Dear Someone Chords

KeyC Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Dear Someone by Gillian Welch is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, G, C7, F7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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Intro:  
  
-----3------3------3----  
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-4------4------4------4-  
-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-  
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Chords:  
  
C  
I want to go all over the world  
                 G  
and start living free.  
  
I know that there's somebody who  
               C  
is waiting for me.  
  
 C 
I'll build a boat, steady and true.  
        C7      F7  
As soon as it's done  
           D7    C           C7  
I'm gonna sail along in the dream  
      D7   G   C  
of my dear someone.  
  
  
One little star, smiling tonight,  
                G  
knows where you are.  
  
Stay, little star, steady and bright  
             C  
to guide me afar.  
  
  
Brush, little wind, over the deep,  
        C7   F7  
For now I've begun.  
          D7               C        C7  
Hurry and take me straight into the arms  
      D7   G   C7  
Of my dear someone.  
  
F7        D7      C        C7  
Hurry and take me into the arms  
      D7   G   C  
Of my dear someone.  

    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante