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Alan Jackson – So Late So Soon Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsC Am Cmaj7 Em Dm G7 A7 Dm7 G Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Bb7 Am7 D7 D A

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INTRO:
C Am Cmaj7 C
C Am Cmaj7 C

VERSE:
C                 Am
We drank all the wine
    Em                 C
And we burned all the candles
        Dm    G7
to the ground
    Dm              A7
We danced to every dance
they played
          Dm7              G
'Til the silence seemed to be
    C         Am Cmaj7 C
the only sound

CHORUS:
       Gm7
And I could've sworn not long ago
    C7
The sun was only startin'
      Fmaj7  Bb7  Am7
to go down
                      D7   Am7
But when did all the stars
                    D7    Dm7
Fade just like the moon?
                     G       C
And how'd it get so late so soon?
Am Cmaj7 G
C Am Cmaj7 G

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VERSE:
 C                 Am
Twilight was just leavin'
         Cmaj7              C
When the first kiss of the evening
        Dm  G7
got us high
     Dm              A7
And time stood at a standstill
          Dm7              G7
When the whole world just stopped
 C           Am Cmaj7 C
for you and I
          Gm7
And that last kiss you gave me,
 C         C7         Fmaj7 Bb7 Am7
Baby, just lit up the sky
                     D7  Am7
When did that early bird
                         D   Dm7
Start singin' his first tune?
                 G       C
How'd it get so late so soon?
Am Cmaj7 C

INSTRUMENTAL:
Dm  G7  Dm A Dm7 G7 C Am Cmaj7 C

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CHORUS:
      Gm7
Oh I could've sworn not long ago
    C7
The sun was only startin'
      Fmaj7 Bb7 Am7
to go down
                      D7   Am7
But when did all the stars
                    D7    Am7
Fade just like the moon?
                     D   Am7
When did that early bird
                         D7  Dm7
Start singing his first tune
                     G       C
And how'd it get so late so soon?
Am Cmaj7 G  C

How to play So Late So Soon: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for So Late So Soon by Alan Jackson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

So Late So Soon by Alan Jackson is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 17 chords: C, Am, Cmaj7, Em, Dm, G7, A7, Dm7, G, Gm7, C7 and Fmaj7 and 5 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Am – Cmaj7 – C (I – vi – Imaj7 – I in C major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – doh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.