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Louis Tomlinson – Always You Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsE A B

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This is the chords of Always You by Louis Tomlinson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
E
I went to Amsterdam without you
And all I could do was think about you
A B
And oh, I should’ve known
E
I went to Tokyo to let it go
A
Drink after drink, but I still felt alone
B
I should’ve known

[Pre-Chorus]
E
I went to so many places. Looking for you in the faces
A B
I can feel it, oh, I can feel it

[Chorus]
E A
I’m wastin’ my time when it was always you,
B
always you
E A
Chasin’ the high, but it was always you,
B
always you
E
Should’ve never let you go
Should’ve never let you go, my baby
A B
Go, oh-oh-oh

[Verse 2]
E
I went from LAX to Heathrow
Walked through my door, but it felt nothing
A
like home
B
‘Cause you’re not home
E
Waiting to wrap your legs around me
And I know you hate to smoke without me
A B
And, oh, now you know

[Chorus]
E A
I’m wastin’ my time when it was always you,
B
always you
E A B
Chasin’ a high, but it was always you, always you
E
Should’ve never let you go
Should’ve never let you go, my baby
A B
Go, oh-oh-oh
E
Should’ve never let you go
Should’ve never let you go, my baby
A B
Go, oh-oh-oh

[Pre-Chorus]
E
I went to so many places
Looking for you in the faces
A B
I can feel it, oh, I can feel it

[Chorus]
E A
Wastin’ my time when it was always you,
B
always you
E A
I was chasin’ the high, but it was always
B
you, always you
E
Should’ve never let you go. Should’ve never let you go, my baby
A B
Go, oh-oh-oh
E
Should’ve never let you go
Should’ve never let you go, my baby
A B
Go, oh-oh-oh

[Outro]
E A
My baby
B
Oh, my baby

How to play Always You: key, chords and progression

Always You by Louis Tomlinson sits in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 3 chords to play it: E, A and B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – A – B – E (I – IV – V – I in E major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. 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 D, G, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.