The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "19th Nervous Breakdown" 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 19th Nervous Breakdown Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Rolling Stones

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 "19th Nervous Breakdown" smoothly on your guitar.

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

            E
You're the kind of person,
you meet at certain dismal dull affairs.
Center of a crowd, talking much too loud,
running up and down the stairs.
          A
Well, it seems to me that you have seen too much in too few years.
      E
And though you've tried you just can't hide,
your eyes are edged with tears.

Chorus:
             B
You better stop,
       A
look around
         E                             A
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
      E
Here comes your nine-tenth nervous breakdown.

          E
When you were a child,
you were treated kind,
but you were never brought up right.
You were always spoiled with a thousand toys,
but still you cried all night.
      A
Your mother who neglected you,
owes a million dollars tax.
          E
And your fathers still perfecting ways of making ceiling wax.

Chorus

B                         E
Oh, who's to blame, that girl's just insane.
      A
Well nothing I do don't seem to work,
   B                                      E
it only seems to make matters worse, oh please.

           E
You were still in school,
when you had that fool,
who really messed your mind.
And after that you turned your back,
on treating people kind.
    A
On our first trip,
I tried so hard to rearrange your mind.
    E
But after while I realized you were disarranging mine.

Chorus:
             B
You better stop,
       A
look around
         E                             A
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
      E
Here comes your nine-tenth nervous breakdown.
Here comes your nine-tenth nervous breakdown
Here comes your nine-tenth nervous breakdown


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A

Guitar chord A

E

Guitar chord E

B

Guitar chord B

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 "19th Nervous Breakdown" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "19th Nervous Breakdown" by The Rolling Stones.

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