God Only Knows Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays471

God Only Knows by Bryan Adams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, F#m, Bm, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
Text
16
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Intro 
N.C. 
(Cheering crowd) 
E  A    E  F#m    A  Bm  D 

verse 1 
           Bm             F#m 
I may not always love you 
                        D             E 
But long as there are stars above you 
          D       Bm       E 
You never need to doubt it 
                 A 
I'll make you so sure about it 

Bridge 
              E               F#m       E  G  D 
God only knows what I'd be without you 

verse 2 
              Bm            F#m 
If you should ever leave me 
                                         E 
Though life would still go on believe me 
                     A             E 
The world could show nothing to me 
                   A 
So what good would living do me 

    E                   A          F#m     E  A 
God only knows what I'd be without you 

          E                    F#m      A  G 
God only knows what I'd be without you 

Instrumental 
A     D     Bm     A     D     A     F#m  D 

Bridge 
A           D                     Bm     G  D 
God only knows what I'd be without you 

verse 3 
              Bm            F#m 
If you should ever leave me 
F#m 
Well life would still go on believe me 
E                            Bm 
The world could show nothing to me 
E                            A 
So what good would living do me 

Outro 
    E                    A             E     A 
God only knows what I'd be without you 
         E                    F#m      E     A 
God only knows what I'd be without you 
           E                          F#m 
God only knows what I'd be without you 
    	

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