Don't Let Me Go Chords

KeyD Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays483

Don't Let Me Go by One Direction is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, G, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Capo on 1  

D                                                                         G  
Now you were standing there right in front of me  
D                                                          G  
I hold on, it's getting harder to breathe  
D                                                            G  
All of a sudden these lights are blinding me  
D                                                                             G  
I never noticed how bright they would be  
D                                                       G  
I saw in the corner there is a photograph  
D                                                                        G  
No doubt in my mind it's a picture of you  
D                                                           G     
It lies there alone in its bed of broken glass  
D                                                       G    
This bed was never made for two  

Em                                        G  
I'll keep my eyes wide open  
Em                                        G  
I'll keep my arms wide open  

D  
Don't let me   
A  
Don't let me   
Em  
Don't let me go  
G  
Cause I'm tired of feeling alone  
D  
Don't let me  
A                   Em    
Don't let me go  
G  
Cause I'm tired of feeling alone  

D                                                                         G  
I promised one day that I'd bring you back a star  
D                                                                            G    
I caught one and it burned a hole in my hand oh  
D                                                                   G    
Seems like these days I watch you from afar  
D                                            G  
Just trying to make you understand  
                      Em                  G  
I'll keep my eyes wide open yeah   

D  
Don't let me   
A  
Don't let me  
Em  
Don't let me go  
G  
Cause I'm tired of feeling alone  
D  
Don't let me   
A                    Em  
Don't let me go  
D  
Don't let me  
A  
Don't let me  
Em  
Don't let me go  
G  
Cause I'm tired of feeling alone  
D  
Don't let me  
A  
Don't let me  
Em  
Don't let me go  
G  
Cause I'm tired of feeling alone  
D  
Don't let me   
A                     Em  
Don't let me go  
G  
Cause I'm tired of sleeping alone  
    	

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