When I'm Gone

Before You Exit

PopMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
Capo on 4th fret
              
 
 
            G                               C 
Put your headphones in, let the day pass by 
       Em                               C 
Giving all your love in black and white 
         G                           C 
And the road ahead gets hard to see 
             Em                       C 
When we're losing up on catching sleep 
 
 
  G 
Another big city on another long flight 
 C 
Wake up and I miss you in the middle of the night 
 Em                    C 
Maybe you want me or maybe you don't 
 
 
    G                             C 
So what you gonna do when I'm gone? 
 Em                            C 
I've been holding on for so long 
          G                           C 
And I'll say goodbye and try to move on 
    Em                             C 
So what you gonna do when I'm gone, gone? 
 
 
             G                             C 
Put your headphones in, let the day pass by 
       Em                             C 
Let it all play out just once or twice 
       G                        C 
And I know we've got our history 
          Em                        C 
But the future's all that I can see 
 
 
  G 
Another big city on another long flight 
 C 
Wake up and I miss you in the middle of the night 
 Em                    C 
Maybe you want me or maybe you don't 
 
 
    G                             C 
So what you gonna do when I'm gone? 
 Em                            C 
I've been holding on for so long 
          G                           C 
And I'll say goodbye and try to move on 
    Em                             C 
So what you gonna do when I'm gone, gone? 
 
 
A7 C Em D 
 
 
       A7                 C 
And we say hello just to say goodbye 
        Em                      D 
And we lose ourselves just to feel alright 
        A7                   C             Em    D 
And we hold our love so we won't run dry 
 
 
    G                             C 
So what you gonna do when I'm gone? 
 Em                            C 
I've been holding on for so long 
          G                           C 
And I'll say goodbye and try to move on 
    Em                             C 
So what you gonna do when I'm gone, gone?

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Chord set

G · C · Em · A7 · D

Practice tip

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