Listen To Me Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays515

Listen To Me by Buddy Holly is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Listen To Me:Buddy Holly. 
#16 in UK in 1957. 

INTRO: A D E (x2) 

#1. 
A                 D       E 
Listen to me and, hold me tight.  
A                     D         E 
And you will see our, love's so right. 
A                D      E          A  D A E   
Hold me darling, listen closely to me. 

#2. 
A                        D        E 
Your eyes will see what, love can do. 
A                  D       E 
Reveal to me your, love so true. 
A             D      E          A D A A7 
Listen to me, listen closely to me. 

E 
I've told the stars you're my only love, 
A         D              A 
I want to love you tenderly. 
E 
Those same bright stars in Heaven above, 
D                   E 
know now how sweet, sweethearts can be. 

#3. 
A             D           E 
Listen to me, hear what I say. 
A                  D           E 
Our hearts can be, nearer each day. 
A                D      E          A D E 
Hold me darling, listen closely to me. 

(SPOKEN:Ad lib.) 
A D E A7 
Listen to me..Listen, listen..Listen to me. 
 
E 
I've told the stars you're my only love, 
A         D              A 
I want to love you tenderly. 
E 
Those same bright stars in Heaven above, 
D                   E 
know now how sweet, sweethearts can be. 

#4. 
A             D           E 
Listen to me, hear what I say. 
A                  D           E 
Our hearts can be, nearer each day. 
A                D      E          A D A 
Hold me darling, listen closely to me. 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante