Can't Turn Back The Years Chords
by Phil Collins
Can't Turn Back The Years by Phil Collins is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Em, C, Am, D, G/B, G, D/F# and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em - C - Am - D
G/B - C - Am - D
Em C Am D
Could've given you everything that you need
G/B C Am D
but I cannot turn back the years
Em C Am D
The perfect love was all you wanted from me
G/B C Am D
but I cannot turn back the years
C D G D/F# Em
So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard
C D G D/F# Em C
we have to move on, but no matter how hard I try
D G D/F# Em
if your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth
C D A C Em C Am D
and when I look deep down inside I know, it's too bad I love you
Intro: Em - C - Am - D
G/B - C - Am - D
D G/B C Am D
Sometimes. hits me in the morning, hits me at night
G/B C Am D
that I cannot turn back the years
Em C Am D
so I look out my window, turn off my light
G/B C Am D
but I cannot turn back the years
C D G D/F# Em
Can't make it seem easy, when you're all that I see
C D G D/F# Em
can't live in a dream and I won't serenade the truth
C D G D/F# Em
people are hurting and they're looking to me
C D A C G/B
and I look at you there's nothing more to say, it's too bad I love you
Em D
But I'm never gonna give it up
Intro: Em - C - Am - D
G/B - C - Am - D
Em C Am D
All that I lived for, all that I dreamed
G/B C Am D
but I cannot turn back the years
G/B C Am D
You're the water i drink, you're the air that I breathe
G/B C Am D
but i cannot turn back the years
C D G D/F# Em
So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard
C D G D/F# Em C
we have to move on, but no matter how hard I try
D G D/F# Em
if your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth
C D A C G/B
and when I look deep down inside I know, it's too bad I love you
Em D
But I'm never gonna give it up