Cheer Up Chords
Cheer Up by A Great Big World is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, D, C and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D G C G D Em C
G D G C
Cheer up! 'Cos nothing really matters when you look up into outer space.
G D Em C
It's a great big world and there's no need to cry.
G D G C
Cheer up! We're all interconnected to the reaches of the galaxy.
G D Em C
And my best friend said he came from the sky.
D G D
He travelled to The Earth aboard a pink spaceship,
D G D
It's hard for him to hide behind those eyes.
G D G C
Cheer up! The atoms in your body are as old as every dinosaur.
G D Em C
You're a special part of one big grand design.
G D G C
Cheer up! We're all in this together to discover what we're living for.
G D Em C
13 billion years and there's still time.
D G D
Every night I wish upon the star so bright,
D G D
Waiting for the others to arrive.
G D G C
Cheer up! 'Cos nothing really matters when you look up into outer space.
G D Em C
It's a great big world and there's no need to cry.
G D Em C G
13 billion years and there's still time.