One Grain Of Sand Chords

KeyAm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays586

One Grain Of Sand by Ron Pope is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Am, C, G, F and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Am C 
I dont wanna hold you if you wanna go  
G  F 
And im not gonna make you feel love if you don't  
 Am F G F 
I would rather learn what it feels like to burn then to feel nothing at all
 


Am Em 
Oh I used to treat you sweetly I would pull you to my chest  
F G 
as you cried about the ocean slipping quickly through your hands  
Am Em 
you were searching for one grain of sand along an endless beach  
F G 
as I was building you castle you just refused to see  



F G  Am 
what do I say, What do I do  
C  G F 
to show you all the ways my heart is slowly shattering for you  
F  G Am 
what do I say, what do I do 


Am C 
I dont wanna hold you if you wanna go  
G  F
 
And im not gonna make you feel love if you don't  
 Am F G F
 
I would rather learn what it feels like to burn then to feel nothing at all 



Am Em F 
You have faded my reality like leaves that turn to dust fell asleep inside a  
G Am 
fantasy then woke up feeling lost now I'm terrified and restless but I just  
 Em F G 
cannot escape I wish you had words to cool this fever that is killing me  


F G  Am 
what do I say, What do I do  
C  G F 
to show you all the ways my heart is slowly shattering for you  
F  G Am 
what do I say, what do I do 
  


Am C 
I dont wanna hold you if you wanna go  
G  F 
And im not gonna make you feel love if you don't  
 Am F G F 
I would rather learn what it feels like to burn then to feel nothing at all 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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