Your Song chords by Al Jarreau

Chords with lyrics

Your Song (Al Jarreau version released in 1976)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tmsOJyRR94
Your Song Written by Bernie Taupin & Elton John
Transcribed by Toni Rokka in April 2017 [email protected]

Detune all strings a semi-tone to play along with ‘Your Song’ from the studio album, ‘Glow’,
Chord names are relative to their shape in standard tuning.
Letters in parenthesis i.e. (C majorC) (E MajorE) or (Eb MajorEb) indicate bass passing notes.
Chord shapes used:

A augmentedA       X0333O     B/F#     221XOX
A augmentedA   (7thpos) XO7655     BB (7thpos)  XX9877
Amaj7Amaj7 (4thpos) XO7654     Bno5add4  X2X440
Amaj7Amaj7     XO2224     Bsus4Bsus4    X24400
A6sus2     X05560     Badd4    X24X4O
A major 6A6       XO2222     B7B7 (2ndpos) X2424X
A major 6A6 no3     XO42OO     Bsus2Bsus2    X24422
A/C#A/C#      X4222X     B7sus4B7sus4    X2425X
Abm7Abm7      464444     B/Eb     O6447X
               B5B5      X244XX
Cm#5      X3654X
C# minorC#m      X46654     E MajorE      O7645O
C#m7C#m7      X46454     E MajorE (no5)   OX32XO
               E MajorE (4th pos) XX6454
               E MajorE (7th pos) O7999X
               E5(7th pos) O799OO
               E/Bb     6X6454
               E/B     7X6454
               E/G#     422XXX
               Esus4add2  OX42OO
F#m7F#m7      242222
F#5F#5     (T2)44X2X (T2)=Thumb on 2nd fret

Intro:
(piano chords transposed for guitar)
This chord sequence is played twice before the ensemble joins in.
E MajorE (4thpos), Amaj7Amaj7 (4thpos), BB (7thpos), A augmentedA (5thpos)

Guitar + Bass + ensemble
E, Amaj7, B/Eb, Abm7, (E MajorE), (Eb MajorEb), C#m, E/B, E/Bb, A6sus2

Ad lib scat vocals over this next chord sequence
Bsus4Bsus4  Bno5  Cm#5  C#m7C#m7  B/Eb E(7thPos) F#m7F#m7 A augmentedA  B7sus4B7sus4 B7(2ndpos)

Bridge:
Bass (single Notes) BB DbDb E MajorE DbDb

Verse 1:
E(no5)          Amaj7Amaj7 B/Eb         Abm7Abm7
    It's a little bit funny -------this feeling inside
(C majorC) C#m7C#m7          E/B      E/Bb    A6sus2
    But I'm not one of those who can   easily hide
   Bsus4Bsus4          BB    Cm#5      C# minorC#m
 Oh I, well I don't have much money but……… boy, if I did
 (Eb MajorEb)E(7thpos)       A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7 A augmentedA        Badd4 B7sus4B7sus4 Badd4 B5B5
       I'd buy a big house where we both could live

Verse 2:
E MajorE (no5)      Amaj7Amaj7  B/Eb        Abm7(C majorC)C#m7
   If I was a sculptor   but then again, no
          E/B     E/Bb     A6sus2
Or a man who makes potions in a   traveling show
   Bsus4Bsus4        Bno5add4   Cm#5        C# minorC#m (Eb MajorEb)E
Oh I, well I know it's not much but girl it's the best I can do
             F#m7F#m7  A augmentedA             E MajorE E(no5)
 You see, my gift is my song and this here one's for you,
Esus4add2 Eno5
Ooh just for you

Chorus:
B/F#        C#m7C#m7       F#m7F#m7       A major 6A6 Amaj7Amaj7 A major 6A6
 And you can tell everybody that,- that this is your song
BB         C#m7C#m7       F#5F#5        A augmentedA
 Oh words may be quite simple but   now that it's done
C#m7C#m7           E/B
  I hope you don't mind  I hope you don't mind
E/Bb          A augmentedA
  that I put down in words
   E/G#    A augmentedA       A6(no3)    BB
How wonderful - life is while you're in the world, yes girl

Single Bass notes BB C#C# E MajorE C majorC

Bridge: (with ad lib scat vocals):
E MajorE (no3) Amaj7Amaj7 Eb/B A/C#A/C#
Single Bass notes BB C#C# E MajorE DbDb

Verse 3:
E MajorE (no5)      Amaj7Amaj7         B/Eb          Abm7Abm7
   I sat on the roof, child, yes I did, and I kicked off the moss
(C majorC)C#m7         E/B  E/Bb                 A6sus2
    But a few of the verses,  well they, well they got me quite cross, oh ho
Bsus4Bsus4            Bno5add4   Cm#5          C# minorC#m
   But the sun's been real kind while I wrote, wrote down this song
(Eb MajorEb)E                A augmentedA F#m7F#m7 A augmentedA           Badd4 B7sus4B7sus4 Badd4 B5B5
   You see, it's for people like you that really keep it turned on, on

Verse 4:
E(no5)      Amaj7Amaj7       B/Eb         Abm7Abm7
   So please excuse my forgetting  but these things I do, yeah
(C majorC)C#m7         E/B            E/Bb    A6sus2
   Well you see, girl, I've forgotten if they're   green or they're blue,
            Bsus4Bsus4        Bno5add4 Cm#5     C# minorC#m
Oh oh oh oh…well anyway, you know the thing is, Honey, what I really mean,
      (Eb MajorEb)E          F#m7F#m7       A augmentedA         E MajorE   E(no5) Esus4add2 Eno5
Girl is that,  well, yours are the sweetest eyes I believe I have ever seen Oh

Chorus:
B/F#        C#m7C#m7     F#m7F#m7      A major 6A6 Amaj7Amaj7 A major 6A6
  And you can tell everybody that  this is your song, yes you can
BB          C#m7C#m7       F#5F#5         A augmentedA
 Oh the words may be quite simple but, but now that it's done yes
C#m7C#m7           E/B    E/Bb          A augmentedA
  I hope you don't mind, don't mind  that I put down in words
  E/G#    A augmentedA       A6(no3)    BB
How wonderful life is while you're in the world,
N.C
Let me sing the line one more time yeah,
C#m7C#m7            E/B        E/Bb        A augmentedA   N.C
  I hope you don’t mind, hope you don’t mind that I put down in words, these sweet words,
  E/G#    A augmentedA         A6(no3)    E MajorE
How wonderful life is Baby while you are in my world

Bridge: (with ad lib scat vocals):
E MajorE (no3), Amaj7, Eb/B, F#m7, C#m7, E/B, E/Bb, A6sus2

Additional Chorus:
BB
Believe I sit here on the dock of the bay
       Cm#5     C# minorC#m
watching the tide rolling away
   E MajorE          F#m7F#m7
Said, I'll be thinking of you love
   A augmentedA            B/Eb  Bsus2Bsus2