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Carpenters – When Its Gone Its Just Gone Chords on Piano & Ukulele

 [Intro]
C    Fm    C    Fm

[Verse 1]
            C
Where's the word for
 the sadness?
           F
Where's the poetry
 in the pain?
           Fm
Where's the colour
in the stain?
          C
Where the tears
 Dm   Em  E7
 have fal-len?
     F
It's gone,
  G          C
 it's just gone

[Verse 2]
C
Where's the method
to this madness?
  F
As we create this
 suffering
   Fm
And we do each other in
       C     Dm   Em  E7
And we still hold on
         F
But it's gone,
 G          C
  it's just gone

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[Chorus]
C              Cmaj7
He says it's gone
       Gm7      C7
And he can't go on
          F
 living a memory
Fm         A#7
Mulling it over
 Am7       D
 endlessly
Why is that so hard
           Gsus  G
for me to see?

[Post Chorus]
             C  Cmaj7
He says it's gone
       Gm7      C7
And he can't go on
           Fmaj7
trying to live a lie
Fm          A#7
And when he cries
Am               Dsus
I know it's over but
      D          Gsus  G
 I may never know why

[Verse 3]
        C
There's no face
 in the locket
        F
There's no place
for the past
        Fm
I'll put it back
in my pocket
       C  Dm
It was ne-ver
Em  E     F
mea-nt to last
Gsus G          C
      It's just gone

[Chorus]
C              Cmaj7
He says it's gone
       Gm7      C7
And he can't go on
         F
living a memory
Fm         A#7  Am7       D
Mulling it over endlessly
Why is that so hard
           G7
for me to see?

[Post Chorus]
             C  Cmaj7
He says it's gone
       Gm7      C7
And he can't go on
          Fmaj7
trying to live a lie
Fm          A#7
And when he cries
Am               Dsus
I know it's over but
      D          Gsus  G
I may never know why

[Outro and Fade]
        C
There's no word for
 the sadness
        F
There's no poetry
in the pain
        Fm
There's no colour
in the stain
          C
Where the tears
 Dm   E   E7
 have fallen
     F
It's gone,
G           C
 it's just gone
     Fm
It's gone,
     C
It's just gone
           F        C
Well, it's gone

Fm    C
Fm    C
Fm    C

How to play When Its Gone Its Just Gone: key, chords and progression

These are When Its Gone Its Just Gone chords by Carpenters on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

When Its Gone Its Just Gone by Carpenters keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 19 chords: C, Fm, F, Dm, Em, E7, G, Cmaj7, Gm7, C7, A#7 and Am7 and 7 more.

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

Good to know: Fm, F, Gm7 and A#7 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.