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When You're Gone

Avril Lavigne

PopAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

G
D××
F#Diagram coming soon
Em
C×
Bm×
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              G                          D/F#               Em      
I always needed time on my own 
                        C 
I never thought I'd need you there 
                D    D4
When I cried 
             G                       D/F# 
And the days feel like years 
                     Em 
When I'm alone 
                                   C 
And the bed where you lie 
                                  D 
Is made up on your side 
 
C 
When you walk away 
                      G 
I count the steps that you take 
              C                                          D 
Do you see how much I need you right now? 
 
                      C 
When you're gone 
       Em                    D                      D4 
The pieces of my heart are missing you 
                        C 
When you're gone 
         Em                     D                    
The face I came to know is missing too 
                         C 
When you're gone 
                     C                        G                  D           C    
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day 
                     D 
And make it OK 
             C
I miss you 
 
    G                 D/F#         Em 
I never felt this way before 
                          C 
Everything that I do 
                         D D4 D
reminds me of you 
                G  
And the clothes you left 
      D/F#                  Em 
are lyin' on the floor 
                                     C 
and they smell just like you 
                                      D 
I love the things that you do 
 
C 
When you walk away 
                      G 
I count the steps that you take 
              C                                          D 
Do you see how much I need you right now? 
 
                      C 
When you're gone 
       Em                                            D D4 D 
The pieces of my heart are missing you 
                        C 
When you're gone 
         Em                                          D 
The face I came to know is missing too 
                         C 
When you're gone 
                                              G                   D            C  
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day 
                     D 
And make it OK 
             Bm 
I miss you 
 
Bm                                  C 
We were made for each other 
                  G 
I'll keep forever 
                  D 
I know we were 
B
Yeah Yeah 
Em                                               
All I ever wanted was for you to know 
C 
Everything I do I give my heart and soul 
            G 
I can hardly breathe 
                                         D
I need to feel you here with me 
Yeah 
 
                     C 
When you're gone 
       Em                                            D D4 D 
The pieces of my heart are missing you 
                        C 
When you're gone 
         Em                                          D 
The face I came to know is missing too 
                         C 
When you're gone 
                     C                         G               D               C  
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day 
                     D 
And make it OK 
             C 
I miss you 
 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · F# · Em · C · Bm · B

Practice tip

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