Afraid Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays554

Afraid by Eddy Arnold is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G7, C, F, C7, Fm and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			G7     C           F          C 
Afraid to tell you how much I care 

            G7                        C 
Afraid I’ll need you and you won’t be there 

G7       C           F       C 
I’d love to take you into my heart 

              G7                     C 
But something tells me we would only part 


  C7        F    Fm            C 
I loved and lost just one love ago 

           D7          G7 
I paid the cost and it hurt me so 

             C        F             C 
A heart gets careless when vows are made 

          G7                  C 
I want to love you but I’m so afraid 


  C7        F    Fm            C 
I loved and lost just one love ago 

           D7          G7 
I paid the cost and it hurt me so 

             C        F             C 
A heart gets careless when vows are made 

          G7                  C 
I want to love you but I’m so afraid 
    	

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