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James Arthur – A Thousand Years Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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 Key: D
[Intro]
 Gadd9   Gadd9

[Verse 1]
Gadd9
Heart beats fast
           D/F#
Colors and promises
          Bm7
How to be brave?
          A/C#
How can I love when
  D    Gadd9
 I'm afraid to fall?
                  D/F#
But watching you stand
 alone
          Bm7
All of my doubt
         A/C#  D
Suddenly goes away
     Em7
somehow

[Pre-Chorus]
         Bm7  A
One step closer

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[Chorus]
D
I have died every
               A/C#
 night waiting for you
Bm7
Darling, don't be afraid,
         A
I have loved you
      G
For a thousand years
I'd love you for a
 A7sus4   A
thousand more

[Instrument]
Gadd9  Gadd9

[Verse 2]
Gadd9
Time stands still
          D/F#
Beauty in all she is
          Bm7
I will be brave
           A    D
I will not let anything
Gadd9
Take away

What's standing in
 D/F#
 front of me
      Bm7
Every breath
      A        D
Every hour has come
    Em7
to this

[Pre-Chorus]
         Bm7  A
One step closer

[Chorus]
D
I have died every
               A/C#
 night waiting for you
Bm7
Darling, don't be afraid,
         A
 I have loved you
      G
For a thousand years
I'd love you for a
 A7sus4   A
thousand more
    D
And all along I believed
         A/C#
I would find you
Bm7
Time has brought
your heart to me
       A
I have loved you
       G
 for a thousand years
I'd love you for
   A7sus4   A
 a thousand more

[Post-Chorus]
    D
I'd love you
    A/C#
I'd love you for
    Bm7
 a thousand
    A
I'd love you for
   G
a thousand years
      A7sus4          A
So in love, so in love

[Pre-Chorus]
Em7       Bm7  A
 One step closer
Em7       Bm7  A
 One step closer

[Chorus]
D
I have died every
               A/C#
night waiting for you
Bm7
Darling, don't be afraid,
         A
 I have loved you
      Gadd9
For a thousand years
I'd love you for
   A7sus4   A
 a thousand more
    D
And all along I
                  A/C#
 believed I would find you
Bm7
Time has brought
 your heart to me
       A
I have loved you
       G
 for a thousand years
I'd love you for
   A7sus4   A
 a thousand more

[Outro]
Gadd9   Gadd9
 Gadd9   Gadd9

How to play A Thousand Years: key, chords and progression

These are A Thousand Years chords by James Arthur on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play A Thousand Years by James Arthur, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 9 chords: Gadd9, D/F#, Bm7, A/C#, D, Em7, A, G and A7sus4.

Listen for A – D – A/C# – Bm7 (V – I – V – vi7 in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Gadd9 and Bm7 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.