Maneater Chords & Tabs

by Hall & Oates

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 178
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 202, 101, 1, 202, 1, 202]
Maneater by Hall And Oates
Key is B minor / D major
Capo on 2nd fret
Tabbed by Kellie G. (autobahn)
This is a beautiful acoustic version.
It's pretty novice (you'll need to practice your barre Bb, but the rest is in open chords
(if you're new to guitar, don't be afraid of the sharps and flats!)
For intermediate players, if you'd like to jazz it up,
it's possible to substitute F with Fmaj7 and D with Dm7.
The length of intro, instrumental and coda is up to you.
This song was Hall and Oates longest-staying number 1 hit around the world.

[Intro]
Am  G  F  G  x4

[Verse 1]
C                            
She'll only come out at night
G                       
The lean and hungry type
Bb                                   A   
Nothing is new, I've seen her here before
Dm                  
Watching and waiting
              G                     G#dim              Am G Am
Ooh, she's sittin' with you but her eyes are on the door

[Verse 2]
C                       
So many have paid to see
G                                     
What you think you're gettin' for free
    Bb                                    A               
The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar
Dm                
Money's the matter
          G                   G#dim                  Am G Am
If you're in it for love, you ain't gonna get too far

[Chorus]
Am                    G                               
Ohhh here she comes - watch out boy she'll chew you up
F                             E       G
Ohhh here she comes - she's a maneater
Am                    G                               
Ohhh here she comes - watch out boy she'll chew you up
Dm                            F       G
Ohhh here she comes - she's a maneater
Am G

[Verse 3]
C                       
I wouldn't if I were you
G                     
I know what she can do
      Bb                               A                   
She's deadly man, and she could really rip your world apart
Dm              
Mind over matter
        G                      G#dim              AmGAm
Ooh the beauty is there, but a beast is in the heart

[Chorus]
Am                    G                               
Ohhh here she comes - watch out boy she'll chew you up
F                             E       G
Ohhh here she comes - she's a maneater
Am                    G                               
Ohhh here she comes - watch out boy she'll chew you up
Dm                            F       G
Ohhh here she comes - she's a maneater
Am  Am

[Instrumental]
Am  G  F  G  x4
Oooooh (strum Em three times)

[Chorus]
Am                                     G                               
Ohhh here she comes - (here she comes) watch out boy she'll chew you up
F                                         E       G
Ohhh here she comes - (watch out) she's a maneater
Am                                   G                          
Ohhh here she comes - (she's a maneater) ooh, she'll chew you up
Dm                                            F       G
Ohhh here she comes - here she comes, she's a maneater
Am                                       G                          
Ohhh here she comes - (watch out) she'll only come out at night, ooh
F                                             E       G
Ohhh here she comes - here she comes, she's a maneater
Am                                   G                         
Ohhh here she comes - (she's a maneater) the woman is wild, ooh
Dm                                    F              G            
Ohhh here she comes - here she comes, watch out boy, watch out boy
Am                        G                                         
Ohhh here she comes - oh, watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out
F                                         E       G
Ohhh here she comes - (watch out) she's a maneater
Am                                   G                       
Ohhh here she comes - (she's a maneater) watching and waiting
Dm                                F       G
Ohhh here she comes - oh, she's a maneater