James and the Shame – Where Were Going Chords on Piano & Ukulele

James and the Shame – Where Were Going Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsDF#mGABmAsus4

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[Intro]
D F#m G G
D F#m G G

[Verse 1]
D                F#m
Picked up on the first thing
G                          D
you weren't like ones I've known
                       F#m
might've been from the same place
G                              D
coming from somewhere all your own
                 F#m
A few hours on a wooden bench
G                           D
That's all it took to do me in
                F#m
You then had to make it quick
G                          A
Before I made us fall into sin

[Chorus]
A            D                G
Said I don't know where we're going
G     A      D                   G
But I know I want you to go with me
A          D                   G
Don't care much about the destination
                  A
As long as you're there,
             D          G
that's where I wanna be

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[Verse 2]
D              F#m
Talkin' took a different tone
G                   D
Started to make you cry
                   F#m           G
What if there's no way for us to know
G                    D
What happens when we die
D             F#m
The blur from those tears faded and
G                  D
You saw it for yourself
                F#m
Hard truths all turned to maybes and
G                             A
More than a saviour we needed help

[Chorus]
A            D                G
Said I don't know where we're going
G     A      D                  G
But I know I want you to go with me
A          D                   G
Don't care much about the destination
                  A
As long as you're there,
             D          G
that's where I wanna be

[Verse 3]
D                F#m
Move West to the Devil's town
G                         D
Losing old and making new friends
                F#m
Finally put our crosses down
G
And watched those two
                      D
boys start to turn to men
D                 F#m
So much we'd been warned about
G                     D
Ended up being pretty good
                       F#m
I keep waiting for the bottom
        G
to drop out
G               A
Like we said it would

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[Chorus]
A           D                G
Still don't know where we're going
G     A      D                  G
But I know I want you to go with me
A               D
Caring less and less
               G
about the destination
G                 A
As long as you're there,
             D          G
that's where I wanna be

[Bridge]
G                          F#m
I'd like to go back to the old us
          G
Take your hand and say
                  Bm
it's all gonna be okay
G                          F#m
We could only do what they told us
        G
Without that who knows
                   Asus4  A
who we'd be with today

[Chorus]
A       D                G
I don't know where we're going
G     A      D                  G
But I know I want you to go with me
A          D                   G
Don't care much about the destination
G                 A
As long as you're there,
             D          G
that's where I wanna be
G                 A
As long as you're there,
             D           G
that's where I'm gonna be

How to play Where Were Going: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Where Were Going by James and the Shame on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Where Were Going by James and the Shame is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 6 chords: D, F#m, G, A, Bm and Asus4.

Most of the song cycles through G – A – D – G (IV – V – I – IV in D major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – doh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Em, F, G, Am, Gsus4 (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Asus4 chord on guitar (x02230)
Asus4A D E

Where Were Going chords: questions

What key is Where Were Going in?

Where Were Going by James and the Shame is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Where Were Going?

Where Were Going uses 6 chords: D, F#m, G, A, Bm, Asus4.

What is the chord progression of Where Were Going?

The main progression is G – A – D – G (IV – V – I – IV).

Is Where Were Going easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Em, F, G, Am, Gsus4 (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo).

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