Square Pegs Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays464

Square Pegs by Kelsea Ballerini is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro 
G               C 
La da da da da da da da da 
Em              D 
La da da da da da da da da 

G C Em D 

verse 1 
G                             C 
What if we were all the same? 
                        Em 
Same rules, same game 
                                   D                            G 
And we weren't allowed to change anything about anything 
   C                               Em 
That anybody's ever done before? 
                       D 
Wouldn't that be boring? 

G                            C                          Em               
Always spinning on a ride, all walking on a line 
               D 
That they drew a long time ago… 
               G                                          C 
When you know that you don't have to go where they go 
           Em                      D     
You can go write your own story (so) 

Pre-Chorus 1 
G                     C 
(Hey!) hey, you gotta be 
Em              D 
Who you oughta be 
     G               C 
So who do you wanna be? 
Em          D 
Oh-oh-oh-oh 

Em                              C 
You can choose if you're bad, if you're good 
            G                                   D 
If you're left or right, speak in your heart or speak in your mind 
Em                          C                       G 
You can be what they say, you can be a cliche 
            D 
You can tear up the box, and throw it away 
G                      C 
Everybody gotta be themselves 
Em                      D 
Everybody gotta dream out loud 
G                       C 
Everybody gotta be themselves 
Em                               D 
Square pegs make the world go ‘round 

Instrumental 
G               C 
La da da da da da da da da 
Em              D 
La da da da da da da da da 
G               C                       Em      D 
La da da da da da da da da  
  
verse 2  
G                             C                            Em 
There's a lot of open doors, you can go and explore 
                               D 
You can always open more if you're hitting a wall 
G                 C                      Em 
Dropping the ball, haven't we all 
        D 
Been down that same hallway? 
G                         C                           Em                 
So let 'em talk and whisper, let 'em try to fix ya 
                  D 
Repaint your picture, at the end of the day 
G               C                               Em                                   D 
It fits in your frame, just 'cause you're different don't mean you're crazy 

G                 C 
Hey, hey, you gotta sing 
Em                 D 
Like nobody's listening 
            G                 C             Em 
'Cause somebody's listening, yeah 
D 
Oh 

Em                              C 
You can choose if you're bad, if you're good 
            G                                   D 
If you're left or right, speak in your heart or speak in your mind 
Em                          C                       G 
You can be what they say, you can be a cliche 
            D 
You can tear up the box, and throw it away 
G                      C 
Everybody gotta be themselves 
Em                      D 
Everybody gotta dream out loud 
G                       C 
Everybody gotta be themselves 
Em                               D 
Square pegs make the world go ‘round 

Instrumental Break 
G C Em D  
             They make the world go ‘round 
G C Em D 

Pre-Chorus 1 
G                     C 
(Hey!) hey, you gotta be 
Em              D 
Who you oughta be 
     G               C 
So who do you wanna be? 
Em          D 
Oh-oh-oh-oh 

Em                              C 
You can choose if you're bad, if you're good 
            G                                   D 
If you're left or right, speak in your heart or speak in your mind 
Em                          C                       G 
You can be what they say, you can be a cliche 
            D 
You can tear up the box, and throw it away 
G                      C 
Everybody gotta be themselves 
Em                      D 
Everybody gotta dream out loud 
G                       C 
Everybody gotta be themselves 
Em                               D 
Square pegs make the world go ‘round 

Instrumental Outro  
G               C 
La da da da da da da da da 
Em              D 
La da da da da da da da da 
G               C                       Em      D 
La da da da da da da da da 
    	

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.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante