I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)

Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do): Guitar Chords

Learn to play "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" 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.

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Cm7                        F
Easy, ready, willing, overtime,
Cm7
Where does it stop, where do you dare me
    G#       A#
to draw the line.
Cm7
You've got the body,
                    F
now you want my soul,
Cm7
Don't even think about it,
            G#    A#
say no go. (Yeah)

Chorus:
C Cmaj7        C7
I I 'll do anything
                 Fmaj7
that you want me to do,
    C Cmaj7            C7
And I'll do almost anything,
                 Fmaj7
that you want me too, ooh,

Chorus:
   Fm9                   A#
But I can't go for that, no (No)
No can do
I can't go for that, no (No)
No can do
I can't go for that, no (No)
No can do
I can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that

I can go for being’ twice as nice
I can go for just repeatin’
The same old lines
Use the body
Now you want my soul
Ooh, forget about it
Now say, “no go”

Yeah, I, I'll do anything
That you want me to
Yeah, I'll do almost anything
That you want me to, ooh
Yeah

Chorus

Yeah I, I'll do anything
That you want me to
Yeah, I'll do almost anything
That you want me to, ooh
Yeah

Chorus

Oh, I can't go (I can't go for that, no, no,
no, no, no)
I can't go for that, no, no, no
(I can't go for that)
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
I can't go, I can't go, no, I can't go for that, no
(No)
(I can't go for that) No can do
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
Forget about it, no
Forget about it, no, no, no, no, no, no
(I can't go for that)
Can't go for that, yeah
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
Forget about it, no
Forget about it, no, no, no, no, no, no
(I can't go for that)
No can do
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no can do
(I can't go for that)
Can't go for that, yeah
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no can do
(I can't go for that)
Can't go for that, yeah
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
I can't go, no, can't go, no, can't go,
go for that, yeah
(I can't go for that)
No can do
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
I can't go, no, I can't go,
I can't go, go for that, yeah
(I can't go for that)
No can do
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
(I can't go for that)
No can do
No can do
(I can't go for that, no, no, no, no, no)
I can't go for that, no can do, yeah, go for it,
I can't do
(I can't go for that)


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If you are also interested in learning how to play "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" by Hall & Oates.

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