The Saddest Thing Chords
by Changes
The Saddest Thing by Changes is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Am, G, Dm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am
I have seen the crimson sunset
G Dm Am Dm Am
casting shadows on a lonely beach.
Am
I have witnessed stars of nighttime
G Dm Am Dm Am
light their silver patterns out of reach.
Dm E
I have watched the soaring eagle fly
Am Dm Am
through blue and endless skies.
Dm E
I have felt the look of love shine in
Am Dm Am
your dark and searching eyes.
Dm G
But the saddest thing I've ever seen
Am Dm Am
was when you walked away.
Dm E
But the saddest thing I've ever seen
Am Dm Am
was when you walked away.
Am
I have heard the roar of thunder
G Dm Am Dm Am
rip across a stormy summer night.
Am
I have watched those white and weightless
G Dm Am Dm Am
clouds of morning sail out of sight.
Dm E
I have felt most cherished moments slipping
Am Dm Am
through the gripping hands of hope.
Dm E
I have heard the violent final snapping
Am Dm Am
of the last strand of the rope.
Dm E
But the saddest thing I've ever seen
Am Dm Am
was when you walked away.
Dm G
But the saddest thing I've ever seen
Am Dm Am
was when you walked away.