Count The Saints Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays649

Count The Saints by Foxes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, Em, Am, Bm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro C D Em Am x2 

verse 1 
       C                      D 
If I close my eyes, will it come to life? 
        Am                   Bm 
Is it something I'm dreaming of? 
       C                  D               Em 
If a steady head doesn't rule my heart, 
         Am                    C 
will it lead me to somewhere happy enough? 

Pre-Chorus 1 
            Em              Am           Bm 
And I'm a sorry soul in a sinful world 
                    C 
(and you don't get out alive) 
      D                Em             Am 
If I meet myself in a half way home, 
            Bm 
and I'll remember the things you said. 

 
 C                   D 
Love isn't always fair, 
                Em              G 
but that's no reason to be so cruel to me. 
 Am                   G 
Hold on to what is there, 
                Em      D 
and count the saints.  

C D Em Am x2 

verse 2 
            C                    D 
There's a reason why we keep it all inside. 
              Am               Bm 
To shield my hopes from the raining sky, 
        C                  D              Em 
then arrange it all into simple lines. 
       Am                    C 
To be part of a world where love can reside. 

Pre-Chorus 2 
         Em                  Am            Bm 
And the hopes I hold in my careful hands 
                     C 
(and they don't get out alive) 
       D                  Em         Am 
and I gave myself to an honest man 
              Bm 
Who couldn't keep his promises. 

 
 C                   D 
Love isn't always fair, 
                Em              G 
but that's no reason to be so cruel to me. 
 Am                   G 
Hold on to what is there, 
                Em 
and count the saints.  
                 D 
And count the saints,  

and count the saints. 

Instrumental 

Em C G Am (x4) 

 
 C                   D 
Love isn't always fair,  
                Em              G 
but that's no reason to be so cruel to me. 
 Am                   G 
Hold on to what is there,  
                Em 
and count the saints. 
                  D 
And count the saints, 
                  C 
and count the saints.  
    	

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