Just Because Chords

by Dido
KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays516

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

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Verso 1:
   C                       Am 
We are, we are, living our dream, we are 
            G                    F 
Singing our song, we are, just because 
   C                             Am 
We know, we know, we're carrying on, we'll be 
            G                      F 
Chasing the things we love, just because 

Pré-Refrão 
    C                      Am 
You are the sun, happy out here alone 
                  G 
You don't need to feel it all 
               F 
Just sing your song 

 
F C               Am 
   Sing your song 
G                    Em 
 Just sing your song 
C                    Am 
 Just sing your song 
G                    F 
 Just sing your song 

Verso 2:
  C                           Am 
Hello, hello, you're taking a chance, you know 
            G                     F 
And you can say you tried, just because 
       C 
If you get it wrong, just laugh it off 
          Am 
You don't need to hide, in the dark 
   G                       F 
We know, we know, it won't last 

 
C               Am 
 Sing your song 
G                    Em 
 Just sing your song 
        C 
(Just because) 
Sing your song (everybody does it) 
         Am 
(Doesn't mean that we need to) 
      G 
(Just because) 
Just sing your song (everybody wants it) 
         F 
(Doesn't mean we want it too) 
       C 
Just because, everybody does it 
        Am 
Doesn't mean that we need to 
       G 
Just because, everybody wants it 
        F 
Doesn't mean we want it too 
       C 
Just because everybody's talking 
         Am 
We don't need to share 
       G 
Just because 
        F 
Is not enough 
                   C 
(Sing you song) We are, we are 
               Am 
And whether we say we are 
               G 
We are what we try to do 
                 F 
We'll be what we want to be 
   C 
We are, we are 
               Am 
And whether we say we are 
               G 
We are what we try to do 
                 F 
We'll do what we want to do 

Outro 
           C 
You're the sun, you're the sun, you're the sun 
          Am 
Happy out there alone 
                  G 
You don't need to hear it all 
                  F 
You don't need to see it all 
               C    Am G F 
Just sing your song 
               C 
Just sing your song 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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