Tell Me Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays568

Tell Me by Capital Kings is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, Am, G, F, Cadd9 and G6/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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16
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verse 1 
C 
And it seems the sun won't shine today 
Am 
On our broken hearts that can't escape 
C 
The pain 
C                      C Am C 
Won't you tell me it's not over? 
C 
Can we work it out? 
Am 
Can we talk about 
C 
Getting through the hard 
                 Am          G 
Getting through these trying times 
 G                F 
I need an answer, tonight 

  
C 
Tell me everything is alright 
Am 
Tell me everything's just fine 
G                             Cadd9  G 
Tell me the words that I need in my life 

 
C 
Tell me everything is alright 
Am 
Tell me everything's just fine 
G                            Caad9 G 
Tell me the words that I need to survive 

verse 2 
C 
I believe that we'll see better days 
Am 
We can lean on hope even when we lose 
C 
Our way 
C                     C Am C 
'Cause I'm sayin' it's not over 
C                           Am 
Can we cast aside all our foolish pride? 
C                           Am 
And get back to livin' for a brand new day 
C 
You know that love is 
C 
The way 

Repeat Chorus 1 and 2 

Bridge 

G 
It's not over 
G6/B       Caad9 
Love's not colder 
G 
We're gonna get it right 
G6/B                Caad9 
Gonna make it right someday 
G 
It's not over 
G6/B       Caad9 
Love's not colder 
G 
We're gonna get it right 
G6/B                Caad9 
Gonna make it right someway 

Repeat Chorus 1 and 2 and repeat method 

Outro  

G Caad9(2x)   
    	

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