O Fortuna Chords
by Carl Orff
O Fortuna by Carl Orff is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Dm(add2), Dm(add4), Bb/D and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
{Verse}
Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2)
Semper crescis aut decrescis;
Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add2)
vita de........testa........bi..lis
Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add2)
nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo men.......tis a........ci..em,
Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add2)
egestatem, potestatem dissolvit ut gla......ci...em.
Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add2)
Sors immanis et inanis, rota tu vo...lu........bi..lis,
Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add2)
status malus, vana salus semper dis......so..lu.......bi..lis,
Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4)
obumbrata et velata michi quo......que ni.......te...ris;
Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm(add2) Dm
nunc per ludum dorsum nudum fero tu........i sce......le........ris.
{Chorus}
Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add2)
Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contra.......ri...a,
Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add2) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add2)
est affectus et defectus semper in an..ga.......ri...a.
Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4)
Hac in hora sine mora corde pul......su..m tangite;
Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm
quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum
Dm(add4) Dm Bb/D Dm Dm(add4) Dm Dm(add4) Dm
o.....................................mn........es
{Final}
Dm(add2) D
plan......gite!