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Got To Begin Again

Billy Joel

RockAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

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

G○○○
D××○
F
C×○○
Am7×○○○
Bm7Diagram coming soon
E9Diagram coming soon
DsusDiagram coming soon
Cmaj7Diagram coming soon
Gadd9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              G   D/G   F/G   C/G   x2 
 
        G                D/G 
Well so here I am at the end of the road 
F/G                 C    Am7   Am7/D 
Where do I go from here? 
G                          D/G 
 I always figured it would be like this 
      F/G                       C 
Still nothing seems to be quite clear 
 
        Am7             D              Am7          D 
All the words have been spoken and the prophecy fulfilled 
      Bm7                        E9 
But I just can't decide where to go 
          Am7          Bm7       Am7          Bm7 
Yes, it's been quite a day and I should go to sleep 
      Am7           C                Dsus   D 
But tomorrow I will wake up and I'll know 
 
          Cmaj7 
That I've got to begin again 
         D/G 
Though I don't know how start 
          Cmaj7 
Yes, I've got to begin again 
C/D       G   D/G   F/G   C/G 
 And it's hard 
 
G   D/G   F/G   C/G 
 
          G                          D/G 
Well it's been quite a while since I lifted my head 
        F/G                         C    Am7   Am7/D 
And I'm sure the light will hurt my eyes 
G                          D/G 
 I see the way that I been spendin' my days 
      F/G                       C 
And reality has caught me by surprise 
 
      Am7             D           Am7        D 
I was dreamin' of tomorrow so I sacrificed today 
       Bm7                       E9 
And it sure was a grand waste of time 
       Am7          Bm7               Am7          Bm7 
And despite all the truth that's been thrown in my face 
       Am7           C         Dsus   D 
I just can't get you out of my mind 
 
          Cmaj7 
That I've got to begin again 
         D/G 
Though I don't know how start 
          Cmaj7 
Yes, I've got to begin again 
C/D       G   D/G   F/G   C/G 
 And it's hard 
 
G   D/G   F/G   C/G 
G   D/G   F/G   C/G 
Gadd9

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Chord set

G · D · F · C · Am7 · Bm7 · E9 · Dsus · Cmaj7 · Gadd9

Practice tip

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