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God Only Knows

Avenged Sevenfold

MetalAdvanced for beginners17 chords

How to play it

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

A×○○
E○○○
G#Diagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
D××○
F#mDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
G○○○
Bm×
F#Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
FdimDiagram coming soon
D#m7Diagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro:  A  E  A  E 
        A  E/G#  F#m7 
 
D/A         Bm6 
  I may not always love you 
F#m    F#m7           B7/A 
  But long as there are stars above you 
E/B           Cdim 
  You never need to doubt it 
E/B              A#º 
  I'll make you so sure about it 
A            E/G#                F#m7    E 
  God only knows what I'd be without you 
 
D/A             Bm6 
  If you should ever leave me 
F#m       F#m7             B7/A 
  Though life would still go on believe me 
E/B                 Cdim 
  The world could show nothing to me 
E/B              A#º 
  So what good would living do me 
A            E/G#                F#m7    E 
  God only knows what I'd be without you 
 
( G/D  Em6  Bm/F#  Bm7  E7/D ) 
( A/E  Fdim  A/E  D#m7(b5) ) 
 
D            A/C#                Bm 
  God only knows what I'd be without you 
 
D/A             Bm6 
  If you should ever leave me 
F#m       F#m7             B7/A 
  Though life would still go on believe me 
E/B                 Cdim 
  The world could show nothing to me 
E/B              A#º 
  So what good would living do me 
A            E/G#                F#m7    E 
  God only knows what I'd be without you 
 
A            E/G#                F#m7   E/G# 
  God only knows what I'd be without you 
A            E/G#                F#m7   E/G# 
  God only knows what I'd be without you 
A            E/G#                F#m7   E/G# 
  God only knows what I'd be without you 
A            E/G#                F#m7   E/G# 
  God only knows what I'd be without you 
 
Final:  A E/G#  F#m7  E/G# 
        A E/G#  F#m7  E/G# 
        A E/G#  F#m7  E/G# 
        A E/G#  F#m7  E/G#

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Chord set

A · E · G# · F#m7 · D · F#m · B7 · B · Cdim · G · Bm · F# · Bm7 · E7 · Fdim · D#m7 · C#

Practice tip

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