Magic Chord Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays404

Magic Chord by Sharon Van Etten is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Em, Fm and Dm. 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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16
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Am                  Em 
You're talking too loud 
Fm                      
Won't you walk over, whisper,  
                     Dm 
Motion hands or bat a lash? 
  Am          Em               FmDm  
You gotta see there's too many eyes. 
Am                 Em 
You're walking too Fmast. 
Fm                 
Why the hurry? Let me pace myselFm. 
       Dm 
No need to run a lap. 
Am              Em 
You gotta lead. 
Fm             Dm 
You gotta lead. 



Am           Em              Fm      
You got to lose. You got to lose. 
                     Dm 
You got to lose sometime. 
Am           Em               Fm 
You got to lose. You got to lose. 
                    Dm 
You got to lose sometime. 

Am            Em 
Hear what I say 
Fm                         
When you waltz over, whistle 
          Dm 
And you try to have your way. 
  Am         Em              Fm Dm 
You got to see you Fmelt the sAme.   
Am         Em           Fm       
You come in today with a hop in your step 
            Dm 
You kind oFm marvel at yourselFm. 
Am                Em 
You gotta breathe. 
Em          Fm Dm 
You gotta breathe. 

Am          Em               Fm 
You got to lose. You got to lose. 
                    Dm 
You got to lose sometime. 
Am           Em               Fm 
You got to lose. You got to lose. 
                 Dm 
You got to lose sometime. 
Am       Em 
Cowardice. 
               Fm Dm 
You Fmelt it yourselFm. 
Am               Em   
You're telling lies. 
           Fm -Dm 
You said too much. 

  (Am Em Fm Dm )  
You got nothing to lose, nothing to lose 
Nothing to lose this time. 
You got nothing to lose, nothing to lose 
Nothing to lose this time. 
You got nothing to lose, nothing to lose 
Nothing to lose... 
 
    	

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