Makin Believe Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays410

Makin Believe by Skeeter Davis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and Am7. 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
  			
(Intro) 
 C F C G 


(verse 1) 
G        C     F              C 
Making believe that you still love me, is  
        G   Am7          C 
leaving me, alone and so blue. 
    Am7         C      F 
But I'll always dream, though I'll never  
C 
own you. 
         G                  C 
Making believe is all I can do. 


        Am7      G                     C 
I can't hold you close when you're not with me. 
           Am7    G                     C 
You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine. 
Am7      C      F             C         Am7 
Making believe, I'll spend my lifetime, loving  
G              C 
you and making believe. 


(Interlude) 
 C F C 


(verse 2) 
G        C     F            C 
Making believe that I never lost you, but my  
      G      Am7         C 
happy hour I find are so few. 
   Am7           C       F               C 
My plans for the future, will never come true. 
       G                       C 
Making believe what else can I do? 



        Am7      G                     C 
I can't hold you close when you're not with me. 
           Am7    G                     C 
You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine. 
Am7      C      F             C         Am7 
Making believe, I'll spend my lifetime, loving  
G              C 
you and making believe. 


(Outro)  C F C G C 

 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante