Little Willow Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays402

Little Willow by Paul McCartney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Em/D, D7, G, A and Asus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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  			INTRO:

    D        Em/D     D        Em/D
E:--------2--------3--------2--------3--
B:------3--------5--------3--------5----
G:----2--------4--------2--------4------
D:--0--------0--------0--------0--------
A:--------------------------------------
E:--------------------------------------


D Em/D
Bend, little willow
D Em/D
Wind's gonna blow you
D        Em/D    D    Em/D
Hard and cold tonight

D Em/D
Life, as it happens
D Em/D
Nobody warns you
D        Em/D    D    D7
Willow, hold on tight

G                A
Nothing's gonna shake your love
                D   D7
Take your love away
G                 A
No one's out to break your heart
                       Asus4
It only seems that way, hey

Sleep, little willow
Peace gonna follow
Time will heal your wounds

Grow to the heavens
Now and forever
Always came too soon

TWO INSTRUMENTAL VERSES

Nothing's gonna shake your love
Take your love away
No one's out to break your heart
It only seems that way, hey

Bend, little willow
Wind's gonna blow you
Hard and cold tonight

Life, as it happens
Nobody warns you
Willow, hold on tight

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE (END ON D)
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante