Mar272026

Paul McCartney – Days We Left Behind Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG DD/F#Em C Bm

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These are Days We Left Behind chords by Paul McCartney for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
G D G D

[Verse 1]
G               D/F#
Looking back at white and black
  Em            D
Reminders of my past
G              D/F#
Smoky bars and cheap guitars
    Em               D
But nothing built to last

[Chorus]
D            C
Nothing ever stays
                 G
Nothing comes to mind
D           Em
No one can erase
    C              G    D C
The days we left behind

[Verse 2]
G                D/F#
 See the boys of Dungeon Lane
 Em              D
Along the Mersey shore
G                 D/F#
Some of them will feel the pain
    Em                  D
But some were meant for more

[Chorus]
    D                 C
And nothing stays the same
                G
No one needs to cry
D             Em
Nothing can reclaim
    C              G
The days we left behind

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[Bridge]
Em
  We met at Forthlin Road
Bm
  And wrote a secret code
Em            Bm
  To never be spoken
G
 I stand by what I said
D
 The promise that I made
C              D
 Will never be broken

[Chorus]
D            C
Nothing ever stays
                 G
Nothing comes to mind
    D           Em
And no one can erase
    C              G    D C
The days we left behind

[Verse 3]
G                 D
 In the skies the skylarks
 rise
 Em                 D
Above the sounds of war
G                D
Since that day I knew
 they’d stay
     Em         D
With me for evermore

[Chorus]
       D                 C
’Cause nothing stays the same
                    G
And no one needs to cry
    D            Em
And no one is to blame
        C              G
For the days we left behind
    C              G   
The days we left behind
 D G  Em D G

Watch: Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind (Lyric Video)

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

How to play Days We Left Behind: key, chords and progression

Days We Left Behind by Paul McCartney is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 6 chords: G, D, D/F#, Em, C and Bm.

Most of the song cycles through D – C – G – D (V – IV – I – V in G major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.