We Were Giants Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays384

We Were Giants by Phillip Long is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Am6, G and C. 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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D               Am6 
We were giants 
                 G 
Baby, look at us now 
                 D     Am6 
We've become so small 
                  G 
That crack in our wall 
     D               Am6 
Just grows and grows 
                       G 
Yeah, we've got to hold on 

C                             G 
God only knows what happened with us 
C                             G 
God only knows what happened with us 
               D 
We used to be giants 
            C     G 
Used to be giants 

D               Am6 
We were giants 
                 G 
Baby, look at us now 
                 D     Am6 
We've become so small 
                  G 
That crack in our wall 
     D               Am6 
Just grows and grows 
                       G 
Yeah, we've got to hold on 

C                             G 
God only knows what happened with us 
C                             G 
God only knows what happened with us 
               D 
We used to be giants 
            C     G 
Used to be giants 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante