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

[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

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.

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

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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