Still Beating Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays423

Still Beating by Chris Farren is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Bm, D, E and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: A 

Verse 
A 
I was so afraid back then 
A                    Bm 
I would lose my only friend 
Bm 
When you surrendered to  
    D                               A 
The devil that was chasing you around 
A 
We stopped talking for some time 
A                           Bm 
I was destroyed, you seemed fine 

Out late with your brand new life 
D                                         A 
I held my breath and prayed for mine to end 

A              E      D 
It was hard to believe 
A                 E        D 
Anyone could ever leave me 
A                  E 
My tailights quickly retreating 
F#m                 D             Bm 
Are the only lights I seem to see 
A 
As your heart's still beating 

Verse 
A 
I guess I was just like you 
A                  Bm 
Cause I gave up too 
Bm 
Let the days just turn to months 
   D                         A 
Avoid everything and everyone 
A 
Ignore the phone calls from my mom 
                            Bm 
Pretend I'm busy writing songs 
                    D 
As I just blaze away 

Single player video games 

A              E       D 
It was hard to believe 
A                 E          D 
Anyone could ever leave me 
A                  E 
My tailights quickly retreating 
F#m                D             Bm 
Are the only lights I seem to see 
A 
As your heart's still beating 

Bridge 
A 
There must be something better 
                                    D 
Some place that I've never ever seen 
A 
Must be some sort of heaven 
                                  D      D 
With everything that I could ever dream of 

Outro 
A              E      D 
It was hard to believe 
A                E         D 
Anyone could ever leave me 
A                 E 
My tailights quickly retreating 
F#m                 D 
Are the only lights I seem to see 
A 
As your heart's still beating for me 
    	

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