Madeleine Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays570

Madeleine by New Politics is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D and F. 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                        G 
You gotta know what you want, girl 
D                                G 
You gotta know what you want in life 
C                       G 
And if the whole world burns in fire 
D                     G 
We'll be right here behind you, we'll be singing 

C                  G 
Madeleine, let me hold you 
            D             G 
Before the bar is closing down 
               C                G 
Before you're leaving town for good 
        D                G 
Let me sing you one last song 

C            G 
La, la, la, la, la, la, la 
D          G 
Woah, oh, woah oh 
                   C             G 
And when you're winning, we'll be singing: 
 D                       G 
Madeleine I hope you're well 

C F C G 

C                                 G 
You gotta love yourself 'fore you love somebody 
D 
You gotta try it all before you know who you are 
C                     G 
Self-assured all the heavy-hearted 
D                            G 
She took my hand and said 'I hope that we will meet again' 

C                 G  D 
Oh, oh, oh, oh Madeleine 
G                               D           F 
There's no one quite like you, ooh, ooh, ooh 
              C      G 
Will we be friends? 

C                  G 
Madeleine, let me hold you 
            D             G 
Before the bar is closing down 
               C                G 
Before you're leaving town for good 
        D                G 
Let me sing you one last song 

C            G 
La, la, la, la, la, la, la 
 D          G 
Woah, oh, woah oh 
                  C                  G 
And when you're winning, we'll be singing: 
 D                       G 
Madeleine I hope you're well 
C 
I hope you're well 
F 
I hope you're well 
           C                       G 
'Cause living in the shadows is no fun 
                C                F 
Come out and play, come out and play 
           C                            G 
As the setting of the sun, you've gotta see 

C                  G 
Madeleine, let me hold you 
            D             G 
Before the bar is closing down 
               C                G 
Before you're leaving town for good 
        D                G 
Let me sing you one last song 

C            G 
La, la, la, la, la, la, la 
 D          G 
Woah, oh, woah oh 
                  C                  G 
And when you're winning, we'll be singing: 
 D                       G 
Madeleine I hope you're well 

C            G 
La, la, la, la, la, la, la 
 D          G 
Woah, oh, woah oh 
                  C                  G 
And when you're winning, we'll be singing: 
 D                       G 
Madeleine I hope you're well 
    	

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