Eagles - Business As Usual: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Business As Usual" 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 Business As Usual Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Eagles

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 "Business As Usual" smoothly on your guitar.

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

Bm           Fdim  Em             Bm
Look at the weather, look at the news
Bm              Fdim         Em Bm
Look at all the people in denial

Bm                Fdim
We're running time, leaving grace
 Em                      Bm
Still we worship at the marketplace
 Bm                    Fdim          Em Bm
While common sense is goin' out of style

Em                         Bm
I thought that I would be above it all by now
Em               G              F#
In some country garden in the shade

Chorus:
                     Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
But it's business as usual
           Bm7 Bm6 Bm7 Bm6
Day after day
              Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Business as usual
               Bm7 Bm6 Bm7 Bm6
Just grinding away
               Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
You try to be righteous
               Bm7 Bm6 Bm7 Bm6
You try to do good
                G
But business as usual
F#                     Bm
Turns your heart into wood

Monuments to arrogance reach for the sky
Our better nature's buried in the rubble
We got the prettiest White House that money can buy
Sitting up there in that beltway bubble
The main jefe talks about our freedom
But this is what he really means

Chorus

G                  F#                 Bm
Boy, you can't go surfing in Century City
             Em
Yeah, them sharks out there are
F#                   Bm
lurking beneath the curb
            G
Yeah, they rob you blind,
F#                   Bm         Em
chew you up, and it ain't pretty
            G
And it's a soul suckin', soul suckin',
 C
soul suckin', soul suckin'
 F#
Soul suckin', soul suckin' world

Chorus:
Business as usual
Day after day
Business as usual
Feel like walking away
A barrel of monkeys
Or band of renown
Business as usual
Is breaking me down - x2


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

Em

Guitar chord Em

Em6

Guitar chord Em6

Em7

Guitar chord Em7

F#

Guitar chord F#

Fdim

Guitar chord Fdim

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Bm6

Guitar chord Bm6

Bm7

Guitar chord Bm7

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 "Business As Usual" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Business As Usual" by Eagles.