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Alesso & Katy Perry – When Im Gone Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Chorus]
         Am                     C
When I'm gone, I'm never really gone
                        Fmaj7
You think you're movin' on
                                 G
But it won't be for long, you'll see
         Am                     C
When I'm gone, I'm never really gone
                        Fmaj7
You think you're movin' on
                   g
But no one's gonna feel like,
feel like

[Verse 1]
Am                    C
  Thought it would be easy
              Fmaj7
Easy to forget me
                        G
Let go of the memories (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
Am                 C
  Now your bed is empty
                       Fmaj7
And you're wakin' up sweating
                             G
I'm still in your wild dreams

[Pre-Chorus]
Am           C
Late nights, callin' me, callin' me
   Fmaj7
Do anything to keep me close
G                Am        C
Well, you should know it's gonna be,
gonna be
   Fmaj7                     G
So hard for you to let me go

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[Chorus]
         Am                     C
When I'm gone, I'm never really gone
                        Fmaj7
You think you're movin' on
                                 G
But it won't be for long, you'll see
         Am                     C
When I'm gone, I'm never really gone
                        Fmaj7
You think you're movin' on
                   G
But no one's gonna feel like,
feel like

[Post-Chorus]
Am
Me on top of you
C
Touch you like I do
Fmaj7                   G
No, you'll never forget
         Am
When I'm gone,
                 C
I'm never really gone
                        Fmaj7
You think you're movin' on
                   G
But no one's gonna feel like,
feel like

[Verse 2]
Am                   C
  You're chasin' the danger
                  Fmaj7
It's just in your nature
Look for me in strangers
 G
(Ah-ah-ah-ah)
Am                 C
  All these pretty faces
             Fmaj7
No one can replace it
                        G
I'm always your favorite

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[Pre-Chorus]
Am           C
Late nights, callin' me, callin' me
   Fmaj7
Do anything to keep me close
G                Am        C
Well, you should know it's gonna be,
gonna be
   Fmaj7                     G
So hard for you to let me go

[Chorus]
         Am                     C
When I'm gone, I'm never really gone
                        Fmaj7
You think you're movin' on
But it won't be for long,
       G
you'll see (When I'm gone)
         Am
When I'm gone, I'm never
       C
really gone (Never really gone)
                        Fmaj7
You think you're movin' on
                              G
But no one's gonna feel like, feel
like (No one's gonna feel like me)

[Post-Chorus]
Am
Me on top of you
C
Touch you like I do
Fmaj7                   G
No, you'll never forget
         Am                     C
When I'm gone, I'm never really gone
                        Fmaj7
You think you're movin' on
                   G
But no one's gonna feel like,
                Am C Fmaj7  G
feel like (Like me)

[Outro]
         Am   C Fmaj7 G
When I'm gone
         Am
When I'm gone

How to play When Im Gone: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for When Im Gone by Alesso & Katy Perry on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

When Im Gone by Alesso & Katy Perry is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: Am, C, Fmaj7 and G.

Listen for Am – C – Fmaj7 – G (i – III – VImaj7 – VII in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.