Song For You Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays574

Song For You by Alexi Murdoch is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Dm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			C                             F 
So today I wrote a song for you  
                          
Cause a day can get so long 
 C                                 F  
And I know it's hard to make it through 
                                       C 
When you say there's something wrong  
C 
C                         F 
So I'm trying to put it right 
  
Cause I want to love you with my heart  
C                              F 
All this trying has made me tired 
                                        C  
And I don't know even where to start  
C 
C 
Maybe that's a start  
C 
C                            F 
For you know it's a simple game  

That you play filling up your head with rain  
C                                          F 
And you know you've been hiding from your pain 
                                          C 
In the way, in the way you say your name  
C 
C 
And I see you 
F            Dm           Am  
Hiding your face in your hands 
F      Dm            Am  
Flying so you won't land 
F         Dm          Am  
You think no one understands 
Am       F 
         No one understands  

C                                                F 
So you hunch your shoulders and you shake your head  
                          
And your throat is aching but you swear  
 C                                 F  
No one hurts you, nothing could be sad   
                                       C 
Anyway you're not here enough to care  

C                            F 
And you're so tired you don't sleep at night  

As your heart is trying to mend   
C                                          F 
You keep it quiet but you think you might  
                C 
Disappear before the end   
                       
C                         F 
And it's strange how you cannot find  

Any strength to even try  
C                              F 
To find a voice to speak your mind  
                                        C  
When you do, all you wanna do is cry 
C 
C 
Maybe you should cry 
C 
C 
And I see you 
F            Dm          Am  
Hiding your face in your hands 
F            Dm           Am  
Talking 'bout far-away lands  
F      Dm            Am  
You think no one understands  
Am       F 
        Listen to my hands  
  
      F           C 
And all of this life  
F             C 
Moves around you 
    F              Am  
For all that you claim  
Am     F         Dm 
You're standing still 
                  C           F  
You are moving too  
                 C           F 
You are moving too  
                 C           F 
You are moving too  
                  C 
I will move with you 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante