Counting Stars Chords

by OneRepublic
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Am
Capo: 4th fret
Author kamdude [a] 863.
12 contributors total, last edit on Oct 8, 2023
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Chords

Am
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G
F
Dm

Strumming

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Intro picking pattern:
   Am                  C                      G
e|------0---------0----------0-----------0----------------------------------|
B|------1---------1----------1-----------1----------0-----------0-----------|
G|---2----2----2----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----------0-----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0--------|
A|-0---------0---------3-----------3----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------3-----------3-----------------|
 
    F
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1------------1----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------2------------2----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----3-----3------3-----3-------------------------------------------------|
A|--3------------3----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   Am                  C                      G
e|------0---------0----------0-----------0----------------------------------|
B|------1---------1----------1-----------1----------3-----------3-----------|
G|---2----2----2----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----------0-----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0--------|
A|-0---------0---------3-----------3----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------3-----------3-----------------|
 
    F
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1------------1-------------1---------------1----------------------|
G|--------2------------2-------------2---------------2----------------------|
D|-----3-----3------3-----3-------3-----3---------3-----3-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--1------------1-------------1---------------1----------------------------|
 
  (background part)
e|--3--0-----3--0-----3--0-----------------------------------|
B|--------3--------3--------3---5----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Intro]
Am                 C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                              F
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    Am               C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
Said no more counting dollars
F                              F
We'll be counting stars, yeah we'll be counting stars
 
[Interlude]
Am  C  G  F  x2
 
[Verse 1]
           Am
I see this life like a swinging vine
C
Swing my heart across the line
    G
And in my face is flashing signs
F
Seek it out and ye shall find
Am
Old, but I'm not that old
C
Young, but I'm not that bold
G
I don't think the world is sold
F
On just doing what we're told
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am C                G
I feel something so right
          F
Doing the wrong thing
Am C                G
I feel something so wrong
          F
Doing the right thing
F
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
F               N.C.
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
 
[Chorus]
Am                 C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                              F
Dreaming about the things that we could be
Am                   C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
Said no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am                 C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                              F
Dreaming about the things that we could be
Am                   C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
Said, no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars
 
[Interlude]
Am  C  G  F
 
[Verse 2]
             Am
I feel your love and I feel it burn
C
Down this river, every turn
G
Hope is our four-letter word
F
Make that money, watch it burn
Am
Old, but I'm not that old
C
Young, but I'm not that bold
G
And I don't think the world is sold
F
On just doing what we're told
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am  C                 G
I feel something so wrong
          F
Doing the right thing
F
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
F               N.C.
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly
 
[Chorus]
Am                 C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                              F
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    Am               C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
Said no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am                 C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                              F
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    Am               C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
Said no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars
 
[Bridge]
N.C.
Oh, take that money, watch it burn
 
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
N.C.
Take that money, watch it burn
 
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
N.C.
Take that money, watch it burn
 
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Am
Take that money, watch it burn
 
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
F               Dm
Everything that kills me makes feel alive
 
[Chorus]
Am                 C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                              F
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    Am               C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
Said, no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am                 C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                              F
Dreaming about the things that we could be
    Am               C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
Said, no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars
 
[Outro]
Am
Take that money, watch it burn
C
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
G
Take that money, watch it burn
F
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
Am
Take that money, watch it burn
C
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
G
Take that money, watch it burn
F
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
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189 comments
tao072002
Easy to follow, simple chord progression 5* love their new album
+179
dom11011
I like the no capo style better. Just saying.
+56
hay-jay98
Great Job!! Thanks heaps, I find it's easy to follow and quite accurate- thumbs up! :)
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