My Sweet Lady Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays430

My Sweet Lady by John Denver is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Em7, Dmaj7, G, Gm, Em, A, Bm, A7, D7 and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			  D                     Em7                D      Dmaj7      G       Gm  
Lady, are you crying? Do the tears belong to me?  
  
               D                      Dmaj7                Em        A  
Did you think our time together was all gone?  
  
D                            Em7                          D           Dmaj7 G      Gm  
Lady, you've been dreaming -- I'm as close as I can    be,  
  
          D            Bm      G            A7     D        D7                 
And I swear to you our time has just begun  
  
(Repeat from here on second time around.)  
  
G                                A                       D           D7  
Close your eyes and rest your weary mind;  
  
G                    A                     D                    D7  
I promise I will stay right here beside you.  
  
G                              A                       D                D7  
Today our lives were joined, became entwined;  
  
  Bm                          Bm7                     G     A        
I wish that you could know how much I love you.  
  
  
D                    Em7                     D         Dmaj7  G         Gm  
Lady, are you happy? Do you feel the way I    feel?  
  
                D                                Dmaj7       Em           A  
Are there meanings that you've never seen before?  
  
D                         Em7            D          Dmaj7  G       Gm  
Lady, my sweet lady, I just can't believe it's  true,  
  
          D           Bm        A                        D                    
And I swear to you our time has just begun  
  
  

    	

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