How Sweet It Was Chords

by A-Ha
KeyCm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays737

How Sweet It Was by A-Ha is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, Fm6, Gm, Ab, Bb and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Cm
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16
Speed
  			Intro: Cm
 
                    Fm6
Uh, yeah, that's alright
Gm          Cm           Ab      Cm
Lend us a voice in this howling night
 
                                                 Fm6         Gm
Just about a month ago you made a promise, babe, not to go back
             Cm
Yes, you did now
                Ab       Cm
You were the heart and soul
 
Bb         Fm
One to the nightfall
Ab         Gm
One to the stars
Fm         Ab      Gm
One to the haunted fools we are
Bb       Fm
One to remember
Ab      Gm
One to recall
Fm          Ab              Gm
   One to acknowledge just how sweet it was, yeah
 
Cm
Just about a month ago, yeah
                             Fm6         Gm
You made a promise, babe, ain't that so?
             Cm
Yes, you did now
           Ab      Cm
Into this howling night
                          Fm6
You got, you got, you got,    uh
Gm                 Cm             Ab   Cm
You got me so, you got me so low, yeah
 
                             Fm6
I wouldn't lie, babe, not again
Gm                   Cm              Ab              Cm
It's such a crime to while away my time, little babe
 
Bb       Fm
One to remember
Ab       Gm
One to recall
Fm           Ab             Gm
   One to acknowledge just how sweet it was
Bb         Fm
We were so happy
Ab      Gm
We were okay
Fm            Ab                Gm                      Cm  Fm6
   We let our good thing, honey,   just slip away, yeah
 
Gm         Cm            Ab      Cm
Lend us a voice in this howling night
 
Bb         Fm
One to the nightfall
Ab         Gm
One to the stars
Fm         Ab      Gm
One to the haunted fools we are
Bb       Fm
One to remember
Ab      Gm
One to recall
Fm          Ab              Gm
   One to acknowledge just how sweet it was, yeah
 
Bb  Fm  Ab  Gm  Fm  Ab  Gm  Bb  Fm  Ab  Gm
 
Fm          Ab              Gm                 Cm
   One to acknowledge just how sweet it was, yeah
 
Bb  Fm  Ab  Gm  Fm  Ab  Gm  Bb  Fm  Ab  Gm  Bb  Fm  Ab  Gm  Fm  Ab
Gm  Bb  Fm  Ab  Gm  Bb
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante