Never Tear Us Apart Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays470

Never Tear Us Apart by Joe Cocker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, Dm, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			Am		     F 
Don't ask me what you know is true 
		Dm	         F 
Don't have to tell you, I love your precious heart 

C  F      C             F		C 
I, I was standing you were there 
F                C           F                   G 
Two worlds collided and they could never tear us apart... 

(riff) 
E|--------------------------------------- 
B|--------------------------------------- 
G|--------------------------------------- 
D|--------------------------------------- 
A|----0---3----5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------- 
E|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------- 

	Am 
We could live 
	     F 
For a thousand years 
	    Dm 
But if I hurt you 
	     F 
I'd make wine from your tears 

     Am 
I told you 
		F 
That we could fly 
		Dm 
'Cause we all have wings 
			F 
But some of us don't know why 

C  F      C             F		C 
I, I was standing you were there 
F                C           F                   G 
Two worlds collided and they could never tear us apart... 

(riff) 
E|--------------------------------------- 
B|--------------------------------------- 
G|--------------------------------------- 
D|--------------------------------------- 
A|----0---3----5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------- 
E|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------- 

( Am F Dm F )  (2x) 

(solo) 
E|-11/12b~~~~~~12-11-10-7/8-----------12/15-12p10-12-12b--10-8--8/10-10/12-12/13-13/15- 
B|---------------------------10p8-10--------------------------------------------------- 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Am		     F 
Don't ask me what you know is true 
		Dm	         F 
Don't have to tell you, I love your precious heart 

C  F      C             F		C 
I, I was standing you were there 
F                C           F                   G 
Two worlds collided and they could never tear us apart... 
    	

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