Were Going Home Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays549

Were Going Home by Vance Joy is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, G, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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  			verse 1 
Em          C       G               D            Em 
 Under the surface, You don't know what You'll find 
C    G               D 
Hmm, until it's Your time 
Em          C           G         D      Em 
 No second chances but all We can do is try 
C    G             D 
Hmm, I made up My mind 

Pre-Chorus 
Am 
 I can't see You 
G                C 
 But I hear Your call 
 C             D 
Baby, hold on now 

Chorus 
             Em    C 
We're going home 
      G             D                      Em  C 
If We make it or We don't, We won't be alone 
        G              D                    Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
          G                 D                   Em  C 
If You're waiting all Your life, You will never go 
       G               D                    Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
       G               D                     Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
       G               D 
When I see Your light shine 

verse 2 
Em                C          G        D          Em 
 Some things are simple and hard to ignore, They say, 
C        G             D 
Hmm, the truth is like that 
Em              C         G             D        Em 
 We're getting colder, so far from the shore, I say, 
C        G             D 
Hmm, the world is like that 

Pre-Chorus 
Am 
 I can't see You 
G                C 
 But I hear Your call 
             | D | 
Baby, hold on now 

Chorus 
             Em    C 
We're going home 
      G             D                      Em  C 
If We make it or We don't, We won't be alone 
        G              D                    Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
          G                 D                    Em  C 
If You're waiting all Your life, You won't ever go 
       G               D                    Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
       G               D                     Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
       G               D 
When I see Your light shine 

Bridge 
D                     C 
 There's a place that I 
      G        D 
Wanna run with You 
                              C 
Darling, there's a place that I 
      G       | D | D / / / | 
Wanna run with You 

Chorus 
             Em    C 
We're going home 
      G             D                      Em  C 
If We make it or We don't, We won't be alone 
        G              D                    Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
          G                 D                    Em  C 
If You're waiting all Your life, You won't ever go 
       G               D                    Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
       G               D                     Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know I'm home 
       G               D            Em  C 
When I see Your light shine, I know - 
        G  D        Em  C 
I'm home,   I'm home 
       G               D    | Em .. 
When I see Your light shine 
    	

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