18 Chords
18 by Steve Moakler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 9st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Am, D2, F2 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro/Verse
E---0--0--0-0--0---1---T-S---1-|
B---1--1--1-1--1---1---H-T---1-|
G---0--0--0-0--0---2---E-R---2-|
D---2--2--2-0--2---3---N-U---3-|
A---3--3--3-3--3---0-----M-----|
E---0--0--0-0--0---1-----------|
After he sings "You know where you're going, you know where you've been. Barely a woman,
eighteen years in..."
E--0-0-0-0-0---1--1--1-|
B--3-3-3-3-3---1--1--1-|
G--2-2-2-2-2---2--2--2-| Repeat Twice (2X)
D--0-0-0-0-0---3--3--3-|
A--0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0-|
E--2-2-2-2-2---1--1--1-|
Chorus
E--3---3---3-|
B--1---1---3-|
G--2---0---0-|
D--3---2---0-|
A--0---3---3-|
E------0---2-|
Intro: C F Am F
C
You're beautiful
With the shiniest diamonds in your ears
F
You can't hear your mother ' she's crying in the other room
Am
She knows it won't be okay
F
Farther from her daughter with the coming of eachday
C
So you pick up your books, that you never read
F
Run off to school like a good drama queen
Am
Do you care where you're going, or know where you've been'
F
Barely a woman, you're 18 years in
D2 F D2
Our faith is placed in second chances
F
As the angel and her demons dance it's
F2 C G
Like you're 18 years in with no way out
F2 C G
And you're the star of the story you don't care about
F2 C G
Just a little girl in a bigger world turning upside-down
F2 C G
Well, don't' you throw it all away when no one's here to pull you out
C
You're beautiful
with your brand new clothes
F
Like armor from your head, from your head to your toes
Am
You keep it all inside so that nobody knows
F
Your heart's on fire, people blind to the glow.
C
And all these boys are thirsty for your outsides
F
You never care to ever let the right ones in
Am
They're taking from you something that is sacred
F
I watched a car crash but I just can't take this
D2 F D2
Our faith is placed in second chances
F
As the angel and her demons dance it's
F2 C G
Like you're 18 years in with no way out
F2 C G
And you're the star of the story you don't care about
F2 C G
Just a little girl in a bigger world turning upside-down
F2 C G
Well, don't' you throw it all away when no one's here to pull you out
F2 C G
Like you're 18 years in with no way out
F2 C G
And you're the star of the story you don't care about
F2 C G
Just a little girl in a bigger world turning upside-down
F2 C G
Well, don't' you throw it all away when no one's here to pull you out