Impossible

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners16 chords

How to play it

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

Am7

F#Diagram coming soon

G6Diagram coming soon

CdimDiagram coming soon

D9Diagram coming soon

BDiagram coming soon

Em7

FdimDiagram coming soon

B7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: G E7/9- Am7 D7/9 G G7 
 
C   Am7     D7/9  D7/9/F#  G6   G/F# E7  
If they   had       ever    told   me      
Am7         Cdim  D9   Bm5-/7  E7 
How sweet a kiss could  be, 
C  C/B       Am7   Cdim  G6    G/F# Em7 
I would have said, "Impossible  
  Am7      Cdim D7/9  G6 E 
Impossible       for  me" 
C   Am7     D7/9 D7/9/F#  G6  G/F# E7  
And if they said  I'd    find you  
Am7        Cdim    D9   Bm5-/7 E7 
Beyond the    rainbow's end 
C  C/B       Am7   Cdim  G6     G/F#  Em7 
I would have said, "Impossible  
Am7         Cdim    G 
Impossible,  my friend" 
 
Bridge 
 
Fdim   Am7  D7/9  D9    G  G/F#      Em7    
To   dream about what might    have been 
         Am7       D9       G 
Is strange enough for me 
         Cdim     B7      D7/9   G 
But now it seems I'm living in 
    E      Bm5-/7 Cdim    D9  D7  
A dream too beautiful to be 
C   Am7     D7/9 D7/9/F#  G6    G/F# E7  
If they had said   a     moonbeam          
Am7          Cdim   D9 Bm5-/7 E7 
Could calm a    stormy  sea, 
C  C/B       Am7   Cdim  G6     G/F# Em7 
I would have said, "Impossible  
    Am7   D7/9   Bm5-/7 E7 
But now at last I see 
C    C/B    Am7 Cdim  G6  G/F# Em7 
That nothing is  impossible  
   Am7     A7   D7/9 G 
If you are here with me

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Chord set

G · E7 · Am7 · D7 · G7 · C · F# · G6 · Cdim · D9 · B · Em7 · E · Fdim · B7 · A7

Practice tip

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