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Ben Platt – Imagine Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
C#                    G#  F#
Your eyes give life a new meaning
A#m                   G#    F#
It's like I found the North Lights
C#                G# F#
I never knew what I needed
A#m                    G#      F#
Until I felt your hand holding mine,
yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
    C#                 G#
You say I'm your hero
    F#
But you are the one that saved me
   A#m             G#
If I ever lost you
    F#
I'd fall to my knees

[Chorus]
        C#              G#      F#
I can't imagine my life without you
        A#m               G#      F#
I can't imagine one night without you
             C#
If something happened,
                G#  F#
don't know what I’d do
        A#m
I can't imagine
  G#    F#
I can't imagine my life without you

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[Verse 2]
C#                    G#  F#
Your eyes give life a new meaning
(Your eyes give life)
A#m                     G#    F#
It's like I found the North Lights
(It's like I found)
C#                     G#   F#
Oh, I never knew what  I  needed
   A#m
Until I felt your hand
    G#  F#
holding mine, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
    C#
You say I'm your hero
                  G#
(You say I'm your hero)
    F#
But you are the one that saved me
   A#m             G#
If I ever lost you
    N.C
I'd fall to my knees

[Chorus]
        C#              G#      F#
I can't imagine my life without you
        A#m               G#      F#
I can't imagine one night without you
             C#
If something happened,
                G#  F#
don't know what I’d do
        A#m
I can't imagine (I can't imagine)
  G#    F#
I can't imagine my life without you

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Bridge]
C#        G# F#
Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-eah
A#m       G# F#
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
My life without you
C#        G# F#
Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-eah
A#m       G# F#
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Chorus]
        C#              G#      F#
I can't imagine my life without you
        A#m               G#      N.C
I can't imagine one night without you
             C#
If something happened,
                G#  F#
don't know what I’d do
        A#m
I can't imagine (I can't imagine)
  G#    F#
I can't imagine my life without

[Outro]
C#          G# F#
you-uu-uu-uu   yeah-yeah-eah
A#m                 G#      F#
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
My life without you
C#        G# F#
Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-eah
(My life, my life, my life, my life)
        A#m
I can't imagine (I can't imagine)
  G#    F#              N.C
I can't imagine my life without you

How to play Imagine: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Imagine by Ben Platt on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Imagine by Ben Platt is written in D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭) and moves through 4 chords: C#, G#, F# and A#m.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 6th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.