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Louis Tomlinson – Bigger Than Me Chords on Piano, Ukulele & Guitar

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsE C#m A B

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These are Bigger Than Me chords by Louis Tomlinson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
              E
When somebody told me I would change
          E
I used to hide behind a smile
              C#m
When somebody told me I would change
       C#m
I was afraid, I don't know why
                   A
'Cause so does the world outside,
 I realized

[Verse 1]
E
 I didn't read the signs
E
 Walkin' different lines
C#m
  I know I took a left
C#m
  Tryna make it right

[Pre-Chorus]
A                    B
All of these voices, all
 of these choices
A        E                C#m
 I don't hear them anymore
                 B
Hear them anymore

[Chorus]
              E
When somebody told me I would change
          E
I used to hide behind a smile
              C#m
When somebody told me I would change
       C#m
I was afraid, I don't know why
                   A
'Cause so does the world
   B          C#m
outside, I realize

[Post-Chorus]
                        E
And it's bigger than me
                    C#m
It's bigger than me
                      A
I've woken up from my sleep
                   E
It's bigger than me
                   E
It's bigger than me

[Verse 2]
E
 So, come on, call me a liar
E
 Yeah, you're so quick to judge
C#m
 'Cause yeah, I might have changed
C#m
  But everybody does

[Pre-Chorus]
A                    B
All of these voices, all
 of these choices
A        E                C#m
 I don't hear them anymore
                 B
Hear them anymore

[Chorus]
              E
When somebody told me I would change
          E
I used to hide behind a smile
              C#m
When somebody told me I would change
       C#m
I was afraid, I don't know why
                   A        B
'Cause so does the world outside,
      C#m
 I realize

[Post-Chorus]
                        E
And it's bigger than me
                    C#m
It's bigger than me
                      A
I've woken up from my sleep
                   E
It's bigger than me
                   E
It's bigger than me

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[Bridge]
       A
Do you ever ask why?
         B
It's not black and white
           A
How do you sleep at night
             B             E
when you're just like me?
                  A
Ooh-ooh, 'cause I feel alive
      B                A
Now I realize that the world outside

[Outro]
     B              E
It's bigger than me
                    C#m
It's bigger than me
                      A
I've woken up from my sleep
                   E
It's bigger than me
                   E
It's bigger than me

How to play Bigger Than Me: key, chords and progression

Bigger Than Me by Louis Tomlinson is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: E, C#m, A and B.

Most of the song cycles through E – C#m – A – E (I – vi – IV – I in E major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, Bm, G, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.