Feb122021

P.J. Harding feat. Noah Cyrus – Dear August Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsAm C FC/B

KeyKeyCapo

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[Intro]
Am
Mmm, mmm-mmm

[Verse 1]
Am
Slowly,
                          C
why's the morning come so slowly
                     F
When I got no one to hold
                    C   C/B
me through the dark?
Am
Patient,
                          C
they tell me that love is patient
                      F
But it never wants to wait
            C
on my drunk heart

[Pre-Chorus]
             Am
So I'll take all of my, all of my,
                 C
all of my wasted love
            F
And turn it into wine, into wine,
               C
into wine in my cup, woah

[Chorus]
     Am                   C
Dear August, tell me that there's
light
              F
At the end of all
              C     C/B
this starless night
     Am
Dear August,
                   C
please don't let me fall
               F
'Cause I don't know where
     C       C/B       Am
this road is headed anymore

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[Verse 2]
Am                             C
Fading, now the summer heat is fading
                      F
I spend every evening praying
            C
for the dawn
Am
Save me,
                       C
looking for someone to save me
                       F
Give me everything you gave me,
          C
but you're scorned

[Pre-Chorus]
             Am
So I'll take all of my, all of my,
                 C
all of my wasted love
            F
And turn it into wine, into wine,
               C
into wine in my cup, woah

[Chorus]
     Am                   C
Dear August, tell me that there's
light
              F
At the end of all
              C     C/B
this starless night
     Am
Dear August,
                   C
please don't let me fall
               F
'Cause I don't know where
     C       C/B       Am
this road is headed anymore, oh

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[Bridge]
         Am C
Oh, dear August
      F        C
Oh-oh-oh-oh, August
                     Am C
Oh, no, no, no, dear August
      F        C
Oh-oh-oh-oh, August

[Chorus]
     Am                   C
Dear August, tell me that there's
light
              F
At the end of all
              C     C/B
this starless night
     Am
Dear August,
                   C
please don't let me fall
               F
'Cause I don't know where
     C       C/B       Am
this road is headed anymore

How to play Dear August: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Dear August by P.J. Harding feat. Noah Cyrus on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Dear August by P.J. Harding feat. Noah Cyrus is built around A minor (no sharps or flats), with 4 chords in all: Am, C, F and C/B.

Most of the song cycles through Am – C – F – C (i – III – VI – III in A minor). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Em, G, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.