Against All Odds Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

Against All Odds by Jay Smith is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, E, F#m, A, D and D9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Bm
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16
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Intro: Bm  E  Bm  E 

F#m                         E 
How can I just let you walk away 
           A                     Bm 
Just let you leave without a trace 
       D                 D9                 E     F#m 
When I stand here taking every breath with you,   Uh 
           Bm           D                  E 
You're the only one who really  knew me at all 
F#m                   E 
How can you just walk away from me 
     A                         Bm 
When all I can do is watch you leave? 
        D                       D9             E               F#m 
Cos we shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears 
               Bm           D                  E 
And you're the only one who really  knew me at all 

                     A                        E 
So take a look at me now, cos there's just an empty space 
                    F#m             D                Bm              E 
And there's nothing left here to remind me just the memory of your face 
                       A                         E 
Just take a look at me now, cuz' there's just an empty space 
               F#m                    D                      Bm                 E 
And you coming back to me is against the odds, and that's a chance I've Got to take 

  F#m                        E 
I wish I could just make you turn around 
      A                       Bm 
Just turn around and see me cry 
           D              D9                E           F#m 
There's so much I need to say to you, so many reasons why 
           Bm           D                  E 
You're the only one who really  knew me at all 

                     A                        E 
So take a look at me now, cos there's just an empty space 
                    F#m             D                Bm              E 
And there's nothing left here to remind me just the memory of your face 
                  A                         E 
Take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space 
               F#m                    D                  Bm                 E 
And you coming back to me is against the odds, and that's what I've Got to take 

F#m                   E 
How can you just walk away from me 
     A                         Bm 
When all I can do is watch you leave? 
        D                       D9             E               F#m 
Cos we shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears 
               Bm           D                  E 
And you're the only one who really  knew me at all 

                     A                        E 
So take a look at me now, cos there's just an empty space 
                    F#m             D                Bm              E 
And there's nothing left here to remind me just the memory of your face 
                       A                      E 
Take a good look at me now, cos I'll still be standing here 
               F#m                    D                      Bm                 E 
And you coming back to me is against the odds, and that's a chance I've Got to taaake 

( Bm  E ) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante