When There's No One Around Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays445

When There's No One Around by Garth Brooks is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, A and D. 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)This is a song that nobody (Em)knows  
I couldn't (C)begin to describe how it (A)goes  
But (G)it makes me cry or laugh right out (Em)loud  
It's (C)a song that I sing when there's no one aroun(G)d  
 
(chord progression is the same) 
 
This is the man that nobody sees  
He wears my old clothes and he looks just like me  
Just one of the boys who gets lost in the crowd  
He's the man that I am when there's no one around  
 
(C)It's four in the morning  
Im lyin' in (A)bed  
(C)A tape of my failures  
Playin' inside my (A)head  
(C)It's heartaches and hard knocks  
And things I don't (A)know  
(C)I listen and I wonder  
(G)Where will it (D)go  
 
(chord progression is the same as vs 1) 
 
This is a glimpse of the child that's within  
He's so immature but he's still my best friend  
If he could learn how to fly he'd never touch down  
He's the kid that I am when there's no one around  
 
This is the dance I do every day  
I let my feet go and get carried away  
I let my soul lead and follow the sound  
It's the dance that I do when there's no one around  
 
(chord progression is the same as vs 1) 
 
It's four in the morning  
Im lyin' in bed  
A tape of my failures  
Playin' inside my head  
It's heartaches and hard knocks  
And things I don't know  
I listen and I wonder  
Where will it go  
 
(chord progression is the same as vs 1) 
 
This is a song that nobody knows  
I still can't begin to describe how it goes  
But it makes me cry our laugh right out loud  
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around  
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante