Cover Me Chords

KeyGm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays537

Cover Me by Depeche Mode is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, Fm, Cm, Eb, Bb, Ab, F, Cmadd9/G and F7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Gm
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Verse 
Gm 
  I've felt better 
Fm 
  I've been up all night 
Gm 
  I can feel it coming 
Fm 
  The morning light 


Cm 
  The air is so cold here 
Eb   
  It's so hard to breath 
   Bb               Ab 
We better take cover 
         Cm 
Will you cover me? 

Verse 
F                      Cm 
  Way up here with the northern lights 
F                Cm 
  Beyond you and me 
Eb                  Bb 
  I dreamt of us in another life 
    Ab              Cm 
The one we've never reached 

Cmadd9/G 

Bridge 
Gm 
  And you know we're sinking 
Ab 
  We could fade away 
Gm 
  I'm not going down 
Ab 
  Not today 

 
Cm 
  The air is so cold here 
Eb   
  Too cold to see 
Bb                    Ab 
We have to take cover 
Cm 
Cover me 

Verse 
F                      Cm 
  Way up here with the northern lights 
F                    Cm  
  Beyond this broken bars 
Eb                  Bb         
  I picture us in another life 
Ab                    Cm 
  Where we are superstars 

Outro 
Cm  F7 
Cm  F7 
Cm  F7 
Cm  F7 

  Cm 
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Listen for when each 
D|------5---------|------5---------|------5---------|------5---------| of these synth lines 
A|--3-6---6-3-----|--3-6---6-3-----|--3-6---6-3-----|--3-6---6-3-----| come in 
E|------------3---|------------3---|------------3---|------------3---| 
 | 
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|13--------------|13--------------|13--------------|13--------------| 
G|----12------12--|----12------12--|----12------12--|----12------12--| 
D|--------13------|--------13------|--------13------|--------13------| 
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
 | 
e|8~--------------|----------------|----------------|////////////////| 
B|8~--------------|----------------|----------------|////////////////| 
G|8~--------------|----------------|----------------|////////////////| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 

  F7 
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D|------5---------|------5---------|------5---------|------5---------| 
A|--3-6---6-3-----|--3-6---6-3-----|--3-6---6-3-----|--3-6---6-3-----| 
E|------------3---|------------3---|------------3---|------------3---| 
 | 
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
G|14--12------12--|14--12------12--|14--12------12--|14--12------12--| 
D|--------13------|--------13------|--------13------|--------13------| 
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 

e|15~-------------|----------------|----------------|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\| 
B|16~-------------|----------------|----------------|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\| 
G|15~-------------|----------------|----------------|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
    	

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