I Won't Forget You Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays414

I Won't Forget You by Jim Reeves is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, D, E7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: 
A  E  A  E 
 
 
 A         D         A 
I know that I won't forget you 
         E                          A        E7 
For I've loved you too much for too long 
           A             D               A 
Though you don't want me now, I'll still love you 
         E            E7       A 
'Til the breath in my body is gone 
 
 
              E                         A 
That's how it is with me ... and you'll always be 
    D      E          A     A7 
The only love I ever knew 
     A           D            A 
I'll forget many things in my lifetime 
        E         E7           A      
But my darling, I won't forget you 
 
 
(Instr) E  A  E 
 
(Repeat Verse 2) 
    	

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