Cheer Up Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays635

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.

Transpose
G
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16
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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. 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante