Moves Like Jagger | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: (B7sus2/4) Bm7 :|| x4
||: (E7sus2/4) Em7 :|| x4
Verse 1
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
You shoot for the stars, if it feels right. And in for my heart, if you feel like.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |
Can take me away, and make it okay, I swear I’ll behave.
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
You wanted control, so we waited. I put on a show, now I make it.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |
You say I’m a kid, my ego is big, I don’t give a sh*t. And it goes like this:
Chorus 1
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
Take me by the tongue and I’ll know you. Kiss me ’til you’re drunk and I’ll show you.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |
Want the moves like Jagger, I’ve got the moves like Jagger. I’ve got the moves like Jagger.
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
I don’t even try to control you. Look into my eyes and I’ll own you.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |
With the moves like Jagger, I’ve got the moves like Jagger. I’ve got the moves like Jagger.
Verse 2
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
Baby it’s hard, when you feel like you’re broken in scar, nothing feels right.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | N.C |
But when you’re with me, I make you believe, that I’ve got the key.
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
Oh, so get in the car, we can ride it, wherever you want, get inside it.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |
And you wanna steer, but I’m shifting gear, I’ll take it from here, and it goes like this:
Chorus 2
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
Take me by the tongue and I’ll know you. Kiss til you’re drunk and I’ll show.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | N.C |
You want the moves like Jagger, I’ve got the moves like Jagger. I’ve got the moves like Jagger.
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
I don’t even try to control you. Look into my eyes and I’ll own you.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |
With the moves like Jagger. I’ve got the moves like Jagger. I’ve got the moves like Jagger.
Verse 3 (Christina)
||: N.C :|| x4
You wanna know, how to make me smile? Take control, own me just for the night.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | N.C |
But if I share my secret, you gonna have to keep it, nobody else can see this.
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
So watch and learn, I won’t show you twice. Head to toe, ooh baby, roll me right.
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | N.C |
But if I share my secret, you gonna have to keep it. Nobody else can see this, hey, hey, hey, yeah. And it goes like this:
Chorus 3 (as chorus 1)
Take me by the tongue and I’ll know you (take me by the tongue). Kiss me ’til you’re drunk and I’ll show (yeah, yeah).
You want the moves like Jagger, I’ve got the moves like Jagger. I’ve got the moves like Jagger (ah, yeah, hey).
I don’t even try to control you. Look into my eyes and I’ll own you.
With the moves like Jagger. I’ve got the moves like Jagger. I’ve got the moves like Jagger.
Outro
| Bm7 N.C |
Moves Like Jagger Chords: Learn the progressions
Apart from being a big hit, the reason Moves Like Jagger was picked up by so many bands so quickly was down to how simple the chords are.
You can easily add this one to the setlist for a band that forms in the car park, twenty minutes before sound check at Debbie’s wedding or the local pub gig.
Apart from when the stops happen, all you need as a guitarist is to work out how to play these chords:
||: (B7sus2/4) Bm7 :|| x4
||: (E7sus2/4) Em7 :|| x4
I’ve designed some TAB. In the case of Moves Like Jagger’s chords, this may seem like it won’t take long and that’s right, however, there are a few very important lessons in there.
If you’ve played a few tunes where Nile Rodgers was involved, that will help. Here’s a link to the TAB lesson: Moves Like Jagger – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
In that lesson, I also go on and on about what we could name the first chord that only lasts for a 16th note and come to the conclusion that maybe, it’s just Bm7 – Em7!
Above, I’ve written it as sus2/4 but iReal Pro didn’t like that so I called it 11 instead which is essentially the same thing. Here’s the chord chart, its main job is to explain the structure.
Moves Like Jagger Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Moves Like Jagger Chord Chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Moves Like Jagger iReal Pro. Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key.
Moves Like Jagger became a cover band standard in 2011!
Released in 2011 as a collaboration between Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera, Moves Like Jagger was an international smash hit selling almost 20 million copies worldwide.
Consequentially, it found itself onto every cover band’s set list and remained there for at least half a decade alongside Crazy, Crazy In Love, Get Lucky, Mercy, Rolling In The Deep, and Valerie.
Today it feels somewhat dated but should still be studied in-depth if you want to know how a modern disco/dance hit like this is put together.
Repetition is the key to success in this type of style where, instead of having a band dynamically and harmonically changing, we bring parts in and out instead, much like a DJ.
In this way, Moves Like Jagger is more of a production than a band playing together. This is very much the trend since the millennium where the person mixing and producing is more important than the band.
What’s interesting is how musicians will start to play in a different way in order to adjust to this trend, much like autotune has made singers phrase differently.
Give it a couple of decades and we shall see how much Moves Like Jagger was a part of this trend.
Moves Like Jagger Chords | Related Pages
Moves Like Jagger | Guitar Lesson + TAB
With this guitar lesson, you can learn to play Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 using a TAB and chord analysis.
| Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 | Bm7 |
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Christina Aguilera tunes
Starting out alongside Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake on the legendary TV show The Mickey Mouse Club, Christina Aguilera has reached worldwide fame.
Her biggest tunes include Beautiful, Genie In A Bottle, Candyman, What A Girl Wants, Moves Like Jagger, At Last, Car Wash, and Fever.
Christina Aguilera on the web
Maroon 5 tunes
Before streaming took over, Maroon 5 was selling millions of singles from every album they released.
Their best tunes include Harder To Breathe, This Love, She Will Be Loved, Moves Like Jagger, Payphone, One More Night, Sugar, and Memories.
Maroon 5 on the web
About me | Dan Lundholm
This was a guitar lesson about Moves Like Jagger chords, by Dan Lundholm. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.
Most importantly, find out why you should learn guitar through playing tunes, not practising scales, and studying theory in isolation.
