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Adele – To Be Loved Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsDsus4/F#D/F#Em7 Cadd9 Am7Dsus4GDD6sus4Cdim D6sus2 Em Ebaug A7

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[Verse 1]
N.C.               Dsus4/F#
I build a house for love to grow
D/F#           Em7
    I was so young it
    was hard to know
Cadd9
         I'm as lost now as
 Dsus4/F#
I was back then
 Am7                   Dsus4
Always make a mess of everything
 G                    Dsus4/F#
It's about time that I face myself
D/F#             Em7
    All I do is bleed
    into someone else
Cadd9
     Painting walls with
      Dsus4/F#
all my secret tears
Am7
     Filling rooms with all
   Dsus4
my hopes and feelings

[Pre-Chorus]
    G     Dsus4/F#  Em7
But oh, my  oh      my
 D                 Cadd9
I'll never learn if I never leap
D/F#                Am7
I'll always yearn if I never speak

[Chorus]
G     Dsus4/F#  Cadd9
To be loved and love
at the highest count
D/F#      Em7         D6sus4
Means to lose all the things
        Cadd9
I can't live without
Cdim                 G
Let it be known that I
      D/F#     Cadd9
will choose to lose
                    D/F#
It's a sacrifice but I
 Em7         D6sus2
can't live a lie
Cadd9            Cdim
Let it be known, let it be known
        G    D/F#  Cadd9
that I tried

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[Verse 2]
G                    Dsus4/F#
I'm so afraid but I'm open wide
           D/F#
I'll be the one
Em7
   to catch myself this time
Cadd9
     Trying to learn to
     Dsus4/F#
lean in to it all
Am7                       Dsus4
   Ain't it funny how the mighty
   fall?
G                     Dsus4/F#
 Looking back I don't regret
 a thing
D/F#                       Em7
    Yeah, I took some bad turns
    that I am owning
Cadd9
     I'll stand still and
       Dsus4/F#
let the storm pass by
Am7
   Keep my heart safe 'till
       Dsus4
   the time feels right

[Pre-Chorus]
    G     Dsus4/F#  Em7
But oh, my  oh      my
 D                 Cadd9
I'll never learn if I never leap
D/F#                Am7
I'll always yearn if
I never speak

[Chorus]
G     Dsus4/F#  Cadd9
To be loved and love
at the highest count
D/F#      Em7         D6sus4
Means to lose all the things
        Cadd9
I can't live without
Cdim                 G
Let it be known that I
      D/F#     Cadd9
will choose to lose
                    D/F#
It's a sacrifice but I
 Em7         D6sus2
can't live a lie
Cadd9
Let it be known

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[Bridge]
Cdim                    Em  Ebaug
Let it be known that I cried
for you
              G     A7
Even started lying blue
        Am7     Dsus4/F#
What a thing to do
Cadd9         Dsus4
All because I wanted

[Chorus]
G     Dsus4/F#  Cadd9
To be loved and love at
the highest count
D/F#      Em7         D6sus4
Means to lose all the things
        Cadd9
I can't live without
Cdim                 G
Let it be known that I
      D/F#     Cadd9
will choose to lose
                    D/F#
It's a sacrifice but I
 Em7         D6sus2
can't live a lie
Cadd9
Let it be known


[Outro]
   Cdim
Let it be known that
   G  D/F#  Cadd9
I tri-------ed,
D/F#       Em7  D6sus2 Cadd9
    that I tri----------ed
Cdim            N.C.     G
Let it be known that I tried

How to play To Be Loved: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for To Be Loved by Adele on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play To Be Loved by Adele, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 13 chords: Dsus4/F#, D/F#, Em7, Cadd9, Am7, Dsus4, G, D, Cdim, D6sus2, Em and Ebaug and 1 more.

Listen for Cadd9 – Cdim – G – D/F# (IVadd9 – iv° – I – V in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – fah – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.