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Evanescence – Across The Universe Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsG Em7 Bm Csus2 Cm Emadd9 D D7 Gsus4

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[Intro]
G Em7 Bm Csus2 Cm

[Verse 1]
G                     Emadd9
Words are flowing out like
        Bm
endless rain into a paper cup
     Csus2
They slither wildly as they
      D              D7 N.C.
slip away across the universe
G                Emadd9
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are
Bm
drifting through my opened mind
  Csus2          Cm         N.C.
Possessing and caressing me

[Chorus]
G        Gsus4 G   D
Jai Guru De____va, Om
D7                        D7
Nothing's gonna change my world
Csus2
Nothing's gonna change
   G   Gsus4 G
my world
D                         D7
Nothing's gonna change my world
Csus2
Nothing's gonna change
   G   Gsus4 G
my world

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[Verse 2]
G         Emadd9             Bm
Images of broken light which dance
before me like a million eyes
     Csus2
They call me on and
    D            D7
on across the universe
G                Emadd9
Thoughts meander like a restless
Bm
wind inside a letter box
Csus2
Tumble blindly as they make their
D                     D7
way across the unive____rse

[Chorus]
G        Gsus4 G   D
Jai Guru De____va, Om
D7                        D7
Nothing's gonna change my world
Csus2
Nothing's gonna change
   G   Gsus4 G
my world
D               D7
Nothing's gonna change my world
    Csus2
Oh, nothing's gonna change
   G   Gsus4 G
my world

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[Verse 3]
G                   Emadd9
Sounds of laughter, shades of
         Bm
life are ringing through my open ears
  Csus2        Cm        N.C.
Inciting and inviting me
G           Emadd9           Bm
Limitless undying love which shines
                         Csus2
around me like a million suns
                    D
Calls me on and on across
           D7
the unive______rse

[Chorus]
D7                        D7
Nothing's gonna change my world
Csus2
Nothing's gonna change
   G   Gsus4 G
my world
D                         D7
Nothing's gonna change my world
    Csus2
Oh, nothing's gonna change
   G   Gsus4 G
my world
D                         D7
Nothing's gonna change my world
Csus2
Nothing's gonna change
   G   Gsus4 G
my world
D                         D7
Nothing's gonna change my world
Csus2                     G
Nothing's gonna change my world

G Gsus4 G

How to play Across The Universe: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Across The Universe by Evanescence on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Across The Universe by Evanescence is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 9 chords in all: G, Em7, Bm, Csus2, Cm, Emadd9, D, D7 and Gsus4.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – D7 – Csus2 – G (V – V7 – IVsus2 – I in G major). In solfa, that is soh – soh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm, Csus2, Cm and Emadd9 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.