Rewrite The Stars – James Arthur & Anne-Marie Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

Rewrite The Stars – James Arthur & Anne-Marie Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chord progression of Rewrite The Stars by James Arthur, Anne-Marie from The Greatest Showman on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1: James Arthur]
G                           C
You know I want you
G                             C
It’s not a secret I try to hide
G                             C
You know you want me
G                                                   C
So don’t keep saying our hands are tied
D                             Em
You claim it’s not in the cards
G
And faith is pulling you miles away
D
And out of a reach from me
Em
But you’re hearing my heart
C
So who can stop me if I decide it’s on my destiny?

[Chorus 1: James Arthur]
Em                     C
What if we rewrite the stars?
G                                       D
Say you were made to be mine
Em                   C
Nothing could keep us apart
G                                         D
You’ll be the one I was meant to find
Em                               C
It’s up to you, and it’s up to me
G                               D
No one could say what we get to be
Em                                 C
So why don’t we rewrite the stars?
G           D           Em           C           G           D
And maybe the world could be ours tonight

[Verse 2: Anne-Marie]
G                   C
You think it’s easy
G                                                   C
You think I don’t wanna grow onto you, yeah
G
But there are mountains (But there are mountains)
C
And there are doors that we can’t walk through
D                     Em
I know you’re wondering why
C                                                               D
Because were able to be just you and me within these walls
Em
But when we go outside
C G D
You’re gonna wake up and see that it was hopeless after all

[Chorus 2: Anne-Marie, James Arthur]
Em C
No one can rewrite the stars (Rewrite the stars)
G D
How can you say youll be mine?
Em C
Everything keeps us apart
G D
And I’m not the one you were meant to find
(I’m not the one you were meant to find)
Em C
It’s not up to you, is not up to me, yeah
G D
When everyone tells us what we can be (Tells us what we can)
Em C
And how can we rewrite the stars?
G D Em
Say that the world can be ours tonight (Be ours)

[Bridge: James Arthur & Anne-Marie, Anne-Marie, James Arthur]
C G
All I want is to fly with you
D Em
All I want is to fall with you
Bm C
So just give me all of you
D
It feels impossible
It’s not impossible
Is it impossible?
Say that it’s posble

[Chorus 3: James Arthur & Anne-Marie]
Em C
And how do we rewrite the stars?
G D
Say you were made to be mine
Em C
And nothing can keep us apart
G D
‘Cause you are the one I was meant to find
Em C
It’s up to you, and it’s up to me
G D
No one could say what we get to be
Em C
And why don’t we rewrite the stars?
G D Em C G D
Changing the world to be ours

[Outro: Anne-Marie]
Em C G
You know I want you
Csus4
It’s not a secret I try to hide
Em C G
But I can’t have you
We’re bound to break and my hands are tied

How to play James Arthur & Anne-Marie: key, chords and progression

To play James Arthur & Anne-Marie by Rewrite The Stars, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 6 chords: G, C, D, Em, Bm and Csus4.

Listen for Em – C – G – D (vi – IV – I – V in G major), the “sensitive” minor-start rotation of the four-chord progression, a favourite in ballads and worship: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is lah – fah – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm and Csus4 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.

Chord diagrams

G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Csus4 chord on guitar (x33010)
Csus4C F G

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James Arthur & Anne-Marie chords: questions

What key is James Arthur & Anne-Marie in?

James Arthur & Anne-Marie by Rewrite The Stars is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯).

What chords are in James Arthur & Anne-Marie?

James Arthur & Anne-Marie uses 6 chords: G, C, D, Em, Bm, Csus4.

What is the chord progression of James Arthur & Anne-Marie?

The main progression is Em – C – G – D (vi – IV – I – V), the “sensitive” minor-start rotation of the four-chord progression, a favourite in ballads and worship.

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