The Great Escape Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays603

The Great Escape by Woodkid is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, Em/B, Am, F, Dm, D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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16
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Intro: G Em (4x) 

Verse 1: 

G                         Em 
Tell me that we'll always be together 
G                              Em 
We'll be riding horses all the way 
G                            Em 
'Cos boy I feel that men are meant to be 
              G               Em 
More than the shadows of each other 

 
C                                 Em/B 
This road is finally up to the sky 
Am        F        Dm      C 
Boy we're free, so what is fate to say 
                         Em/B Am   F 
How things are gonna turn out now? 


Instrumental: G Em (2x) 

Verse 2: 

G                           Em 
If storms are breaking over great escapes 
           G                            Em 
Boy, we'll find how to make it with the rain 
C                            Em/B Am 
The rage will lead us through the burning plains 
          Em                          D5  
No matter what they say, we're heroes boy, 
E5    F#5 G5 A5    B5 
We'll get to break out 


 
C                                 Em/B 
This road is finally up to the sky 
Am        F        Dm      C 
Boy we're free, so what is fate to say 
                         Em/B Am   F 
How things are gonna turn out now? 


C                                   Em/B    
Can't you see that we're dead until we wake up 
Am       F            Dm     C 
All your dreams are about to happen now 
                         Em/B Am   F           
We are racing to the break of dawn 

Instrumental: G Em G Em C Am Em D (2x) 
    	

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