Years Gone By Chords

KeyC Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays429

Years Gone By by The Milk Carton Kids is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, G, F, Em, F7, Am 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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  			Joey plays this song in C with a  
Capo on 2 but because he is tuned a full step down it  
is the same as standard. 
Kenneth play with a  
Capo on 5 in the G shape. Enjoy! 

F7: 
E--0-- 
A--1-- 
D--2-- 
G--3-- 
B--3-- 
e--x-- 

Intro - F Em F G 

F7          G           C     F7  C 
Years gone by start to show 
Am      G            C       F7 
I still wait for the door to close 
Am           Em 
When you go, when you go 
        Dm                G 
I don't know myself anymore 

F7          G                 C     F7  C 
Might have been you'll never know 
Am       G         C         F7 
Time's a thief and stole the show 
Am        Em 
Long ago, long ago 
Dm            G 
Nights turned slow 
Dm            G 
Thunder would roll 

F7       G             C     F7  C 
Winters rise white as snow 
Am       G      C         F7 
Right as I turn around to go 
Am              Em 
The wind blows, the wind blows 
Dm             G 
Caught in the cold 
Dm             G 
A wheel for my shoulder 

OOOs - F Em G Dm G 

F7     G               C    F7  C 
Fires rage across the bow 
Am      G            C         F7 
Warning shots failed again somehow 
Am           Em 
Without you, without you 
Dm         G 
I'll never hold 
Dm                 G 
Young hearts grown old 
        Dm          G 
I don't know myself anymore 

Outro - F Em G Dm G 
        F C F 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