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LANY – Heartbreak Can Wait Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Chorus]
               G
Heartbreak can wait
'Cause I'm too scared
   Em
to let you go
       C
Yeah I know I gotta do this
But I'm makin' up excuses
        D
not to be alone

[Verse 1]
G
Still haven't made
 it up the PCH
Em
Still haven't kissed
you in the pourin' rain
C
Birthday 'round the corner,
couple weeks away
       D
So I'm holdin' off
G
Things are goin' good,
but they're not goin' great
Em
You've been workin' hard
 and I've been workin' late
    C
The words that I've been
thinkin' I don't really
 wanna say
       D
So I'm holdin' off

[Chorus]
               G
Heartbreak can wait
'Cause I'm too scared
    Em
 to let you go
       C
Yeah I know I gotta do this

But I'm makin' up excuses
        D
not to be alone
               G
Heartbreak can wait
                  Em
But I don't wanna waste
 your time
         C
So I'mma take your hand
and hold it like
 I'm never lettin' go
         D
Before I say goodbye

[Post-Chorus]
                G
(Heartbreak can wait)

[Verse 2]
G
Haven't slept a second
 in the last seven nights
Em
Livin' in my head,
 I'm rehearsin' every line
C
I know that there's no
way that we're not gonna cry
       D
So I'm holdin' off

[Pre-Chorus]
                 Am
Desperate for my soul
 to softly say
              D
"It's okay to stay a
few more days"

[Chorus]
               G
Heartbreak can wait
'Cause I'm too scared
    Em
 to let you go
       C
Yeah I know I gotta do this
But I'm makin' up excuses
        D
 not to be alone
               G
Heartbreak can wait
                  Em
But I don't wanna waste
your time
         C
So I'mma take your hand
 and hold it like
 I'm never lettin' go
         D
Before I say goodbye

[Instrument]
G Em C D

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[Bridge]
G
Wait a second, I feel like
my stomach's in my throat
Em
Why is it the ones you love,
 the ones you hurt the most
C
Went as far as I can run
but now I'm out of road
  D
I gotta let you know,
I gotta let you know
G
Wait a second, I feel
like my stomach's in my throat
Em
Why is it the ones you love,
 the ones you hurt the most
C
Went as far as I can run
but now I'm out of road
  D
I gotta let you know

[Chorus]
                   G
But heartbreak can wait
'Cause I'm too scared
to let you go
              C
Yeah I know I gotta do this
But I'm makin' up excuses
         D
 not to be alone

How to play Heartbreak Can Wait: key, chords and progression

These are Heartbreak Can Wait chords by LANY on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Heartbreak Can Wait by LANY, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 5 chords: G, Em, C, D and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Em – C – D (I – vi – IV – V in G major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.