Apr242026

Noah Kahan – We Go Way Back Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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Key: D

[Intro]
C  F

[Verse 1]
C
 Saw the world from up close
                      F
It ain't much to look at

Compared to you and your work clothes
                           C
Waving hello from the driveway

I can't make myself whole
                                    F
Most days, I'd be lucky just to get half

But you've seen me in places so low
                                 C
You can recognise when it's real bad
               F
When it's real bad

[Verse 2]
C
  Used to hate the silence
                                    F
Used to make me think about the old days

And all the miles in my legs
                                 C
The late flights and missed birthdays

Out here I can hear your heartbeat
                               F
I can hear the start of a long sigh

I can hear the song of the robin

[Pre-Chorus]
                                 Am7
I haven't wrote my own in a long time
              F
And it's just fine

[Chorus]
       C               Em7
'Cause I don't need my name back
         F
Throw my notebook in the basement
      C
Oh, I love you
            Em7             F
And I can't fake that for a moment
F
We go way back
      Am* G*
We go way back
C                    Em7
Tell me I don't need options
            F
That I have substance

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That I'm important
        C                Em7
If it's only for letting dogs out
         F
Sweeping porches

To make me nothing
        Am*  G*   F
Take me way  back
      Am*  G*
We go way  back

[Interlude]
C   Csus2*  F

Watch: Noah Kahan - We Go Way Back (Official Lyric Video)

From NoahKahanVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play We Go Way Back: key, chords and progression

These are We Go Way Back chords by Noah Kahan for Piano and Ukulele.

We Go Way Back by Noah Kahan is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 7 chords in all: C, F, Am7, Em7, Am, G and Csus2.

Listen for F – C – Em7 – F (IV – I – iii7 – IV in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – mi – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: on guitar, F and Csus2 need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.