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Johnny Cash – We’ll Meet Again Chord Progression

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THIS IS THE CHORD PROGREESION OF WE’LL MEET AGAIN BY JOHNNY CASH.

The progression is very simple and you can play it on guitar, piano, ukulele, flute and keyboard. check the arrangements of the progression below.

C E A A7
We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when
D D7 G G7
but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day.

C E A A7
Keep smiling through just like you always do,
D D7 G C F C
till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away.

C7 C C7 C
And will you please say hello to the folks that I know
F
tell ’em I won’t be long,
D D7 D D7
and they’ll be happy to know that as you saw me go
G G7
I was singing this song.

The other parts of the song has the same progression.

How to play We’ll Meet Again: key, chords and progression

We’ll Meet Again by Johnny Cash is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 10 chords: C, E, A, A7, D, D7, G, G7, F and C7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – E – A – A7 (IV – VI – II – II7 in G major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – reh – reh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.