Garbage - Automatic Systematic Habit: Guitar Chords

Learn to play 'Automatic Systematic Habit' on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Automatic Systematic Habit Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Garbage

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform 'Automatic Systematic Habit' smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A#m                    F#         G#
Lies, lies, lies, you love those lies
You tell them straight, straight to my face
They feel so right, they keep you safe

                C# F#     A#m     G#
And you're so good at it, oh, it comes automatic
Lies more lies, I can tell they're lies
I can see right through, you have see-through eyes

Chorus:
A#m
Knocked down drag your name out all across the town
G#                            A#m
I won't be your dirty little secret
A#m
Not for you, not for me, not for your other lover
G#                     A#m
I won't be your dirty little secret

Oh men like you keep me up at night
You want your women at home and your bit on the side
You've got a telephone girl that you carry around
In your jean back pocket with her very own sound

And you're so sly about it, oh, it comes automatic
Yeah, you're so good at it, a systematic habit
Sly about it, oh it comes automatic,
yeah, you're so good at it
A systematic habit

Chorus:
Knocked down drag your name out all across the town
I won't be your dirty little secret
Tell your mother, tell your brother,
tell your friends, tell your teacher
I won't be your dirty little secret
I won't be your dirty little secret

A#m
Automatic systematic habit
G#
Automatic systematic habit
F#
Automatic systematic habit
F
Automatic systematic habit - x2

Chorus:
Knocked down drag your name out all across the town
I won't be your dirty little secret
Not for you, not for me, not for your other lover
I won't be your dirty little secret

Chorus

I won't be, I won't
I won't be, I won't
I won't, I won't
I won't be knocked down


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play 'Automatic Systematic Habit' on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for 'Automatic Systematic Habit' by Garbage.

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