Song For Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays357

Song For by Matt Corby is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Am and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:  
G      D      Am     E   
G      D      Am     E (2x)         
G      D  

Am                E 
A million prayers, 
G 
went up to heaven, 
              D       Am 
they went for nothing. 
               E 
A million pleas, 
G 
came back down, 
                 D 
they said stop asking. 

Am            G         G 
So much blood on my hands (2x) 

Am               E 
The angels cried, 
G 
“You can do nothing” 
           D          Am 
Our hearts have sunken. 
                        E 
Cause the focus of our dreams 
       G 
Was fraudulent yet weary 
                   D 
That the Lord’s wrath who’d come 

Am      G                G 
So much blood on my hands x5 

(Am   G      G) 2x       

Am      G                G 
So much blood on my hands (3x) 
    	

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