Always Chords
Always by Leonard Cohen is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, F/C, Dm7, Fm6/C, F7, Bb, F7/A, Bbsus4, C, G7, A, F#, E, D7, G, E7, Eb, D, Gm, Gm/D, Bbm, Gm11, Dm, D/A, B and Bb/F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F F/C F Dm7 Fm6/C
F Dm7 Fm6/C F
Oh friends... don't matter if you're a man or a woman
F Dm7 Fm6/C F Dm7 Fm6/C F
If you're in love with somebody, these are the words that you gotta learn to say
F
Now listen carefully
Dm7 Fm6/C F F/C F F7 Fm6/C Bb
Here it comes...
F Dm7 Fm6/C F F7/A Bbsus4
I'll be loving you always
C Dm7 C F Dm7 Fm6/C
With a love that's true, always
F G7 A
When the thing you've planned
A F# E
Needs my helping hand
E A D7 G Fm6/C Dm7
I will understand, always, always
F Dm7 Fm6/C F
Days may not be fair, always
F E7 Eb D Gm Gm/D Gm Bb
Yeah but that's when I'll be there, always
Bb Bbm F
Not for just an hour
F G7 Gm
Not for just a day
Gm C Gm11 Bb F
Not for just a year, always
F Dm7 Fm6/C F
I said that I'll be loving you, always
C Dm C F Dm7 Fm6/C
With a love that's true, a love that's true, always
F G7
When the thing you've planned
A
Needs my helping hand
E A D7 G C
I will, I will understand, always, always
F F/C F F/C
F F/C F E7 Eb
D D/A D D/A
Gm Gm/D Gm Gm/D
B Bb/F Bbm
F F/C G7
Gm C
F
F
The days may not be fair, always
F E7 Eb D Gm
Yeah but that's when I'll be there, always
Bb Bbm
Not for just a second, or a minute, or an hour
F G7
Not for just a weekend and a shake down in the shower
Gm C
Not for just the summer and the winter going sour
F
But always, always, always
F F/C F Dm7 Fm6/C
F F/C F Dm7 Fm6/C
F F/C F Dm7 Fm6/C
F
Ok if you don't want to quit, let's try it one more time...
F F/C F Dm7 Fm6/C
F Dm7 Fm6/C F F7/A Bbsus4
I'll be loving you, always
C Dm7 C F Dm7 Fm6/C
With a love that's true, always
F A
When the thing you've planned
A
Needs my helping hand
E A D7 G C
I will understand, I will, I will understand, always, always
F
The days may not be fair, always... don't worry, baby
D Gm
That's when I'll be there, always
Bb Bbm
Not for just an hour
F G7
Not for just a day
Gm C F
Not for just a year, but always...