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Counting Stars

Alex Goot

PopAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C#mDiagram coming soon
E○○○
BDiagram coming soon
A×○○
F#mDiagram coming soon

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               C#m 
Lately, I've been 
E 
I've been losing sleep 
B 
  Dreaming about that things 
 A 
We could be 
      C#m 
But, baby, I've been 
E 
I've been praying hard 
B 
  Said, no more counting dollars 
 A 
We'll be counting stars 
Yeah, we'll be counting stars 
 
( C#m  E  B  A ) (2x) 
 
            C#m 
I see this life like a swinging vine 
  E 
Swing my heart across the line 
B 
And my face is flashing signs 
A 
  Seek it out and you shall find 
C#m 
Old, but I'm not that old 
 E 
Young, but I'm not that bold 
B 
I don't think the world is sold 
A 
  I'm just doing what we're told 
 
Pré-refrão: 
C#m  E                    B 
     I feel something so right 
            A 
Doing the wrong thing 
C#m  E                     B 
     I feel something so wrong 
           A 
Doing the right thing 
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie 
Couldn't lie 
Everything that kills me 
Makes me feel alive 
 
 
 C#m 
Lately, I've been 
E 
I've been losing sleep 
B 
  Dreaming about that things 
 A 
We could be 
      C#m 
But, baby, I've been 
E 
I've been praying hard 
B 
  Said, no more counting dollars 
 A 
We'll be counting stars 
 C#m 
Lately, I've been 
E 
I've been losing sleep 
B 
  Dreaming about that things 
 A 
We could be 
      C#m 
But, baby, I've been 
E 
I've been praying hard 
B 
  Said, no more counting dollars 
 A 
We'll be 
         C#m  E  B  A 
We'll counting stars 
 
 
            C#m 
I feel the love and I feel it burn 
 E 
Down this river, every turn 
 B 
Hope is a four-letter word 
 A 
Make that money, watch it burn 
C#m 
Old, but I'm not that old 
 E 
Young, but I'm not that bold 
B 
I don't think the world is sold 
A 
  I'm just doing what we're told 
 
C#m  E                     B 
     I feel something so wrong 
           A 
Doing the right thing 
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie 
Couldn't lie 
Everything that drowns me 
Makes me wanna fly 
 
 
 C#m 
Lately, I've been 
E 
I've been losing sleep 
B 
  Dreaming about that things 
 A 
We could be 
      C#m 
But, baby, I've been 
E 
I've been praying hard 
B 
  Said, no more counting dollars 
 A 
We'll be counting stars 
 C#m 
Lately, I've been 
E 
I've been losing sleep 
B 
  Dreaming about that things 
 A 
We could be 
      C#m 
But, baby, I've been 
E 
I've been praying hard 
B 
  Said, no more counting dollars 
 A 
We'll be 
We'll counting stars 
 
 
Take that money 
Watch it burn 
Sink in the river 
The lessons are learnt   (4x) 
 
A                F#m 
Everything that kills me 
Makes feel alive 
 
Refrão: 
 C#m 
Lately, I've been 
E 
I've been losing sleep 
B 
  Dreaming about that things 
 A 
We could be 
      C#m 
But, baby, I've been 
E 
I've been praying hard 
B 
  Said, no more counting dollars 
 A 
We'll be counting stars 
 C#m 
Lately, I've been 
E 
I've been losing sleep 
B 
  Dreaming about that things 
 A 
We could be 
      C#m 
But, baby, I've been 
E 
I've been praying hard 
B 
  Said, no more counting dollars 
 A 
We'll be 
We'll counting stars 
 C#m 
Take that money 
Watch it burn 
 E 
Sink in the river 
The lessons are learnt 
 B 
Take that money 
Watch it burn 
 A 
Sink in the river 
The lessons are learnt

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C#m · E · B · A · F#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.