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Stella Donnelly – If I Could Cry It Would Feel Like This Chords

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsEm/G Dsus2/F#A/E DABm Gmaj7 A6/F#Em7 Dmaj7 G/DA/C#Em/BBm/F#

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[Intro]
Em/G  Dsus2/F#  A/E
D  A  D
Em/G  Dsus2/F#  A/E
D  A  Bm

[Verse 1]
Gmaj7      A6/F#
If I could cry
         Em7       Dmaj7
It would feel like this
Gmaj7      A6/F#
If I could cry
         Em7       Dmaj7
It would feel like this

[Chorus]
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm
If I could cry
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm  A
If I could cry

[Interlude]
Gmaj7  A6/F#  Em7  Dmaj7

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[Verse 2]
Gmaj7           A6/F#
If (if) I could cry (I could cry)
         Em7
It would feel (It would feel)
     D
like this (like this, like this)
Gmaj7           A6/F#
If (if) I could cry (I could cry)
         Em7
It would feel (It would feel)
     D
like this (like this)

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[Chorus]
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm
If I could cry
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm
If I could cry
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm
If I could cry
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm
If I could cry
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm/F#
If I could cry
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm/F#
If I could cry
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry
          D  A/C#  Bm/F#
If I could cry
          G/D  A/C#  Em/B
If I could cry

[Outro]
D
(Cry, cry, cry)
D
(Cry, cry, cry)
D
(Cry, cry, cry)
D
(Cry, cry, cry)

How to play If I Could Cry It Would Feel Like This: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for If I Could Cry It Would Feel Like This by Stella Donnelly on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

If I Could Cry It Would Feel Like This by Stella Donnelly sits in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), and you need 14 chords to play it: Em/G, Dsus2/F#, A/E, D, A, Bm, Gmaj7, A6/F#, Em7, Dmaj7, G/D and A/C# and 2 more.

Listen for G/D – A/C# – Em/B – D (IV – V – ii – I in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – soh – reh – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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