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Shenandoah – Then A Girl Walks In Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Then A Girl Walks In by Shenandoah on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

INTRO:
   C       Am F     G
   C       Am F     G

VERSE:
 C                     Am
When dollar beers are worth 
every cent
 F                                G   
Splitting the rent, you and your boys 
                C
five deep in a two bedroom
 Am                F                  
Parking lot view, sleeping till noon, 
                G
doing what you wanna do
             F               
When you're high on life and 
                    G
life can't get any better

CHORUS:
        C               
Then a girl a walks in, 
              Am
you know the right one, you can tell
 F                             G
Shinin' like a million dollar penny 
in a wishin' well
 C                        Am
Buyin' drinks turns into buyin' roses
        F                              
You're thinkin' rings, changing names, 
        G
that's how the story goes
               Dm7         
Just when you think you've 
        C       F
got it all and then
              C  Am  F
A girl walks innnnnnnnnn
 G                  C  Am  F   G
Yeah, a girl walks innnnnnnnnn

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VERSE:
             C              
When you're stayin' up late 
         Am
just to talk on the phone
          F                
You hate sayin' goodnight, 
          G
you hate sleepin' alone
        C                        Am
So you pack up the back of your truck 
with her stuff
      F                    G
That two year lease ain't long enough
             F                
When you're high on life, and 
                    G
life can't get any better

CHORUS:
        C                      
Then a girl walks in, you know 
     Am
the right one dressed in white
 F                           G
The kind you wanna keep the rest 
of your life
             C               Am
Then you're raisin glasses, droppin' 
roses
       F                      
She's dancin' with her daddy, 
        G
that's how the story goes
                 Dm7  
That's when you think 
            C       F
you got it all and then
              C  Am  F
A girl walks innnnnnnnnn
 G                     Am  G  F
Yeah, and a girl walks in

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POST-CHORUS:
             G
A girl walks in
     C                       F
And says there's one on the way
          G
Then one day

VERSE:
   C             Am
A girl walks in lookin' 
like her mama
 F                            G
Says I love you daddy, right then 
you know she's gonna
 C                           Am
Steal your heart and you'll have 
to let her go
           F                       G
When that boy comes along, that's how 
the story goes
               Dm7  
Just when you think 
            C       F
you got it all and then
F                           Dm7  
Oh, ain't it funny how you think 
            C               F
you got it all-all-all and then

OUTRO:
              C  Am  F
A girl walks innnnnnnnnn
 G                  C  Am  F   G
Yeah, a girl walks innnnnnnnnn
 G                C
Then a girl walks in

How to play Then A Girl Walks: key, chords and progression

Then A Girl Walks by Shenandoah is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: C, Am, F, G and Dm7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Am – F – G (I – vi – IV – V in C major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, C, D, Am7 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Dm7 chord on guitar (xx0211) — Dm7D F A C

Then A Girl Walks chords: questions

What key is Then A Girl Walks in?

Then A Girl Walks by Shenandoah is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Then A Girl Walks?

Then A Girl Walks uses 5 chords: C, Am, F, G, Dm7.

What is the chord progression of Then A Girl Walks?

The main progression is C – Am – F – G (I – vi – IV – V), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression.

Is Then A Girl Walks easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, C, D, Am7 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

How to play Then A Girl Walks: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Then A Girl Walks chords: questions

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