Pursuasion Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Pursuasion by Richard Thompson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Cmaj9, F, Fmaj7, G, Em, Em7, Dm7, G6 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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  			written by Richard Thompson and Timm Finn 

Intro: C  Cmaj9  F     Fmaj7 |G       C  Em  Fmaj7 

C   Cmaj9    F         Fmaj7      |G          C  Em  Fmaj7 
You  and    I, tempted by the promise of a different life 
C   Cmaj9   F             Fmaj7     |G               C   Em7   F  
Time has fled, there's a constant battle  Running through my head 
Fmaj7                 |G         C  Em Fmaj7 
I don't know what to do 'cos I still believe 

Chorus 
      Dm7               G6                 C     
After all the foolish things you put me through 
       Dm7              G6                C     
I could always make a start on something new 
         F             G6             Am     
And I've always been a man who's open to 
Am  Cmaj9  G   
Pers -uas  -ion 

intro 

C     Cmaj9  F            Fmaj7        G               C  Em  Fmaj7 
Blind ro  - mance, there'll be no half measures given half a chance 
C      Cmaj9  F          Fmaj7      G                 C   Em7   F  
But we never learn, trusting in the fire while the cruel flame burns 
Fmaj7             G             C  Em Fmaj7 
And we need to rebuild what was never there  
          Dm7    |G           
What got left behind 

Chorus 

C         Em            G                     Fmaj7  C  G 
And it's written in my heart so that everybody can see it 
C         Em            G                 Fmaj7  C  G 
And it's written in my soul, after all I still believe it 
  Fmaj7  C  G 
I still believe it, X4 

Chorus 
Am  Cmaj9  G   
Persuasion,  x4 

  Fmaj7  C  G 
I still believe it 
I still believe it persuasion 
I still believe it, still believe it 
I still believe it persuasion, persuasion 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante