to the end of the
line

 [A/B]
 [Bbdim]
 [Am]
 [E/G#]
 [Gdim]
 [F#m7]
 [Fmaj7]

B[G6]e a trble shtr, blow the bd luck away, & u will make it to ur station
on time

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

&[A] u'll find out evy trick in the bk & that there's only 1 way 2 get
thxs done

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]   [E7su]
u[A]'ll find out the only way to the top is lookin' out for no. 1, I mean
u, keep

 [F#m7]
 [F7]   [E7su]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

l[A]ookin' out for no. 1 [instrumental]

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]

[[C]]

 [Asus4]
 [E7sus4]
 [Amaj7]
 [A/B]
 [Bbdim]
 [Am]

E[E/G#]vy nite is a diff. game, we got to wk

 [Gdim]
 [F#m7]
 [Fmaj7]
 [G6]
 [A/B]
 [Bbdim]
 [Am]

f[E/G#]or our fortune & fame Success is a ladder, take a step at a

 [Gdim]
 [F#m7]
 [Fmaj7]
 [G6]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

t[A]ime & the people will remember ur name, yes I found out all the
tricks in the

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

t[A]rade & that there's only 1 way ur gonna get thxs done, I found out
the only

 [F#m7]
 [F7]   [E7su]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]   [E7su]
w[A]ay to the top is lookx out for no.1, and that's me, I'm lookx out for
no. 1.

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

[[A]10]

 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]
 [C]
 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]

[[C]9]

 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]
 [C]
 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]

[[C]8]

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

[[A]7]

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

[[A]6]

 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]
 [C]
 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]

[[C]5]

 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]
 [C]
 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]

[[C]4]

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7]

[[A]3]

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7]

[[A]2]

 [Am7]
 [Ab7]
 [G7sus4]
 [C]
 [Asus4]
 [B]
 [E7]
 [Bb]
[[Am7]1]

 [A/B]
 [Bbdim]
 [Am]
 [E/G#]
 [Gdim]
 [F#m7]
 [Fmaj7]

E[G6]vy nite is an endless train, but I ride it 2 the end of the line, I'm

 [A] real

 [A/B]
 [Bbdim]
 [Am]
 [E/G#]
 [Gdim]
 [F#m7]
 [Fmaj7]

t[G6]rouble shooter and I blow it away, no one's gonna get what's mine. I
found

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]

o[A]ut evy trick in the bk & that there's only 1 way to get thxs done,
u'll find

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [E7sus4]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]   [E7su]
o[A]ut the only way to the top is lookx out for no. 1, I mean you, keep
lookx out

 [F#m7]
 [F7]   [E7su]
 [A]
 [F#m7]
 [F7]   [E7sus][A]
f[A]or no. 1 And that's us, keep lookin' out for no. 1, that's me,

 [F#m7]
 [F7]
 [A/B]
I[Bbdim]'m lookx out for no. ................. [3/4 time, add lib jazz solos]

 [Am7]
 [E/G#]
 [Gdim]
[[F#m7]6]

 [Fmaj7]
 [G6]
 [A/B]
[[Bbdim]5]

 [Am7]
 [E/G#]
 [Gdim]
[[F#m7]4]

 [Fmaj7]
 [G6]
 [A/B]
[[Bbdim]3]

 [Am7]
 [E/G#]
 [Gdim]
[[F#m7]2]

 [Fmaj7]
 [G6]
[end]

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Fo' A' That, and A' That
It's Comin' Yet Fo' A' That
That Man to Man, the World O'er
Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That

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