Tyrant chords by Beyoncé

• Capo on 1st

Intro:

N.C.
Cowboy Carter
N.C.
Time to strike a match and light up this juke joint

B ~
One-one-one by one, you hang them high

Your hands are steady and you sleep at night

How did you turn your heart to stone?

I don't want him back, but I can't let go
B ~
Hangman, answer me now

You owe me a debt, you stole him from me

I hated you once, I envy you now

Just tell me how, tell me how
(d.a. got that—)


Hook:

e|-7---------7-11-6---6---------6-9-7--|
A#|-----9---9--------------7---7--------|
F#|---8------------------8--------------|
C#|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|


Verse:
Fm        Fm             Fm
Oh, she got that whoa there, hangman got that whoa there
              F#m
Don't act like you don't know, giddy up, giddy up (d.a. got that dope)
Fm          Fm
  Don't pay me in gold, giddy up, giddy up
Fm            F#m
Back outside, I'm on the road, giddy up, giddy up


Pre-Chorus:
Fm        Fm
When the sun goes down (It's night-night, hey)
Fm         F#m
Can hear her body howl (In the moonlight, hey)
Fm            Fm
I feel her eyein' me like owls (It's on sight, hey)
Fm                   F#m
Hide your man when the hangman come in town (Ooh, yikes)


Chorus:
    Fm         Fm           Fm
She's a tyrant every time I ride it, every time I ride it
         F#m        Fm
Make it look so good, try to justify it
            Fm              Fm
Boy, you know they're lookin' for me, how we gonna hide it?
         F#m         Fm
Ride it like hydraulics, I G#m such a tyrant
       Fm           Fm
Every time I ride it, every time I ride this
         F#m             Fm
I don't like to sit up in the saddle, boy, I got it
       Fm          Fm
Just relax, I got this, I got that exotic
        F#m         Fm
Hips are so hypnotic, I G#m such a tyrant


Verse:
Fm              Fm
Send me some shots, are you with me or not?
        Fm
Throw it back, shoot up the bar
F#m
Then tell the law we don't remember nothin' after that
Fm            Fm
 Scot-free (Scot-free), whole city after me
Fm            F#m
Have you seen her? 5'9'', thick and fine, what a tragedy
Fm           Fm
 Hey, hey, ridin' you while we tryna get away
      Fm
Ridin' you while we tryna catch a wave
      F#m            Fm
That's so sexy and I know it, and I ain't afraid to show it
       Fm
Baby, I'm goated, baby, I'm glowin'
   Fm
Hey, hey, on the run, run
F#m
Tap me on the shoulder when you reload the gun


Chorus:
Fm          Fm          Fm
Tyrant every time I ride it, every time I ride it
         F#m        Fm
Make it look so good, try to justify it
            Fm              Fm
Boy, you know they're lookin' for me, how we gonna hide it?
       F#m             A#
Ride it like hydraulics, I G#m such a tyrant


Bridge:
A#6
How did you get used to the haunting? (The haunting)
F#m
The willing, the missing, the wanting (The wanting)
A#m     Fm         A#
Dry eyes just send me across the divide
A#
Hangman, teach me how not to cry
N.B.
How not to cry, how not to cry


Verse:
Fm        Fm             Fm
Ooh, she got that whoa there, hangman got that whoa there
              F#m
Don't act like you don't know, giddy up, giddy up (d.a. got that dope)
Fm          Fm
  Don't pay me in gold, giddy up, giddy up
Fm            F#m
Back outside, I'm on the road, giddy up, giddy up


Pre-Chorus:
Fm        Fm
When the sun goes down (When the suns goes down)
Fm            F#m
 You can hear this body howl (You can hear this body howl)
       Fm
Giddy up now, diggadont, diggadont
          Fm
Digga daddy, can't leave me 'lone, leave me 'lone
     Fm
Damn if I do, dammit if I don't
      F#m
Lady with a whip, want what she wanna want, okay


Chorus:
    Fm         Fm           Fm
She's a tyrant every time I ride it, every time I ride it
         F#m        Fm
Make it look so good, try to justify it
            Fm              Fm
Boy, you know they're lookin' for me, how we gonna hide it?
         F#m         Fm
Ride it like hydraulics, I G#m such a tyrant
       Fm           Fm
Every time I ride it, every time I ride this
         F#m             Fm
I don't like to sit up in the saddle, boy, I got it
       Fm          Fm
Just relax, I got this, I got that exotic
        F#m         B
Hips are so hypnotic, I G#m such a tyrant


Outro:
B ~
Hangman, answer me now

You owe me a debt, you stole him from me (Giddy up, giddy up)

I hated you once, I envy you now (Hey)

Just tell me how, tell me how
(Giddy up, giddy up)