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Alan Walker – Heading Home Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Heading Home by Alan Walker on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Em F#m G
Am G D

[Verse 1]
Em F#m G
I was so insatiable
Am G D
‘Til the lights came on and the stories got old
Em F#m G
Now there’s no one here, I know
Am G D
And the city outside’s not the same anymore

[Pre-Chorus 1]
G D Em
And I, I remember when we were young
G D Em
We’d write our names in the sand
G D Em
So carelessly, then the rain came and yours was gone
G D Em
And now mine it stands alone

[Pre-Chorus]
C D G C
Nobody sees me, now I’m a one man show
D
I’ll do this on my own
C D G C
We knew it all then now this is all I know
Guess I’m heading home now

[Chorus]
Em C G
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Em Am
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Guess I’m heading home now
Em C G
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Em Am
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Guess I’m heading home now

[Verse 2]
Em F#m G
When the music always played
Am G D
With the sound of our lives and the sweetest escape
Em F#m G
And the neighbors would complain
Am G D
We would turn it up louder, who cares anyway?

[Pre-Chorus 2]
G D Em
‘Cause we, we remembered that we were young
G D Em
Our lives, were grains in the sand
G D Em
That we, made up castles and kingdoms of
G D Em
Now the waves have torn them down

[Chorus]
C D G C
Nobody sees me, now I’m a one man show
Em C G
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Em Am
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Guess I’m heading home now
Em C G
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Em Am
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Guess I’m heading home now

[Bridge]
Bm D Em
You’ll find me
Em Bm Am
I’ll be here
Bm D Em
I can see
Em Bm Am
I can breathe, anymore

[Verse 3]
G D G
But how could we have stayed?
Am G D
You were high on love, I was drunk
Drunk on the pain

[Chorus]
Em F#m G
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Em Am
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Guess I’m heading home now
Em F#m G
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Em Am
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Guess I’m heading home now

How to play Heading Home: key, chords and progression

Heading Home by Alan Walker sits in E minor (one sharp: F♯), and you need 7 chords to play it: Em, F#m, G, Am, D, C and Bm.

The backbone of the song is G – Am – G – D (III – iv – III – VII in E minor). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: F#m and Bm are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.