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The Avett Brothers – I Go To My Heart Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG A DD/F#

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[Verse 1]
G         A          D
What do I get when I find
 out I am nothing?
G      A            D
Who am I without my name?
G        A         D
How do I stop this emptiness
 from growing?
G          A          D     
The dumb instructions coming
         G          A
 from my brain

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[Chorus]
           D           D/F#
I go to my heart or my knees
         G                 A
Begging "Take me, darling, please"
       D
I will follow you
  D/F#           G           A
I promise I have changed
          D                 D/F#
I've been gone for years, I know
         G                A
But I am back for good to show
       D                D/F# 
I will never stray from you
          G         A
 like that again
D    D/F#    G    A   (x4)

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[Verse 2]
G         A          D
What do I do when my body
 lets me down?
G            A            
Who am I without dark hair 
       D
and a pair of working hands?
G        A               D
How do I stop this outro that 
I'm headed for?
G          A                
Where do I turn when I can't
 D           G              A
 take it anymore?

[Chorus]
           D           D/F#
I go to my heart or my knees
         G                 A
Begging "Take me, darling, please"
       D
I will follow you
  D/F#           G           A
I promise I have changed
          D                 D/F#
I've been gone for years, I know
         G                A
But I am back for good to show
            D              
That I will never stray from
  D/F#           G        A
 you like that again
           D               
No, I will never stray from
 D/F#           G         A
 you like that again
D    D/F#    G    A
D    D/F#    G

How to play I Go To My Heart: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of I Go To My Heart by The Avett Brothers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

I Go To My Heart by The Avett Brothers is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: G, A, D and D/F#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – A – D – D/F# (IV – V – I – I in D major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – doh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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