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Toad the Wet Sprocket – Starting Now Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 9, 2026

ChordsAm Gsus4 F Em Dm C Csus4 DC/GG BmD/F#A F#m

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[Intro]
Am Gsus4 F Gsus4
Am Em Dm 

[Verse 1]
       Am
Wasted years
              C
Waste another instant
         Am
I fed my fear
                    C
Things that haven't been yet
                    F         Csus4
Hope don't mean you sit there
                     D
Just waiting for the changes
                           F    Csus4
It's fighting for the long shot
                    D
It's getting in the trenches

[Chorus 1]
         Am  Gsus4 F Gsus4
Starting now
         Am  Em Dm Dm
Starting now

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[Verse 2]

Csus4 Am
All I own
                    C/G
Is borrowed from my children
           Am
Leave this world
                        C/G
More bright then when I came in
                  F           Csus4
Starting with the next breath
             D
Dig a little deeper
              F      Csus4
Live a little kinder
              D
Love a little sweeter

[Chorus 2]
         Am  Gsus4 F Gsus4
Starting now
         Am  Em Dm Dm Csus4
Starting now

[Bridge 1]
F Csus4          C  G  Dm
        Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Dm        C  G  F  F
Oh ooh oh oh oh oh
      D
Oh oh oh

[Bridge 2]
             Bm
Best time to change
               D
Was many years ago
          Bm
Next best thing
                     D
Is starting where we are
                G
If heaven isn't waiting
   D/F#         Em
If all there is is this
                 G
Why wait another minute
   D/F#        Em
To open up and live

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[Chorus 3]
         Bm  A G A
Starting now
         Bm  F#m Em G
Starting now
A        Bm  A G A
Starting now
         Bm  F#m Em   A
Starting now-oow-how
         Bm  A G A Bm
Starting now

How to play Starting Now: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Starting Now by Toad the Wet Sprocket on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Starting Now by Toad the Wet Sprocket is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 14 chords: Am, Gsus4, F, Em, Dm, C, Csus4, D, C/G, G, Bm and D/F# and 2 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Am – Gsus4 – F – Gsus4 (ii – Isus4 – ♭VII – Isus4 in G major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: on guitar, F, Csus4, Bm and F#m need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.