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One Direction – Half The World Away Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG D Am C

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This is the chords of Half The World Away by One Direction on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
             G
If you were a good friend
Am/Em                        C
You’d always be there when I need it
     D                        
Cause I’m on my knees and babe 
    G
I’m bleeding
  Am/Em                    C
It kills me that you’re not around
                G
So you’re not my girlfriend
Am/Em                      C
Don’t pretend that makes us nothing
 D                         G
Tell me you don’t miss this feeling
 Am/Em                  C
I’m starting to see who you are

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[Chorus]
                G
‘Cause there’s a time,
 there’s a place
       Am                     C
And I’m always gonna hear your name
         G
There’s a right, there’s a wrong
   Am             C
And now I see that all along
 Am           C
I messed up, you’ll be fine
Am             C
I’m gonna sleep alone tonight
 Am        C
Never gonna be the same
             G
‘Causе you’re half the world away

[Verse 2]
         G
The story you’d hеard
      Am/Em                     
Oh, you rest everything on these
 C
 three words
    D                     G
Now I walk to you till my feet hurt
   Am/Em                  C
So tell me that’s not good enough
             G
And I started drinking
Am/Em                        C
I don’t know half of what I’m thinking
   D                            G
And deep in I’m scared I’ll stop 
abreathing
    Am/Em                   C
We’ve started to lose who we are

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[Chorus]
                G
‘Cause there’s a time, there’s a place
       Am           C
And I’m always gonna hear your name
          G
There’s a right, there’s a wrong
   Am             C
And now I see that all along
 Am          C
I messed up, you’ll be fine
 Am             C
I’m gonna sleep alone tonight
 Am         C
Never gonna be the same

[Bridge:]
          C       G       C
I want you around, ‘round, ‘round
            C     G     D
Are we going down, down, down?
          C       G       C
I want you around, ‘round, ‘round
            C      G    D
Are we going down, down, down?
          C       G       C
I want you around, ‘round, ‘round
            C     G     D
Are we going down, down, down?
            C     G      D
Are we going down, down? (Down)

[Chorus]
               G
‘Cause there’s a time, there’s a place
       Am            C
And I’m always gonna hear your name
          G
There’s a right, there’s a wrong
     Am           C
And now I see that all along
Am           C
I messed up, you’ll be fine
 Am             C
I’m gonna sleep alone tonight
Am         C
Never gonna be the same
(‘Cause you’re half the world away)
                G
‘Cause there’s a time, there’s a place
       Am           C
And I’m always gonna hear your name
         G
There’s a right, there’s a wrong
     Am           C
And now I see that all along
 Am         C
I messed up, you’ll be fine
Am             C
I’m gonna sleep alone tonight
Am         C
Never gonna be the same
             G
‘Cause you’re half the world away

How to play Half The World Away: key, chords and progression

Half The World Away by One Direction is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 4 chords: G, D, Am and C.

Listen for Am – C – G – Am (ii – IV – I – ii in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is reh – fah – doh – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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