Aug222018

A Great Big World – You Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

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This is the chord progression of A Great Big World – You on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F C Bb F G C

[Verse]
F C Bb F G C
Way beyond the stars, was a dream there waiting for a dreamer, to dream her.
F C Bb F G C
Barely just a spark in the open darkness of the ether, the world beneath her.
Dm G C Bb F Bb C
I never could imagine how my life would change, the day you came.
Dm G C Bb F
And how all my fears and worries would just wash away.

[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
I never saw it comming,
C
then one day all of the sudden,

[Chorus]
F C Dm F Bb
there was you, you, you, you-oohh.
F C
I don’t have to live without you anymore.

[Post-Chorus]
F C Bb F G C

[Verse]
F C Bb F G C
How could it be so that a heart this full could burst wide open, be reawoken.
F C Bb F G C
Little did I know what a simple thought could set in motion, a drop in the ocean.
Dm G C Bb F Bb C
I’ve never seen the flowers or a sky so blue, it’s all brand new.
Dm G C Bb F
Like the sun on the horizon comming in to view.

[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
I spend my hole life running,
C
then one day all of the sudden,

[Chorus]
F C Dm F Bb C G
there was you, you, you, you-oohh.
F C Dm F Bb
There was you, you, you, you-oohh.
F C
I don’t have to live without you anymore.

[Interlude]
F C Dm C G7 C
Dm G C Bb F

[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
I never saw it comming,
C
then one day all of the sudden,

[Interlude]
F C Bb F
Bb C

[Chorus]
F C Dm F Bb C G
There was you, you, you, you-oohh.
F C Dm F Bb
There was you, you, you, you-oohh.
F C
I don’t have to live without you anymore.

[Outro]
F C Bb C
Bb
Bbm
F

How to play You: key, chords and progression

You by A Great Big World is centred on F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 7 chords: F, C, Bb, G, Dm, G7 and Bbm.

Most of the song cycles through F – C – Bb – F (I – V – IV – I in F major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: F, Bb and Bbm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.