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Benson Boone – Before You Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
            G       D
Why would I want to fly
          Em
Be on the last red eye
                C
Talkin' to your voice,
 only hearing noise
         D
Oh, it's not enough
           G        D
All of the nights I spent
            Em
Drownin' my discontent
            C
Wasting me away,
everything has changed
           Cm
Now that I found us

[Pre-Chorus]
       Am         Cm
And it feels like home

[Chorus]
            G         D
Darling, if you don't mind
               Em
I'll take your hand tonight
              C
We could just slow down time
        D
Let me adore you
             G      D
And from the moment I looked
          Em
 in those dark brown eyes
        C
I can't remember life
  D
Before you

[Verse 2]
            G       D
Why would I want to go?
                Em
Now that you're all I know
              C
Smilin' under stars

Playin' chasin' cars
                    Cm
Somethin' 'bout the art
 of music in the dark

[Pre-Chorus]
       Am         Cm
And it feels like home

[Chorus]
            G         D
Darling, if you don't mind
               Em
I'll take your hand tonight
              C
We could just slow down time
        D
Let me adore you, oh
             G      D
And from the moment I
                 Em
looked in those dark brown eyes
         C
I can't remember life
  D
Before you
      G       D  Em   C   D
Oh, before you

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[Bridge]
            G         D
I bet I was lost and alone
      Em
I was barely holding on
       C
To the thought of a
             D
moment like this
            G         D
I bet I was lost and alone
      Em
I was barely holding on
       C
To the thought of a
             D
moment like this
                     G
Oh, I must have been lost
     D
 and alone
      Em
I was barely holding on
       C
To the thought that someone
            D
 like you exists

[Outro]
            G        D
Darling, if you don't mind
               Em    D
I'll take your hand tonight
              C
We could just slow down time

How to play Before You: key, chords and progression

These are Before You chords by Benson Boone on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Before You by Benson Boone sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: G, D, Em, C, Cm and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – Em – C (I – V – vi – IV in G major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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