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Annie Lennox – Pattern Of My Life Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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INTRO:
C  D  C  D
C  Am  D

VERSE:
G          D     C
I like to wake alone,
    G       D        C
To lie and turn to stone
 F#             F
Comfort me, oh come to me,
   C       G
I won't go on
G          D     C
I like to walk along,
    G       D           C
To keep my head screwed on
 F#             F
Comfort me, oh come to me,
   C       G
I won't go on

PRE-CHORUS:
   C  D
Believing,
   C  D
Believing
G     C              Am7
I believed you might turn
           D
from your love

CHORUS:
        G
Wait around,
     C        G
If I go I'm alone,
      C           Em7   A
If I stay it will mean waiting
       C
on my own
          D             G
It's the pattern of my life
          C                   G
When you care and you cannot feel
         C                  Em
And you know that it's for real
        A7             C
So you leave me on my own
             D             G
To live the pattern of my life

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VERSE:
G       D      C
  Take time to be
     G        D      C
All this and more to me
 F#                  F
You're the best, so well done you,
   C       G
I won't go on

PRE-CHORUS:
   C  D
Believing,
   C  D
Believing
G     C              Am7
I believed you might turn
           D
from your love

CHORUS:
        G
Wait around,
     C        G
If I go I'm alone,
      C           Em7   A7
If I stay it will mean waiting
       C
on my own
          D             G
It's the pattern of my life
          C                   G
When you care and you cannot feel
         C                  Em
And you know that it's for real
        A              C
So you leave me on my own
             D             G   D
To live the pattern of my life
  D             Em  D
(Pattern of my life)
  D             G   Am  D
(Pattern of my life)

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CHORUS:
 D      G
Wait around,
     C        G
If I go I'm alone,
      C            Em   A
If I stay it will mean waiting
       C
on my own
          D             G
It's the pattern of my life
          C                   G
When you care and you cannot feel
         C                  Em
And you know that it's for real
         A             C
So you leave me on my own
             D             G   D
To live the pattern of my life

OUTRO:
 D             C   D
Pattern of my life,
 D             C   D
Pattern of my life,
 D             C   D
Pattern of my life,
 D             C   D
Pattern of my life,  - FADE OUT

How to play Pattern Of My Life: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Pattern Of My Life by Annie Lennox on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Pattern Of My Life by Annie Lennox is written in G major (one sharp: F♯) and moves through 11 chords: C, D, Am, G, F#, F, Am7, Em7, A, Em and A7.

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

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