The Answer to Everything Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays430

The Answer to Everything by Burt Bacharach is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Em, G, F#, E, Am and D7. 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
  			C            F              C  
Don't ask me a mountain of questions 
               Em        F           G 
When there is only one answer to it all 
G   F#  F               G      C          F  
Do you love me, really love me as I love you 
F          C         G               C   FCG 
It's the answer to everything if you do 
 
 
       C      F           C 
Don't give me a million excuses 
C          Em              F         G 
When I am waiting with my arms open wide 
G   F#  F               G      C      F  
Do you love me, really love me as I love you 
F          C         G               C   FC 
It's the answer to everything if you do 
 
 
C             G                            E                Am 
If there is someone else, some other place who holds your heart 
D7             G                     G 
Tell me now, truthfully, before we start 
 
 
G      C       F           C    
Don't act like you misunderstand me 
C              Em        F            G   
When there is simply no mystery to it all 
G   F#  F                G     C         F    
Do you love me, really love me as I love you 
F         C         G                C   FCGC 
It's the answer to everything if you do 

    	

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