Cliche Chords

KeyF Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays455

Cliche by Christina Grimmie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords F, C, G, Em, B7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F                             C  G         F 
I believed in all your candy hearts, baby 
                                                C  G 
You said our castle in the sky would never fall apart 
     F  
Baby I thought that you could never do wrong 
C                       G 
You talk like you're straight out of a love song 
F                           C  G * 
I don't buy a word that you say 

                    Em C Em G 
'Cause your love is cliche 
                    Em C Em B7 
'Cause your love is cliche 

Am                           C 
You said your life wouldn't work without me 
G                   F 
You used to say my name so proudly 
Am                      C 
Said I was the only girl in the whole world 
G                          F 
And every other girl they got nothing on me 

Em         C 
So stereo, so stereo 
Em            G 
Such stereotypical lines 
Em          C 
So typical, so typical 
Em                B7 
So predictable I know it's a lie 

F                             C  G         F 
I believed in all your candy hearts, baby 
                                                C  G 
You said our castle in the sky would never fall apart 
     F  
Baby I thought that you could never do wrong 
C                       G 
You talk like you're straight out of a love song 
F                           C  G * 
I don't buy a word that you say 

                    Em C Em G 
'Cause your love is cliche 
                    Em C Em B7 
'Cause your love is cliche 

Am                            C 
You said as long as I love you I'd never be alone 
G                            F 
You used to whisper sweet nothings through a payphone 
Am                    C 
Said if I listen close I can hear that bass go 
G                          F 
I can hear that heartbeat boom like a stereo 

Em         C 
So stereo, so stereo 
Em            G 
Such stereotypical lines 
Em          C 
So typical, so typical 
Em                B7 
So predictable I know it's a lie 

F                             C  G         F 
I believed in all your candy hearts, baby 
                                                C  G 
You said our castle in the sky would never fall apart 
     F  
Baby I thought that you could never do wrong 
C                       G 
You talk like you're straight out of a love song 
F                           C  G * 
I don't buy a word that you say 

                    Em C Em G 
'Cause your love is cliche 
                    Em C Em B7 
'Cause your love is cliche 

F                             C  G         F 
I believed in all your candy hearts, baby 
                                                C  G 
You said our castle in the sky would never fall apart 
     F  
Baby I thought that you could never do wrong 
C                       G 
You talk like you're straight out of a love song 
F                           C  G * 
I don't buy a word that you say 

                      Em * 
'Cause your love is cliche 
    	

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