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Birdy – Persuasion – Quietly Yours Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsG Dm C

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[Intro]
G Dm C

[Verse 1]
G
White sails and off shore lights
           Dm                 C
We were passing ships in the night
G
Now I’m tracing shadows
on your back
      Dm                 C
Like I dreamt so many times
G
Oh for so long I’ve been waiting
     Dm                 C
For so long, for a love like this
G
And I was so sure baby
     Dm                 C
I’d lost you for a minute but

[Chorus]
                 G
There’s the sweetest
Spring at my door
            Dm
Can you feel it?
Just the same as before
           C
Many years have gone by
                          G
But I knew you’d come
                 G
Quietly keeping
This hope in my heart
              Dm
Prayed the night bring
Back what I lost
              C
Many years have gone by
                    G
But I never forgot
                         Dm
I’ve always been yours
         C G
Only yours

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[Verse 2]
G
There was a time when I lеt you go
           Dm                 C
Allowed myself to be swayеd and
pulled
G
But for all my days I make a vow
           Dm                 C
No words could ever shake me now
G
‘Cause for so long
I’ve been waiting
    Dm                 C
So long, for a love like this
G
And I was so sure baby
    Dm                 C
I’d lost you for a minute but

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[Chorus]
                 G
There’s the sweetest
Spring at my door
            Dm
Can you feel it?
Just the same as before
           C
Many years have gone by
                          G
But I knew you’d come
                 G
Quietly keeping
This hope in my heart
              Dm
Prayed the night bring
Back what I lost
              C
Many years have gone by
                    G
But I never forgot
                         Dm
I’ve always been yours
         C G
Only yours
                  Dm
Quietly yours
         C G
Only yours
                     Dm
I’ve always been yours
         C G
Only yours (Yeah)
                  Dm
Quietly yours
         C G
Only yours (Yeah)

How to play Persuasion – Quietly Yours: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Persuasion – Quietly Yours by Birdy on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Persuasion – Quietly Yours by Birdy is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 3 chords: G, Dm and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Dm – C – G (V – ii – I – V in C major). In solfa, that is soh – reh – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.