The Only Reason Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays422

The Only Reason by 5 Seconds Of Summer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C   G   Am    F 
Oh, oh, oh, oh 
F 
Oh 

C 
Don't talk 
                G 
Let me think it over 
             Am 
How we gonna fix this? 
             F 
How we gonna undo all the pain? 

C 
Tell me 
           G 
Is it even worth it? 
              Am 
Looking for a straight line 
                F 
Taking back the time we can't replace 

Am 
All the crossed wires 
F 
Just making us tired 
Am                G 
Is it too late to bring us back to life? 

       F 
When I close my eyes and try to sleep 
  C 
I fall apart 
                  Am 
I find it hard to breathe 
                       G 
You're the reason, the only reason 
     F 
Even though my dizzy head is numb 
  C                              Am 
I swear my heart is never giving up 
                       G 
You're the reason, the only reason 

C                      G 
Feel you burning under my skin 
                  Am 
I swear I see you shining 
                  F 
Brighter than the flame inside your eyes 

Am 
Bitter words spoken 
F 
Everything broken 
Am                     G 
It's never too late to bring it back to life 

       F 
When I close my eyes and try to sleep 
  C 
I fall apart 
                  Am 
I find it hard to breathe 
                       G 
You're the reason, the only reason 
     F 
Even though my dizzy head is numb 
  C                              Am 
I swear my heart is never giving up 
                       G 
You're the reason, the only reason 

F   C   Am  G 
Oh, oh, oh, oh 
G 
Oh 
G 
You're the reason, the only reason 
F   C   Am  G 
Oh, oh, oh, oh 
G 
Oh 
G 
You're the reason, the only reason 

C (let ring or play like verse one) 
Don't talk 
               (G) 
Let me think it over 
            (Am) 
How we gonna fix this? 
            (F) 
How we gonna undo all the pain? 

       F 
When I close my eyes and try to sleep 
  C 
I fall apart 
                  Am 
I find it hard to breathe 
                       G 
You're the reason, the only reason 
     F 
Even though my dizzy head is numb 
  C                              Am 
I swear my heart is never giving up 
                       G 
You're the reason, the only reason 

       F 
When I close my eyes and try to sleep 
  C 
I fall apart 
                  Am 
I find it hard to breathe 
                       G 
You're the reason, the only reason 
     F 
Even though my dizzy head is numb 
  C                              Am 
I swear my heart is never giving up 
                       G 
You're the reason, the only reason 

F 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante