A Thousand Years Chords

KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays782

A Thousand Years by Christina Perri is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, F/A, Gm7, F, Eb, Fsus4, Cm7, Gm and F4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:  Bb F/A Gm7 F Eb Fsus4 F 

Eb 
Heart beats fast 
             Bb 
Colors and promises 
            Gm7 
How to be brave 
           F/A      Eb       
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall 
                   Bb 
But watching you stand alone 
           Gm7            F/A  Bb    Cm7 
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow 

           Gm      F 
One step clo______ser 

 
Bb                             F/A 
I have died everyday waiting for you 
 Gm7                             F  
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you 
        Eb   
For a thousand years 
                      F4      F 
I'll love you for a thousand more 
 

Eb 
   Time stands still 
          Bb 
Beauty in all she is 
            Gm7 
I will be brave 
            F/A        Eb 
I will not let anything take away 
                   Bb 
What's standing in front of me 
        Gm7 
Every breath 
       F/A      Bb      Cm7 
Every hour has come to this 
           Gm      F 
One step clo______ser 

 
Bb                             F/A 
I have died everyday waiting for you 
 Gm7                             F  
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you 
        Eb   
For a thousand years 
                      F4      F 
I'll love you for a thousand more 


Bb                           F/A 
And all along I believed I would find you 
 Gm7                           F 
Time has brought your heart to me 
                          Eb 
I have loved you for a thousand years 
                      F4     F 
I love you for a thousand more 
 

( Bb F/A Gm7 F Eb Fsus4 F ) 

Cm7            Gm      F 
    One step clo______ser 

Cm7            Gm      F 
    One step clo______ser 

 
Bb                             F/A 
I have died everyday waiting for you 
 Gm7                             F  
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you 
        Eb   
For a thousand years 
                      F4      F 
I'll love you for a thousand more 


Bb                           F/A 
And all along I believed I would find you 
 Gm7                           F 
Time has brought your heart to me 
                          Eb 
I have loved you for a thousand years 
                      F4     F 
I love you for a thousand more 
 

    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante