Gone Too Soon Chords
Gone Too Soon by Michael Jackson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G#. It uses the chords E, F#, G#, B, C#, Eb4, Eb, G#9, C#maj7/9, Eb/G#, Ebm/G#, C#/G#, C#/Eb, G#7, C#maj7, Bb/F#, G#/C, Ddim, G7, Cm, Cm7, F#/E, B9, F#/B, F#m/B, B7, Emaj7, Bmaj7, A/C#, B/D#, Fdim, Bb7, Ebm, Ebm7, E/B, Em/B, Emaj7/9 and E9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (Strings) – E F# G# B C# Eb4 Eb
(Piano) – G#9 G# C#maj7/9 C# (2x)
G#9 Eb/G#
Like a comet
Ebm/G# C#/G# C#/Eb
Blazing ‘cross the evening sky
G#9 G# C#maj7/9 C#
Gone too soon
G#9 Eb/G#
Like a rainbow
Ebm/G# G#7 C#maj7 C#/Eb
Fading in the twinkling of the eye
G#9 Bb/F# G#/C
Gone too soon
C#maj7
Shiny and sparkly
Ddim G7
And splendidly bright
Cm Cm7 Cm7
Here one day
C#/Eb Eb C#/Eb Eb
Gone one night
G#9 Eb/G#
Like the loss of sunlight
Ebm/G# G#7 C#maj7 C#/Eb
On a cloudy afternoon
G#9 E F#/E
Gone too soon
B9 F#/B
Like a castle
F#m/B B7 Emaj7 F#/E
Built upon a sandy beach
B9 Emaj7
Gone too soon
B9 F#/B
Like a perfect flower
F#m/B B7 Emaj7 F#/E
That is just beyond your reach
B9 Bmaj7 B7 A/C# B/D#
Gone too soon
Emaj7
Born to amuse,
Fdim Bb7
To inspire, to delight
Ebm EbMm7 Ebm7
Here one day
F#/E E F#/E E
Gone one night
B9 F#/B
Like a sunset
F#m/B E/B Em/B
Dying with the rising of the moon
B9 B Emaj7/9 E B9 B E9
Gone too soon
B9
Gone too soon