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Cheer Up

A Great Big World

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

G
D××
C×
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
              
 
 
 
 
 
Intro: G D G C G D Em C 
 
  G             D                               G                     C          
Cheer up! 'Cos nothing really matters when you look up into outer space. 
         G                   D                  Em       C 
It's a great big world and there's no need to cry. 
 
  G             D                          G                  C 
Cheer up! We're all interconnected to the reaches of the galaxy. 
     G                   D                 Em        C 
And my best friend said he came from the sky. 
 
     D              G               D 
He travelled to The Earth aboard a pink spaceship,  
      D               G                D 
It's hard for him to hide behind those eyes. 
 
  G             D                       G                 C 
Cheer up! The atoms in your body are as old as every dinosaur. 
           G             D                Em      C 
You're a special part of one big grand design. 
 
  G             D                           G                       C 
Cheer up! We're all in this together to discover what we're living for. 
 G          D                       Em     C 
13 billion years and there's still time. 
 
D              G              D 
Every night I wish upon the star so bright,  
 D              G            D 
Waiting for the others to arrive. 
 
  G             D                               G                   C 
Cheer up! 'Cos nothing really matters when you look up into outer space. 
         G                   D                  Em   C 
It's a great big world and there's no need to cry. 
 G          D                       Em     C         G 
13 billion years and there's still time. 
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · C · Em

Practice tip

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