Alone (Acoustic) Chords
by Heart
Alone (Acoustic) by Heart is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, G, E, C, Dm and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Am F G
-------------------------------3---------------------------------
-1-----1----1---1h3---0-----0--0---------------------------------
-------2------2-----------0----0--2-0----------------------------
----2----2--3---3-------0------0------3--------------------------
-0-----------------------------2---------------------------------
----------------------3--------3---------------------------------
Am F G E
----------------------------3---3--------------------------------
-----1-----------------------------------------------------------
---2---2p0--------0h2-------------0---1\2\4/---------------------
-2----------3---3-----3-------0----------------------------------
-0------------3---------3-------2-----2\3\5/---------------------
------------1---------------3------------------------------------
Verse 1: repeat Intro 2xs
Bridge 1:
F C F C
-(1)-------(0)---------(1)----------------------------------------
------1-----------1---------1----------1--------------------------
-------------------------------------0----------------------------
----3---3-------2---2-----3---3----2------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
--1---------0-----------1--------0--------------------------------
F C F G C
-(1)-------(0)------------------3--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
------1---------1--------1------0--0---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------
---------------------------2----0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
----3---3-----2---2----3-----3--0--0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------
--------------------------------2--0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------
--1---------0--------1----------3--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------
Chorus 1:
Dm Bb? F Open C?
-1p0--------1-1-1-1---1------------0--0----------------------------
-3---3------1-1-1-1---1------------5--5----------------------------
-2-----2----3-3-3-3---2------------0--0----------------------------
-0-------0--3-3-3-3---3------------5--5---------------------------- (3xs)
------------1-1-1-1---3--0h3--1s3--3--3----------------------------
------------1-1-1-1---1--------------------------------------------
F Bb? Open C?
-1-1-1---1-1-1---0-s-0-0--------------------------------------------
-1-1-1---1-1-1---3-s-5-5--------------------------------------------
-2-2-2---3-3-3---0-s-0-0-------------------------------------------- (2xs)*
-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-s-5-5--------------------------------------------
-3-3-3---1-1-1---1-s-3-3--------------------------------------------
---------1-1-1------------------------------------------------------
^quickly slide this up to the next chord
*On the second time add this:
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
^pay attention to this one (it's different)
Verse 2: Can be played the same as verse 1, but you can also add your own picking
variations if you want.
Bridge 2: Can be played the same as bridge 1, but you can also vary it.
Before the next chorus strum these chords straight:
Dm Bb? F C
-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0------------------------------
-3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1------------------------------
-2-2-2-2----3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0------------------------------ (2xs)
-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2------------------------------
------------1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3------------------------------
------------1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3------------------------------
Chorus 2: Repeat the above chords 3xs (Dm Bb? F C)
then do...
F Bb? Open C?
-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0------------------------------------------
-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5------------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0------------------------------------------ (4xs)*
-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3------------------------------------------
-----------1-1-1-1---------------------------------------------------
*4th time add this:
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-----------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Outro:
Am F G Am
-0----------------------------3-------------------0-------0-0--------
-1----1----1---1h3---0-----0--0-------------------1-0h1---1-1--------
-2-----------2-----------0----0--2--0-----------2-2-------2-2--------
-2--2---2--3---3-------0------0--------3------2---2-----2-2-2--------
-0----------------------------2--------3----0-----0-------0-0--------
---------------------3--------3-----------0-------0-------0-0--------