Front Country – How Can You Sing Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Front Country – How Can You Sing Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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INTRO:
   C       G       Am      F
   C       G       Am      F

VERSE:
             C
How can you say
               G
It’s all been done
           Am
Under the moon
           F
Under the sun?
             C
How can you say you're
     G
Over it
                 Am
When we haven’t even
         F
Started yet?
Mmm mmm
C        G       Am      F

VERSE:
           C
How can I stay
             G
Give up the fight
               Am
When no one’s wrong
               F
And nothing’s right?
           C
How can I stay
                 G
When there’s no sound
                     Am
Just the silence of tears
                     F
That never hit the ground?

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CHORUS:
                 C
Oh, how can you sing,
              G
If you can’t cry?
                      Am
It’s like claiming to see
                    F
While closing your eyes
                  C
How can you feel anything,
        G
If you hold it inside?
             Am
How can you sing,
              F
If you never learn
    C
To cry?

   C        G       Am      F
   C        G       Am      F

VERSE:
           C
How can I pray
            G
If I don’t mean
             Am
The things I say
                F
When I’m on my knees?
           C
How can I pray
                 G
When everything hurts and
           Am
Nothing’s working
               F
Oh, nothing’s working?

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CHORUS:
                 C
Oh, how can you sing,
              G
If you can’t cry?
                      Am
It’s like claiming to see
                    F
While closing your eyes
                  C
How can you feel anything,
        G
If you hold it inside?
             Am
How can you sing,
              F
If you never learn
    C
To cry?

OUTRO:
  C        G       Am      F
  C        G       Am      F
  C        G       Am      F
  C        G       Am     F

How to play How Can You Sing: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for How Can You Sing by Front Country on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

How Can You Sing by Front Country sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 4 chords to play it: C, G, Am and F.

Most of the song cycles through C – G – Am – F (I – V – vi – IV in C major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C

How Can You Sing chords: questions

What key is How Can You Sing in?

How Can You Sing by Front Country is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in How Can You Sing?

How Can You Sing uses 4 chords: C, G, Am, F.

What is the chord progression of How Can You Sing?

The main progression is C – G – Am – F (I – V – vi – IV), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs.

Is How Can You Sing easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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