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Sonata Arctica – Peacemaker Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Guitar intro]
F5 G5 A5 G5 E5 E5
F5 G5 A5

[Guitar riff]
E5 F5 G5 A5 G5
E5 F5 G5 A5

[Verse 1]
Em
You've got the wings of
a fallen angel
Em
You offer peace if they
praise your name
C             G
You live your life taking
C          Em
everything you can get
D          C
Look down, time to fly!
Em
Life on the streets,
you gamble with your own life
Em
Only two things:
you live or you die
C           G
Looking for fight,
C         Em
punishing guilty ones
D                          Em
You're playing Judge Dredd all
the time

[Chorus]
C      G         D           Em
Always trying to make things right
C         G             D    Bm
Sometimes problems just multiply
C        G          D      Em
His peacemaker will see no crime
C        G
Bad guys win though
   D          Bm
it won't seem right

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[Guitar riff]
E5 F5 G5 A5

[Verse 2]
Em
Eating a hotdog on the corner
of Main and some street
Em
You are a disciple of your own gun
C         G
No one to talk, you say
 C        Em
"I am the only one
D                  C
But God I wonder I won't
see the sun"
Em
It's raining heavily and
you don't have a dime
Em
We see welfare,
spend it all in one time
C              G
Must save your bullets,
C          Em
using them all the time
D               Em
Yes, I am happy in

[Chorus]
C      G         D           Em
Always trying to make things right
C         G             D    Bm
Sometimes problems just multiply
C        G          D      Em
His peacemaker will see no crime
C        G
Bad guys win though
   D          Bm    Em
it won't seem right

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[Guitar Solo]
Em C G D Em C D D x2

[Synth Solo]
C G D Em C G D Bm

[Bridge]
C
You've got your fingers burning
G
How come your gun is turning?
D
You make them pray and then
    Em     D         C
you calmly blow them away
                     G
Taking rebels to the street,
                           D
no matter who you're gonna meet
                  Bm
Because everybody knows that he is

[Chorus]
C      G         D           Em
Always trying to make things right
C         G             D    Bm
Sometimes problems just multiply
C        G          D      Em
His peacemaker will see no crime
C        G
Bad guys win though
   D          Bm
it won't seem right
C      G         D           Em
Always trying to make things right
C         G             D    Bm
Sometimes problems just multiply
C        G          D      Em
His peacemaker will see no crime
C        G             D          Bm
Bad guys win though it won't seem right

[Guitar riff]
E5 F5 G5 A5

How to play Peacemaker: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Peacemaker by Sonata Arctica on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Peacemaker by Sonata Arctica is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 9 chords in all: F5, G5, A5, E5, Em, C, G, D and Bm.

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: F5 and Bm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.

Chord diagrams

Peacemaker chords: questions

What key is Peacemaker in?

Peacemaker by Sonata Arctica is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯).

What chords are in Peacemaker?

Peacemaker uses 9 chords: F5, G5, A5, E5, Em, C, G, D, Bm.

What is the chord progression of Peacemaker?

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.

How to play Peacemaker: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Peacemaker chords: questions

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