Rina Sawayama – Send My Love To John Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Rina Sawayama – Send My Love To John Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Send My Love To John chords by Rina Sawayama on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Gm    A#  F    Gm  2x

[Verse 1]
  Gm            A#
Cross the border in the
        F    Gm
 summer of '73
                A#
Left my mother to go after
    F         Gm
the American Dream
    A#   F           Gm
Ooh, threw away my name
    A#     F
Ooh, it's easier when it
   Gm
 sounds the same

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[Verse 2]
            A#              F
All I ever wanted was for you
             Gm
to have a better chance
                A#
Go to college, find a good girl
    F               Gm
that you take to a dance
Dm    Cm
Ooh
 Gm
Pictured you with her
Dm    Cm
Ooh
      Gm            G#
But that was never who you were

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[Chorus]
         D#     A#/D     F
And I'm sorry for the things
        Gm
I've done
   D#         A#/D      F     Gm
A misguided love to my only son
  D#           A#/D
Trying to protect you, but
  F       D/F#    Gm
I guess I was wrong
    D#           D#m
So send my love, send my
             Gm   A#    F    Gm
love to John

[Instrumental]
 Gm    A#  F    Gm  Gm

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[Verse 3]
 Gm             A#
Saw the way the kids treated
     F           Gm
 you every day at school
                          A#
I should've blamed them, but
            F              Gm
instead I hid behind the Bible's rules
Dm    Cm
Ooh
  Gm
Prayed to God above
Dm    Cm
Ooh
    Gm             G#
But all you needed was my love

[Chorus]
         D#     A#/D     F          Gm
And I'm sorry for the things I've done
   D#         A#/D      F     Gm
A misguided love to my only son
             D#                A#/D
We had both had to leave our mothers
      F        D/F#     Gm
 to get the things we want
    D#           D#m
So send my love, send my
            Dm    Cm    Gm
 love to John,
      Dm    Cm    Gm
Ooh, John

[Bridge]
       Cm
And I see that he takes care
                 Dm
of you from the food he makes
                      D#
He's there for you in all
                    F
the ways I never was, ooh

[Chorus]
         D#     A#/D     F          Gm
And I'm sorry for the things I've done
   D#         A#/D      F     Gm
A misguided love to my only son
       D#               A#/D
But I love to see you happy and
   F           D/F#   Gm
right where you  belong
    D#           D#m    D#
So send my love, oh, send my love,
     D#m              Gm   A#    F    Gm
send my love to John

[Ending]
Gm    A#  F    Gm

How to play Send My Love To John: key, chords and progression

To play Send My Love To John by Rina Sawayama, think in G minor (two flats: B♭, E♭). It takes 10 chords: Gm, A#, F, Dm, Cm, G#, D#, A#/D, D/F# and D#m.

Listen for Gm – A# – F – Gm (i – III – VII – i in G minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes F#m, A, E, C#m, Bm, G, D, C#, Dm (56% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 22% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D
A# chord on guitar (x13331)
A♯A♯ D E♯
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
Cm chord on guitar (x35543)
CmC E♭ G
G# chord on guitar (466544)
G♯G♯ B♯ D♯
D# chord on guitar (x68886)
D♯D♯ G A♯
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
D#m chord on guitar (x68876)
D♯mD♯ F♯ A♯

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Send My Love To John chords: questions

What key is Send My Love To John in?

Send My Love To John by Rina Sawayama is in the key of G minor (two flats: B♭, E♭).

What chords are in Send My Love To John?

Send My Love To John uses 10 chords: Gm, A#, F, Dm, Cm, G#, D#, A#/D, D/F#, D#m.

What is the chord progression of Send My Love To John?

The main progression is Gm – A# – F – Gm (i – III – VII – i).

Is Send My Love To John easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes F#m, A, E, C#m, Bm, G, D, C#, Dm (56% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 22% without a capo).

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