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Joe Satriani – I Believe Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for I Believe by Joe Satriani on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
Em   C   Dadd4   C    Dadd4   Em
Em

[Verse 1]
N.C.
I've been out walkin' for hours
N.C.
I've got somethin' on my mind
N.C
How did we get here,
where are we goin'?
N.C.
And why is life so hard?

[Guitar Solo 1]
Em   C   Dadd4  C    Dadd4   Em

[Verse 2]
Em
I read the stories,
C       Dadd4
see the photographs
C            Dadd4   Em
World's in a crazy space
Em                  C  Dadd4
I've got to hold on to my dreams
C   Dadd4   C   Dadd4   C      Dadd4
          There's just no other place
C   Dadd4                 C
          There's just no other place
Dadd4

[Chorus]
G          D   Dsus4
I believe
D      Dsus4 Csus2  G
We can change anything
G         Em   Csus2
I believe
D      Csus2      G
We can rise above this
G          D   Dsus4
I believe
D      Dsus4 Csus2  G
There's a reason for everything
G         Em   Csus2
I believe
D  Csus2 G
In my    dream

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[Guitar Solo 2]
Em
Em   C   Dadd4   C    Dadd4   Em

[Verse 3]
Em                    C      Dadd4
I've seen the shadows of the livin'
C                   Dadd4    Em
I've seen them turn and walk away
Em                   C       Dadd4
And I keep searchin' for the right
words
C             Dadd4      Em
To send these thoughts away

[Guitar Solo 3]
Em   C   Dadd4   C    Dadd4   Em
Em   C   Dadd4   C    Dadd4   Em
Em   C   Dadd4   C    Dadd4   Em
Em   C   Dadd4   C    Dadd4   Em
Em

[Verse 4]
N.C.
There's a picture I like
to look at
N.C.
A picture of a beautiful face
Em                  C      Dadd4
And I see somethin' in her eyes
C   Dadd4   C   Dadd4
          Sends me to
  C      Dadd4
a better place
C   Dadd4   C   Dadd4
          Sends me to
  C            Dadd4
a better place

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[Chorus]
G          D   Dsus4
I believe
D      Dsus4 Csus2  G
We can change anything
G         Em   Csus2
I believe
D      Csus2      G
We can rise above this
G          D   Dsus4
I believe
D      Dsus4 Csus2  G
There's a reason for everything
G         Em   Csus2
I believe
D  Csus2 G
In my    dream

[Guitar Solo 4]
G          D   Dsus4
D      Dsus4 Csus2  G
G         Em   Csus2
D      Csus2      G

[Outro]
G          D   Dsus4
I believe
D      Dsus4 Csus2  G
We can change anything
G         Em   Csus2
I believe
D  Csus2 G
In my    dream

How to play I Believe: key, chords and progression

I Believe by Joe Satriani is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 7 chords: Em, C, Dadd4, G, D, Dsus4 and Csus2.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – C – Dadd4 – C (vi – IV – V – IV in G major). In solfa, that is lah – fah – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Dadd4 and Csus2 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.