Sweet Despair Chords

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Sweet Despair by Cher Lloyd is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, G, D, Em, Dm, C, Cmaj7 and D6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			E G D x2 

Em                  Dm  G      D 
Tell me what do you see in her 
Em                        G            D 
Cause I've been living in sweet despair 
C                          Em              D 
I don't really know what's in the cards of life 
C                    Em                 D 
All I really know is my tears won't dry tonight 

Em                     G          D 
Love was hidden within your smoke 
Em                     Dm        G    D 
Blinding lights and disheartened hope 
D 
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh 

C                  G 
One mistake is all it really takes 
           D 
To take my breath away 
Go and put the knife in 
C                        G 
Run away, don't need you anyway 
         D 
Although I wish you'd stay  
Go and put the knife in 

C           G 
You've been foolish 
         D 
And I've been stupid 
Go 

C                  G 
One mistake is all it really takes 
           D  
To take my breath away 
Go and put the knife in 

Em            Dm        G    D 
I hear voices inside my head 
Em                    Dm     G       D 
Something's different inside this bed 
C                          Em              D 
I don't really know what's in the cards of life 
Cmaj7                Em                    D 
All I really know is my tears won't dry tonight 
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh 

C                  G 
One mistake is all it really takes 
           D 
To take my breath away 
Go and put the knife in 
C                        G 
Run away, don't need you anyway 
         D 
Although I wish you'd stay 
Go and put the knife in 

C           G 
You've been foolish 
         D 
And I've been stupid 
Go 

C                  G 
One mistake Is all it really takes 
           D  
To take my breath away 
Go and put the knife in 

G 
 I'll be crying you'll be screaming, I'll come tumbling down 
D                                     D6 
Just the thought of you and I another face in the crowd 
      G 
I'd rather wake up in an empty house than this battleground 
          D6 
I'm on my own now, I'm on my own now 

G 
You'll be sorry, I won't worry 
I'm okay with it now 
     D                                D6 
Just remember what you did and how it didn't work out 
    C                                          G 
I'd rather wake up in an empty house than this battleground 
               D6 
You're on your own now, you're on your own now 

C                  G 
One mistake is all it really takes 
           D 
To take my breath away 
Go and put the knife in 
C                        G    
Run away, don't need you anyway 
         D 
Although I wish you'd stay 
Go and put the knife in 

C                  G 
One mistake is all it really takes 
           D  
To take my breath away 
Go and put the knife in 

C           G 
You've been foolish 
         D 
And I've been stupid 
Go 

C                  G 
One mistake is all it really takes 
           D 
To take my breath away 
Go and put the knife in 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante