How Can It Be Chords

KeyB Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays540

How Can It Be by One Sonic Society is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, Em, D, G, Am7, G/B, G/D and C/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			
 


Intro: C Em D  (x2)


verse 1: 
C     Em    D 
 I am guilty 
C           Em         D                     
 Ashamed of what I've done, what I've become 
C                Em    D 
 These hands are dirty 
C           Em          D            C   Em   D 
 I dare not lift them up to the Holy One 


G                  Am7         
 You plead my cause, You right my wrongs 
G/B                    C 
   You break my chains, You overcome 
G                 Am7              
 You gave Your life, to give me mine 
G/B                  C 
   You say that I am free 
    D      G    Am7 
How can it be, yeah 
            G/B   C 
How can it be  (oh) 


verse 2
 
C          Em    D 
 I've been hiding 
C            Em       D     
 Afraid I've let You down 
              C               Em     D       
Inside I doubt that You could love me 
C            Em            D             C   Em   D 
 But in Your eyes, there's only grace now 


G                  Am7         
 You plead my cause, You right my wrongs 
G/B                    C 
   You break my chains, You overcome 
G                 Am7              
 You gave Your life, to give me mine 
G/B                  C 
   You say that I am free 
    D      G    Am7 
How can it be, yeah 
            G/B   C 
How can it be  (oh) 


Bridge: 

G/B         C             D 
   Though I fall, You can make me new 
G/B          C             D 
   From this death, I will rise with You 
G/B        C              D 
   Oh, the grace reaching out for me 
G/B     C      D 
   How can it be, yeah 
G/B     C      D 
   How can it be 


G                  Am7         
 You plead my cause, You right my wrongs 
G/B                    C 
   You break my chains, You overcome 
G                 Am7              
 You gave Your life, to give me mine 
G/B                  C    D 
   You say that I am free 

G                  Am7         
 You plead my cause, You right my wrongs 
G/B                    C 
   You break my chains, You overcome 
G                 Am7              
 You gave Your life, to give me mine 
G/B                  C 
   You say that I am free 
    D      G    Am7 
How can it be, yeah 
            G/B  C 
How can it be, oh 
            G/D   C/E   G/B   C 
How can it be 
    	

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