I Bought a Flat Guitar Tutor

"I Bought a Flat Guitar Tutor" is a song by 10cc appearing on their 1977 album, Deceptive Bends.

The song is quite short and often thought of as a novelty piece amongst fans. The lyrics to the song are all puns for musical terminology. Whenever Eric Stewart sings the name of a chord the chord is played as part of the music to the song. The chart below attempts to explain the complex idea.


 * I bought A = A major (A C♯ E)
 * [A] flat = A Flat major (A♭ C E♭)
 * [A flat] diminished = A Flat diminished (A♭ Cb E♭♭)
 * Responsibility (responsibilitE)= E Major (E G♯ B)
 * You're de ninth = D9 (D F♯ A C E)
 * Person to see = C Major (C E G)
 * To be suspended = Bsus4 (B E F♯)
 * in a seventh = A7 (A C♯ E G)
 * [a seventh] major catastro- = A Major 7th (A C♯ E G♯)
 * phe = E major (E G# B)
 * It's a minor = A minor (A C E)
 * point, but Gee = G major (G B D)
 * [but gee,] Augmented = G augmented (G B D♯)
 * [Gee, augmented] by the sharpness of your = G sharp augmented (G♯ B♯ D♯♯)
 * See what I'm going through (C#) = C# Major
 * A (A) = A Major
 * to be (B) = B Major (B D♯ F♯) with you E major (E G# B)
 * in a = A Major
 * [in a] flat = A flat
 * by the sea = C Major, C Major7, C 7, C & ad g