Calm Down Chords

by Pete Yorn
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I watched a lot of youtube videos of him playing the song. Pretty sure this is accurate.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author jayrp3 [a] 22. Last edit on Oct 5, 2020

Chords

Eadd9
E
A
D
G
B
F#m
C#m
G#m

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The chords are pretty basic but there is this one weird chord that he uses a lot:
 
Eadd9
E  A  D  G  B  e
2  0  2  1  0  0
 
E is open.  F#m, C#m, A, and G#m are all barre chords
 
[Intro]
E - Eadd9(2x)
 
[Verse 1]
 
E      Eadd9      E       Eadd9
All is well in my hometown
E       Eadd9          E        Eadd9
People sleeping in the streetlight
A            F#m       A     F#m
If there's a memory at all
         E                Eadd9
I wish I knew then what I know now
 
 
[Chorus]
     C#m
Calm down
A                        E
You know I'm tellin' the truth
                  C#m
And when I look at you
 A                       E
You know I'm tellin' the truth
     F#m
Calm down
G#m            A
I never had to choose
                      F#m
'Cause when I look at you
 G#m                      A
I know there's nothin' to lose
 
 
[Verse 2]
E       Eadd9        E        Eadd9
All is well in your world now
E       Eadd9        E          Eadd9
People dreaming through the daylight
A          F#m        A      F#m
All the melodies come back
          E               Eadd9
I wish I knew then what I know now
 
 
[Chorus]
     C#m
Calm down
A                        E
You know I'm tellin' the truth
                  C#m
And when I look at you
 A                       E
You know I'm tellin' the truth
     F#m
Calm down
G#m            A
I never had to choose
                      F#m
'Cause when I look at you
 G#m                      A
I know there's nothin' to lose
 
 
[Outro]
A     F#m       A     F#m
All the tears I cried
      E                 Eadd9
But I wouldn't change a thing
      E                 Eadd9
No, I wouldn't change a thing
A       F#m      A     F#m
All the times we tried
      E                 Eadd9
But I wouldn't change a thing
      E                 Eadd9
No, I wouldn't change a thing
 
Calm down
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