Matt Monro – And We Were Lovers Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Matt Monro – And We Were Lovers Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsCmaj7GFFmaj7C7Gm7F7Bmaj7Cm7Dm7Em7G7Ebmaj7C

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[Intro]
Cmaj7   G   Cmaj7   G

[Verse 1]
         Cmaj7   F
I saw you smiling
              Cmaj7
As if I could forget
 Fmaj7  G
            Cmaj7   F
And we were lovers
               Cmaj7   C7
The moment that we met

[Bridge]
             Fmaj7  Gm7
And we would wander
C7          Fmaj7  F7
 Content to wander
               Bmaj7      Cm7
Through the golden summer
     F7           Bmaj7
With nothing to regret
   Dm7   G

[Verse 2]
            Cmaj7  Dm7
And we were happy
            Em7          Dm7
That moment in our lives
               Cmaj7   Dm7
And through my sadness
     G7            Cmaj7  C7
That happiness survives

[Bridge]
         Fmaj7
And I'll remember
Dm7     G     Em7
as the years go by
  Ebmaj7
                Dm7  G7
'till the day I die
             Cmaj7
That we were lovers
  G   F   Cmaj7   C7

[Outro]
         Fmaj7    F
And I'll remember
   Dm7      Em7    Ebmaj7
As the years go by
                  Dm7   G7
'till the day I die
(G)          C      Dm7
That we were lovers
        Cmaj7   Dm7
You and I
        Cmaj7  Cmaj7
You and I

Watch: And We Were Lovers

From Matt Monro - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play And We Were Lovers: key, chords and progression

These are And We Were Lovers chords by Matt Monro on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

And We Were Lovers by Matt Monro is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 14 chords: Cmaj7, G, F, Fmaj7, C7, Gm7, F7, Bmaj7, Cm7, Dm7, Em7 and G7 and 2 more.

The backbone of the song is G – Cmaj7 – F – Cmaj7 (V – Imaj7 – IV – Imaj7 in C major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Amaj7, E, D, Dmaj7, A7, Em7, D7, Abmaj7, Am7, Bm7 (79% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 57% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Cmaj7 chord on guitar (x32000)
Cmaj7C E G B
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Fmaj7 chord on guitar (xx3210)
Fmaj7F A C E
C7 chord on guitar (x32310)
C7C E G B♭
Gm7 chord on guitar (353333)
Gm7G B♭ D F
F7 chord on guitar (131211)
F7F A C E♭
Bmaj7 chord on guitar (x24342)
Bmaj7B D♯ F♯ A♯
Cm7 chord on guitar (x35343)
Cm7C E♭ G B♭
Dm7 chord on guitar (xx0211)
Dm7D F A C
Em7 chord on guitar (020000)
Em7E G B D
G7 chord on guitar (320001)
G7G B D F
Ebmaj7 chord on guitar (x68786)
E♭maj7E♭ G B♭ D
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G

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And We Were Lovers chords: questions

What key is And We Were Lovers in?

And We Were Lovers by Matt Monro is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in And We Were Lovers?

And We Were Lovers uses 14 chords: Cmaj7, G, F, Fmaj7, C7, Gm7, F7, Bmaj7, Cm7, Dm7, Em7, G7 and 2 more.

What is the chord progression of And We Were Lovers?

The main progression is G – Cmaj7 – F – Cmaj7 (V – Imaj7 – IV – Imaj7).

Is And We Were Lovers easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Amaj7, E, D, Dmaj7, A7, Em7, D7, Abmaj7, Am7, Bm7 (79% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 57% without a capo).

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