When I Need You Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays505

When I Need You by Rod Stewart is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, Dm, G7, G, F and G#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-2-----2---2---2--5--3--2-------5-----------5---------------2--------2--------------0------0----|  
G|-2-----2-----2----------------4---5-------4---4-------------2--------2--------------1------1----|  
D|---------------------------------------6-------6---------4--------4----4---------2------2---1---|  
A|-2---------2------2--2--2-------------------------------4--------4--------4------2-----2-------2|  
E|----------------------------4--------4----------------2--------2--------------0-------0---------|  

Chorus  

Miles and miles of empty space in between us  
A telephone can't take the place of your smile  


e|------------------------------------------------------|  
B|--------2--------------0------------2-----------0-----|  
G|--2---2---2------1---1---1----2---2---2---1---1---1---|  
D|----4-------4------2-------2----4-------4---2-------2-|  
A|------------------------------------------------------|  
E|--2------------0--------------2-----------0-----------|  

But you know I wont be traveling for ever  

e|-------------------------------|  
B|--5-----5-------0-----0--------|  
G|----2-----2-------1-----1------|  
D|------2-----2-------2-----2----|  
A|-0-----------------------------|  
E|--------0--------0----0--------|  

It's cold out, but hold out and do like I do  

e|--------------------------------5--3--2-|  
B|--2-----2----2-----2--------------------|  
G|----2-----2----2---2--------------------|  
D|------4----4-----4----------------------|  
A|--------------------------------0--0--0-|  
E|--2-----2----2-----2--------------------|  


repeat verse & Chorus  

Introd: C Am Dm G7 C G7 
        C                                     G 
When I need you, I just close my eyes and I'm with you, 
                G7           Am                              G 
And all that I saw, want to give you, it's only a heartbeat away. 
        C                                 G 
When I need love, I hold out my hands and I touch love, 
         G7                Am                                   G 
I never knew there was so much love, keeping me warm night and day. 

Am                                   G 
Miles and miles of empty space in between us, 
Am                                     G 
A telephone can't take the place of your smile. 
        C               Am         Dm 
But you know I won't be traveling forever. 
F                                          G 
It's cold out, but hold out, and do like I do. 

       C                                      G 
When I need you, I just close my eyes and I'm with you, 
                G7         Am                               G 
And all that I saw, wanna give you, it's only a heart beat away. 

Am                               G 
It's not easy when the road is goodbye love, 
Am                                  G 
Honey, that's a heavy load that we bear. 
         C              Am           Dm 
But you know I won't be traveling a lifetime. 
F                                        G           C 
Its cold out, but hold out and do like I do. I need you 


Instrumental solo: C Am Dm G7 G#7 

        C                                 G 
When I need love, I hold out my hands and I touch love, 
         G7                Am                                   G 
I never knew there was so much love, keeping me warm night and day. 
        C               Am         Dm 
But you know I won't be traveling forever. 
F                                          G 
It's cold out, but hold out, and do like I do. 
F                                        G           C 
Its cold out, but hold out and do like I do. I need you 





    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante