THIS IS THE CHORD PROGRESSION OF THERE’S NOTHING HOLDING ME BACK BY SHAWN MENDES.
You can play this progression on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard, check the arrangements below;
[Chorus] GD
I see you shaking BmD
Staring while I go crazy AD
I’ll take your inhibitions
AD
Baby, there’s nothing holding you back GDBmD
I take me places tearing up your reputation
AD
Manipulating decisions A
Baby, there’s nothing holding you back
GDBmDAD
AD
c’mon There’s nothing holding you back
GDBmDAD
AD
There’s nothing holding you back
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How to play theres nothing holding me back: key, chords and progression
theres nothing holding me back by Shawn Mendes is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: G, D, Bm and A.
The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – Bm – D (IV – I – vi – I in D major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes C, G, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
