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Willie Nelson – Youll Always Have Someone Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsC F G D

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[Intro]
C F C F
C G C C

[Verse 1]
      C              F
Discontent, you must leave
        C             F
Leaving love, leaving me
        C           F
So go away for your dreams
        G
to come true
       C                 F
But if young dreams grow old
         C                F
And warm friendships grow cold
            C       G           C
There'll be someone waiting for you

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[Verse 2]
       C        F
And if you ever find
     C         F
That love is unkind
        C            F          G
And the devil starts taking his dues
          C            F
When your fair weather friends
           C            F
Leave when fair weather ends
            C       G           C
There'll be someone waiting for you

[Chorus]
       G
You'll always have
D           G
someone who loves you
       G       D              G
You're never alone, don't you see?
              C               F
And when your world's slowing down
       C               F
You'll need someone around
         C       G         C
Let that someone always be me

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[Interlude]
  C   F   C   F
  C   F   G   G
  C   F   C   F
  C   G   C   C

[Chorus]
       G           D
You'll always have someone
    G
who loves you
       G       D              G
You're never alone, don't you see?
              C               F
And when your world's slowing down
       C               F
You'll need someone around
         C       G         C
Let that someone always be me

How to play Youll Always Have Someone: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Youll Always Have Someone by Willie Nelson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Youll Always Have Someone by Willie Nelson sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 4 chords to play it: C, F, G and D.

Listen for G – C – F – C (V – I – IV – I in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.