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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Were On Our Way Now Chords

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
D
D    A    E

[Verse 1]
D
Remember what might have been,
       A
had to walked you home
            E
I said I'll see you later
D
You were living the dream
             A
but when the morning come
           E                D
You'd gone meet your maker

[Pre-Chorus]
D
Good luck in the after life
           A
I hear the morning sun
        E
Doesn't cast no shadow
D
You chose to drift away
                A
but look at you now

[Chorus]
D                A
We're on our way now
E                   F#m
The truth can be so hard to swallow
D       A          E           F#m
Hey now,        cos you've got the
love, you've got the love lady
D           A      E
I'm worn out    cos with every little
          F#m              D
trick they try to drag you down
D              Dm         D
You don't know why

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[Verse 2]
D
Stood on top of the world and
         A
when the cold wind blowed
         E
You said thе chill don't matter
D
Having the time of your lifе but
         A
when you take those pills
        E                   D
Does it make it better ?

[Pre-Chorus]
D
Good luck in the after life
           A
I hear the morning sun
        E
Doesn't cast no shadow
D
You chose to drift away
                A
but look at you now

[Chorus]
D                A
We're on our way now
E                   F#m
The truth can be so hard to swallow
D       A          E           F#m
Hey now,        cos you've got the
love, you've got the love lady
D           A      E
I'm worn out    cos with every little
          F#m              D
trick they try to drag you down
D              Dm         D
You don't know why

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[Interlude]
D       A       E       F#m  4x
[Chorus]
D                 A
We're on our way now
E                   F#m
The truth can be so hard to swallow
D       A          E           F#m
Hey now,        cos you've got the
love, you've got the love lady
D           A      E
I'm worn out    cos with every
                      F#m
little trick they try to drag
        D
you down
   A           E           F#m
You don't know why

[Interlude]
D       A       E       F#m
D       A

[Outro]
           E
Cos you've got the love,
               F#m        D     A
you've got the love lady, aaah
           E
You've got the love,
               F#m        D     A
you've got the love lady, aaah

How to play Were On Our Way Now: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Were On Our Way Now by on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Were On Our Way Now by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds is written in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯) and moves through 5 chords: D, A, E, F#m and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – A – E – F#m (IV – I – V – vi in A major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.