Dear John Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays386

Dear John by Status Quo is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, D, Bb, Am, D7 and Gsus. 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
  			verse: 
C              F 
Everybody was talking to me 
 C             G 
Like I was a child 
C                       F 
In their words I could hear them saying 
      C                G 
It's just a matter of time 
D               Bb  Am   G         C 
Anyway it's a long long race been run 
D              Bb  Am  G         C    
Anyway it's a sad sad song been sung 

 F 
Dear John goodbye she said 
 C 
Sometimes it's hard she said 
 F               D7     Gsus G 
Dear John I've broken away 
 
verse: 
Vanity is hard old lady 
You can't read her mind 
I'm a fool but I don't fool easy 
While you're foolin' around 
Anyway I can hold my own tonight 
I admit I was wrong and you where right 
 
chorus: 
Dear John Goodbye she said 
Sometimes it's hard she said 
Dear John I've broken away 
 
chorus: 
Dear John goodbye she said 
Sometimes it's hard she said 
Dear John I've broken away 
 
 
  guitar solo: 
         C               F         C 
E|---------------------------------8----8----8----8----| 
B|---------------------6-6-6p5-----8b10-8b10-8b10-8b10-| 
G|-----5-5-5h7p5---5-7---------7-----------------------| 
D|-5-8-----------7-------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 
 
         G                      C         
E|-8-8-8------------------------15----15----15----15-| 
B|-8-6-8-8b10-8b10-8-8-6-6-5-5--15b17-15b17-15b17r15-| 
G|---------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 
 
         F                                   C 
E|-15-15-15----15----15----15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| 
B|-13-15-15b17-15b17-15b17r15-13-13-13-12-13-13-12-| 
G|-------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
 
               G        D            Bb Am G 
E|-15-15------------------12-11-10--15b17r15b17--| 
B|-13-13-13-12-10--8-9-10------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 
 
            C                D            Bb Am G        
E|-12h13p12---------------------12-11-10--15b17r15b17-| 
B|----------13-13--------8-9-10-----------------------| 
G|----------------14p12-------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------| 
 
               C 
E|-15b17r15-------15-------15-------15-------------| 
B|----------13-13----13-13----13-13----13-13-------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
chorus: 
Dear John goodbye she said 
Sometimes it's hard she said 
Dear John I've broken away 
 
verse: 
Everybody was talking to me 
Like I was a child 
In their words I could hear them saying 
It's just a matter of time 
Anyway it's a long long race been run 
Anyway it's a sad sad song been sung 
 
chorus: 
Dear John goodbye she said 
Sometimes it's hard she said 
Dear John I've broken away 
 
chorus: 
Dear John goodbye she said 
Sometimes it's hard she said 
Dear John I've broken away 
 
chorus: 
Dear John goodbye she said 
Sometimes.. 
 
_______________________________________________________ 
Contribuição: Taino Vieira([email protected]) 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
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