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Elton John, Charlie Puth – After All Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

These are the chords for After All by Coldplay on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
E    B    C    D    E

[Verse 1]
E                B/Eb
I lie awake and realize
             C  D
That you're better
           E
than my dreams
  E
Thought I found love
    B/Eb
so many times
           C    D
'Til you showed me
          E
what it means

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[Chorus]
   G#m    A        G#m
Oh, oh, nothing compares to you
B
Oh no, baby
G#m   A            G#m
   They were just doin'
     F#m   B
 it wrong
   A         G#m
I gave up on love until you
  G#7       C#m              F#m
 made me believe in it after all
       C   D    E
After all

[Interlude]
E    B/Eb    C    D    E

[Verse 2]
E                 B/Eb
If you never fell out
of the sky
         C     D           E
I don't know what I would do
E
I wouldn't trade one
   B/Eb
thousand lives
         C  D            E
For the one I have with you

[Chorus]
   G#m    A        G#m
Oh, oh, nothing compares to you
B
Oh no, baby
G#m   A            G#m
...They were just doin'
    F#m   B
it wrong
   A         G#m
I gave up on love until you
  G#7       C#m              F#m
made me believe in it after all
       C
After all,
  D   Am7   E     Am7
           oh, ah

[Bridge]
E F#m G#m A  B C#m
Baby, after all
 Am7    E
.oh-oh-woah
             Am7
It's not the same, not
     Bm7           Eb    F
the same, not the same, oh

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[Chorus]
         Bb        Am
Oh, oh, nothing compares to you
C
Oh no, baby
Bb             Am
They were just doin'
     Gm               C
it wrong (Doin' it wrong)
   Bb         Am7
I gave up on love until you
  A7        Dm
 made me believe in
           Gm
 it after all (After all)
       C#  Eb
After all
         Bb
Oh, oh, nothing
    Am
compares to you
C
Oh no, baby
 (Oh no, baby)
Bb             Am
They were just doin'
    Gm               C
it wrong (Doin' it wrong)
   Bb         Am7
I gave up on love until
      A7        Dm
you made me believe
               Gm
in it after all
(After all)
       C#  Eb  F
After all
 C/E   C#   Eb    F

How to play After All: key, chords and progression

After All by Elton John, Charlie Puth keeps coming home to A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). You need 21 chords: E, B, C, D, B/Eb, G#m, A, F#m, G#7, C#m, Am7 and Bm7 and 9 more.

Listen for C – D – E – B/Eb (♭III – IV – V – II in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: B, B/Eb, G#m, F#m and G#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.