Bruce Springsteen - You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch): Guitar Chords

Learn to play "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

       C
Well yesterday, I went shopping,
buddy, down to the mall
Looking for something pretty
I could hang on my wall
I knocked over a lamp, before it hit the floor,
I caught it
A salesman turned around said,
"Boy, you break that thing, you bought it"

         F                       C
You can look but you better not touch boy
         F                       C
You can look but you better not touch
        F                         Am
Mess around and you'll end up in dutch boy
         C            F          C          F
You can look but you better not, oh no you better
     C          F          G
not, oh no you better not touch

Well I came home from work and
I switched on Channel 5
There was a pretty little girly looking straight
into my eyes
Well I watched as she wiggled back and forth
across the screen
She didn't get me excited, she just made me
feel mean

Chorus:
You can look but you better not touch, boy
You can look but you better not touch
Mess around and you'll end up in dutch, boy
You can look but you better not
Oh no you better not, no you better not touch

(Yeah!)
(Oh yeah!)
(Hey!)

Well I called up Dirty Annie on the telephone
I took her out to the drive-in just to get her
alone
I found a lover's rendezvous, the music low,
set to park
I heard a tapping on the window and a voice
 in the dark

Chorus:
You can look but you better not touch, boy
You can look but you better not touch
Mess around and you'll end up in dutch, boy
You can look but you better not
No you better not, no you better not touch
You can look but you better not touch, boy
You can look but you better not touch
Mess around and you'll end up in dutch, boy
You can look but you better not
Oh no you better not, oh no you better not
Oh no you better not, oh no you better not
I said you better not, oh no you better not
(I said you better not)


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

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 "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" by Bruce Springsteen.

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