From The Ground Up Chords

by Dan + Shay
289,864 views, added to favorites 19,524 times
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author amber_marie_watson [pro] 192.
7 contributors total, last edit on Jun 27, 2023

Chords

G
Em
C
D
D/F#

Strumming

Edit
Is this strumming pattern correct?
1
&
2
&
3
&
4
&
5
&
6
&
Capo: fret 2
 
Chords used: G Em C D
 
IT PRETTY MUCH HAS THE SAME CHORD PROGRESSION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SONG. YOU END ON G AT THE END. :)
 
 
[Intro]
 
G  D  Em       C  G  D
          Ooh
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
   G                             D/F#
Grandma and grandpa painted a picture
  Em
Of 65 years in one little house
   C
More than a memory
C
More than saying I do
 D
Kiss you goodnights
D
And I love you’s
 G
Me and you baby
G                      D/F#
We’ll walk in their footsteps
 Em
We’ll build our own family
Em
One day at a time
  C
10 little toes
C
A painted pink room
 D
Our beautiful baby looks just like you
 
 
[Chorus]
 
      G                      Em
And we’ll build this love from the ground up
                     C
Now til forever it’s all of me, all of you
                        D
Just take my hand and I’ll be the man your dad hoped that I’d be
 G                            Em
And we’ll build this love from the ground up
Em
For worse or for better
 C
And I will be all you need
                                   D
Beside you I’ll stand through the good and the bad
D
We’ll give all that we have
      C                D                  G
And we’ll build this love from the ground up
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G                                        D/F#
This life will go by in the blink of an eye
Em
But I wouldn’t wanna spend it without you by my side
C
The clouds are gonna roll
C
The earth’s gonna shake
D
But I’ll be your shelter
D
Through the wind and the rain
 
 
[Chorus]
 
      G                      Em
And we’ll build this love from the ground up
                     C
Now til forever it’s all of me, all of you
                        D
Just take my hand and I’ll be the man your dad hoped that I’d be
 G                            Em
And we’ll build this love from the ground up
Em
For worse or for better
 C
And I will be all you need
                                   D
Beside you I’ll stand through the good and the bad
D
We’ll give all that we have
      C                D                  G
And we’ll build this love from the ground up
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G                                         D/F#
Someday we’ll wake up with thousands of pictures
Em
Of 65 years in this little house
C
I won’t trade for nothin’ the life that we built
D
I’ll kiss you goodnight and say I love you still
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 G                            Em
And we’ll build this love from the ground up
Em
For worse or for better
 C
And I will be all you need
                                   D
Beside you I’ll stand through the good and the bad
D
We’ll give all that we have
      C                D                  G
And we’ll build this love from the ground up
X
By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ
Create correction
Please rate this tab
 
×
From The Ground Up – Dan + Shay
How to play
"From The Ground Up"
Font
Transpose
22 comments
careytaubert
This is the intro lick they play on the piano with capo 2 e)-------------------------- B)-------------------------- G)--0-4---0-0----0-4---0-0-- D)------4------------4------ A)-------------------------- E)--------------------------
+10
ashrox96
such a beautiful song!!
+1
EmojiQueen
Capo 4 for me
+1