Almost Sweet Music Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays614

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

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 
Em C 
Em G 
Em G 
Bm G 

Em C G 
Bm C G 

Verse: 1 
G 

I came in from the outside 

G 

Burnt out from the joy ride 

G               D             C 

She likes to roll here in my ashes anyway 


G 
Played from the bedside 


G 
Is "Stella By Starlight" 

G         D 
"That Was My Heart"... 

               C                    Em 

The drums that start off "Night And Day" 


Pre-Chorus: 1

Em              Bm      C          G 

The same kind of music haunts her bedroom 

Em         D          C 

I'm almost me again, she's almost you 


Em     C         G 

I wouldn't know where to start 

         Bm   C                G 

"Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" 

Em  Bm       G 
Be still "My Foolish Heart," 

G 

Don't ruin this on me 


   Em     C         G 

I wouldn't know where to start 

         Bm   C                G 

"Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" 

Em  Bm       G 
Be still "My Foolish Heart," 

G 

Don't ruin this on me 


Verse: 2 

G 
Tell me who, and I'll be thanking them 
            C 

The numbered lovers of Duke Ellington 

      Em       D                       C 
Do I owe each kiss to lip and cheek as soft 
                 G 

As Chet can sing "Let's Get Lost" 


And "Let The Good Times Roll" 

C    G 
Let "Smoke Rings" from this "Paper, Doll" 

       Em        D 
Blow sweet and thick 'til every thought of 

C 

"It Don't Mean A Thing" 


Pre-Chorus: 2 
Em             Bm           C              G 

I've got some colour back, she thinks so, too 

   Em         D                    C 
I laugh like me again, she laughs like you 


Em     C         G 

I wouldn't know where to start 

         Bm   C                G 

"Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" 

Em  Bm       G 
Be still "My Foolish Heart," 

G 

Don't ruin this on me 


   Em     C         G 

I wouldn't know where to start 

         Bm   C                G 

"Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" 

Em  Bm       G 
Be still "My Foolish Heart," 

G 

Don't ruin this on me 


Bridge 

G                Em 

I wouldn't know where 

C               G 

I wouldn't know where 

G 
I wouldn't know where, I wouldn't know where 
C             G 

I wouldn't 

G 

I wouldn't know where 

C                Em 
I wouldn't know where 
G 

I wouldn't know where, I wouldn't know where 

              D 
I wouldn't know 


Verse: 3 

                      G 
"The Very Thought Of You" and "Am I Blue"? 

    C 
"A Love Supreme" seems far removed 

         D                       C 
"I Get Along Without You Very Well," some other nights 
     G    D 

The radio news reader chimes 

    C 
Reporting "Russian Lullabies" 

         C      D                    C 
She'll turn to me awake and ask, Is everything "Alright" 



Em     C         G 

I wouldn't know where to start 

         Bm   C                G 

"Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" 

Em  Bm       G 
Be still "My Foolish Heart," 

G 

Don't ruin this on me 


   Em     C         G 

I wouldn't know where to start 

         Bm   C                G 

"Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" 

Em  Bm       G 
Be still "My Foolish Heart," 

G 

Don't ruin this on me 

Chorus 

Em     C         G 

I wouldn't know where to start 

         Bm   C                G 

"Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" 

Em  Bm       G 
Be still "My Foolish Heart," 

G 

Don't ruin this on me 


   Em     C         G 

I wouldn't know where to start 

         Bm   C                G 

"Sweet Music" playing "In The Dark" 

Em  Bm       G 
Be still "My Foolish Heart," 

G 

Don't ruin this on me  
    	

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