Goodbye John Smith Chords

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Goodbye John Smith by Barns Courtney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am, Dm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: C F Am 

verse 1 
C                 F  Am 
Hold your head up high 
C                             F       Am 
Were you born too old and are afraid to die 
Dm                             F      Am 
'Cause the light is fading out of your eyes 
             C                 G 
I'll give it all, I'll give it all 
C                  F     Am 
Come on feet don't fail me now 
C                           F      Am 
'Cause I fall too hard if I hit the ground 
Dm                               F      Am 
And these worn out souls are all broken now 
             C                 G 
I'll give it all, I'll give it all 

F     G  Am 
Ooh 
C 
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid 
                 G 
That I'm falling apart 
F     G  Am 
Ooh 
C 
If I don't see you ever again, oh 
         G 
Where do I start 
            C     F  Am 
So come along 
            C     F  Am 
So come along 
            C 
So come along 

verse 2 
C              F     Am 
Barrel deep into the night 
C                               F     Am 
'Til you leave the scent of the shore behind 
Dm                               F       Am 
And the great white peaks of new islands rise 
              C                  G 
You'll see it all, you'll see it all 
C                      F       Am 
And all these memories come to pass 
C         F    Am 
In a 1965 photograph 
Dm                          F       Am 
And I'll never know how you made me laugh 
               C                   G 
I'll tell them all, I'll tell them all 

F     G  Am 
Ooh 
C 
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid 
                 G 
That I'm falling apart 
F     G  Am 
Ooh 
C 
If I don't see you ever again, oh 
         G 
Where do I start 

Bridge 
Dm     F        C     G 
    Hey-     Hey- 
Dm     F        C     G 
Hey-    come on stay 

F     G  Am 
Ooh 
C 
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid 
                 G 
That I'm falling apart 
F     G  Am 
Ooh 
C 
If I don't see you ever again, oh 
         G 
Where do I start 
    	

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