RAYE – I Will Overcome Chords on Piano & Ukulele

RAYE – I Will Overcome Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsAmE7DmB7F7EmECFADB

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These are I Will Overcome chords by RAYE for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
Am       E7
I'll overcome (She will, 
she will, she will)
Dm       Am
I'll overcome (Yes indeed,
 yes indeed, yes indeed she will)
B7 F7 Em E

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[Verse]
                 Am
Five hundred steps left to
 make it to the front door
            E
My red high heels click, click
Four many too drinks
I feel my backbone
  Dm
Threaten to greet the 
concrete below
            C
I mean, who wants to be in Paris
 Am
Drunk and alone?
          B7
Where the phantom of a past love
F7
Lingers in the cracks of
    Em
The cobblestones that I march on
       E
And it haunts me and it taunts me
    Am
And su- su- su- suddenly
        Am                     E
In a reflection of a Chanel boutique
                     E      
Window I can see the old
me and I hate her
      Am
I feel syrup strands of
 blue moonlight
Am
Pour through the clouds
   E
To find me out like a spotlight
      E
As if Heaven's watching down
   Dm
To illustrate briefly the
 state of my mind
        C
I have black cat-eye glasses
          C
So I look chic as I cry
        B7
And it's funny, some people say I
  F7
Remind them of Amy
     Em
Some spit through their keyboards
E
I'll never amount
        F
And the evil in insults
    F
The arrows from your tongue
       E
Is the same devils you
 tortured her with
   Am
Anyhow, I

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[Chorus]
Am       E7
I'll overcome 
(She will, she will, she will)
Dm       Am
I'll overcome (Yes indeed,
 yes indeed, yes indeed)
          B7
When this wicked world 
wants to whisper
    F7
You can not
    F7
You won't be
    E
You will not
   E
So go home
    E
And shut up
    E
And go sleep
Dm
This is a song to remind me
Dm              E
 Since I needed one
E       
I will overcome

[Bridge]
Am            E         
  Yes I will, yes I will,
  Am                    Dm
 yes I will, yes I will
                        E
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes 
I will, oh

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[Verse]
                   A
Five hundred steps back and
 I was doing so well
So well
                    E
Whilst scrolling, I sighed
I'm so jealous
Of everyone online
       D,
Who is so much happier
And content and complete
        Am
To feel better
I'll shall arrange
 a sad little feast
             B7
Where I will jump up and down
      F7
On my bed in my grief
          E
And I'll play Edith Piaf
         E
And I'll dance and I'll eat
          Dm
Chocolate cake and I'll
           Dm
Have no regrets till I
            E7
Wake up and hate me now
             E7
I must know, anyhow
            Am
I will keep on

[Chorus]
Am          E7
   I'll overcome (She will,
 she will, she will)
Dm           Am
   I'll overcome (Yes indeed, 
yes indeed, yes indeed)
          B7
When this wicked world
 wants to whisper
    F7
You can not
    F7
You won't be
    E
You will not
   E
So go home
    E
And shut up
    E
And go sleep
Dm
This is a song to remind me
Dm               E
  Since I needed one

[Bridge]
                   Am
Five hundred steps left,
 maybe I have lost count
My battery died
  E
So I'm not sure if I turn 
left or turn right
      Dm
As my eyes gathered tears
It's as if it was staged
               Am
How the night skies above
Start to thunder and rain
                 B7
Like a Hollywood movie
      F7
With some sad exceptions
    Em
No lover to kiss
      E
Or promised happy endings
      B7
I'll swing 'round this street lamp
       F7
And I'll give you a story
            E
You may say I look crazy
      E
But I won't even care
          B7
Aren't we all broken people
        F7
Just perfect how to hide it
    Am
And life's guarantee's
           E
That we're all going to die
        B7                
So am I going to live like
      F7
 this all of my life?
          E
I'm not okay right now
                           Am
But I'll get there somehow, I

[Chorus]
Am         E
  I'll overcome, I
Dm          C
  I'll overcome (She will)
          B7
When this wicked world
 wants to whisper
    F7
You can not
    F7
You won't be
    E
You will not
   E
So go home
    E
And shut up
    E
And go sleep
Dm
This is my song to remind me
         Em
I needed one
            Dm Am B A F E
I will overcome

[Outro]
There's a thin grey veil 
over her horizon
And it is the wall
 between hope and despair
She exists behind it
                  E Am
She will overcome

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How to play I Will Overcome: key, chords and progression

I Will Overcome by RAYE is built around A minor (no sharps or flats), with 12 chords in all: Am, E7, Dm, B7, F7, Em, E, C, F, A, D and B.

Listen for Dm – Am – B7 – F7 (iv – i – II7 – VI7 in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: F7, F and B are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.

Chord diagrams

Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
E7 chord on guitar (020100)
E7E G♯ B D
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
B7 chord on guitar (x21202)
B7B D♯ F♯ A
F7 chord on guitar (131211)
F7F A C E♭
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯

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I Will Overcome chords: questions

What key is I Will Overcome in?

I Will Overcome by RAYE is centred on A minor (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in I Will Overcome?

I Will Overcome uses 12 chords: Am, E7, Dm, B7, F7, Em, E, C, F, A, D, B.

What is the chord progression of I Will Overcome?

The main progression is Dm – Am – B7 – F7 (iv – i – II7 – VI7).

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