Wonderful Unknown Chords

KeyC Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays603

Wonderful Unknown by Ingrid Michaelson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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 (or without Capo, use C Am F G) 

G Em   C               D                   
Oh,   let me wear your overcoat,  
     G              Em                C                D 
my bones are super chill and all the ponies have gone home 
G Em C                  D              G                        Em 
Oh, walking through Manhattan with the ache from last night’s smile 
               C           D 
still smarting up from my toes 


G       Em   C             D     
Here we go, dancing on our own, 
   G                   Em              C            D 
Inside this house that we have never known, never known 
G       Em   C         D      G              Em            C            D 
Here we go, going in alone into the dark and wonderful unknown, let us go, let us go 

G Em    C             D               G                Em             C             D 
Oh, we make bread on Sundays and the little ones are climbing up the walls, up the walls 
G Em    C             D               G             Em             C            D 
Oh, nothing lasts forever but the sound of love astounds me every time that it calls 


G       Em   C             D     
Here we go, dancing on our own, 
   G                   Em              C            D 
Inside this house that we have never known, never known 
G       Em   C         D      G              Em            C            D 
Here we go, going in alone into the dark and wonderful unknown, let us go, let us go 


G        Em          C             D 
  In the best way, you’ll be the death of me 
G        Em          C             D 
  In the best way, you’ll be the death of me 
G        Em          C             D 
  In the best way, you’ll be the death of me 
G        Em         
  In the best way 


G Em   C                  D 
Oh,   got your father’s wristwatch on, 
    G                Em                 C                      D 
the one your mother gave him when they thought the world won’t end, 
G Em   C               D               G                 Em             C          D 
Oh,   we will be there one day with a smile and nothing more to say goodbye to a friend 



G       Em   C             D     
Here we go, dancing on our own, 
   G                   Em              C            D 
Inside this house that we have never known, never known 
G       Em   C         D      G              Em            C            D          G 
Here we go, going in alone into the dark and wonderful unknown, let us go, let us go 

        Em   C             D     
Here we go, dancing on our own, 
   G                   Em              C            D 
Inside this house that we have never known, never known 
G       Em   C         D      G              Em            C            D 
Here we go, going in alone into the dark and wonderful unknown, let us go, let us go 

G       Em         C            D 
  In the best way you’ll be the death of me x7 
    	

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