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U2 – Your Song Saved My Life Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
D A C G
D A C G

[Verse 1]
D               A
 Was a Monday morning 
C                    G
'Bout a quarter past four
D                A
 You were busy dreaming
   C                         G
So what did you wake up for?

[Pre-Chorus]
Gm                     D
  Are you a stranger in
  your own life
Gm                      D
  What are you hiding behind
  those eyes?
   E                            G
Is no one looking for you there?

[Chorus]
              D              A
You know your song saved my life
        Bm
I don't sing it just
            F#m
so I can get by 
          D              A
Won't you hear me when I tell
you darlin’
  Bm
I sing it to survive

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[Verse 2] 
D                     A
 You're looking for a miracle
C
 The kind that science
 G 
 can't explain
D                  A
 The man you carry in
 your heart
        C
Is only comfortable
             G
when he's in pain

[Pre-Chorus]
Gm                     D
  Are you a stranger in
  your own life
Gm                      D
  What are you hiding behind
  those eyes?
    E
Can anyone find you there? 
G
 Or just me?

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Chorus]
              D              A
You know your song saved my life
        Bm
I don't sing it just
            F#m
so I can get by 
          D              A
Won't you hear me when I tell
you darlin’
  Bm
I sing it to survive
     D              A
Your song saved my life  
                  Bm
The worst and the best
              F#m
days of my life
      D              A
I was broken now I’m open
          Bm
your love keeps me alive
It keeps me alive

[Outro]
     D              A
Your song saved my life
                  Bm
The worst and the best
              F#m
days of my life
     D              A
Your song saved my life
Bm
Song saved my, song saved my
     D              A
Your song saved my life
     Bm                    F#m
Your song got me through tonight
     D              A
Your song saved my life
Bm                           D
Song saved my, song saved my life

How to play Your Song Saved My Life: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Your Song Saved My Life by U2 on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Your Song Saved My Life by U2 is written in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯) and moves through 8 chords: D, A, C, G, Gm, E, Bm and F#m.

Listen for D – A – C – G (I – V – ♭VII – IV in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: on guitar, Gm, 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.