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When Youre Gone Chords

Here are the chords for “When Youre Gone” by Avril Lavigne — in the key of C (C, Em, D and G). It's an intermediate arrangement — a nice step up as you improve. Use the interactive player to transpose to your vocal range, add a capo, and autoscroll hands-free while you strum.

Chords:CEmDGAm

Chords for When Youre Gone

Key: CBPM: 90Difficulty: Intermediate
C
3
90
C Em C Em C Em D
GI always needed Dtime on my Emown
 I never thought CId need you
Emthere when I Dcried
GAnd the days feel like
Dyears when Im aEmlone
 And the Gbed where you Clie is made
Emup on your Dside
 When Amyou walk away I count the
Emsteps that you take
 Do you Amsee how much I
Cneed you right Dnow?
 When youre Cgone
 The Empieces of my Dheart are missing you
 When youre Cgone
 The Emface I came to Dknow is missing too
 When youre Cgone
 The words I Emneed to hear to
Galways get me Dthrough the Cday
 And make it Dok
 I miss you
C Em C Em C Em D
GIve never felt this Dway beEmfore
 EveryCthing that I do Emreminds me of
Dyou
GAnd the clothes you left, they
Dlie on the Emfloor
 And they Gsmell just like Cyou, I
Emlove the things Dthat you do
 When Amyou walk away I count the
Emsteps that you take
 Do you Amsee how much I Cneed you right
Dnow?
 When youre Cgone
 The Empieces of my Dheart are missing you
 When youre Cgone
 The Emface I came to Dknow is missing too
 When youre Cgone
 The words I Emneed to hear to Galways get me
Dthrough the Cday
 And make it Dok
 I miss you
C Em C Em C Em D
 We were Ammade for each Dother
COut here forDever
 []I know we were, Dyeah
AmAll I ever wanted was for Dyou to know
CEverything Id do, Id give my
 heart and soul
AmI can hardly breathe I need to
Cfeel you here with Dme, yeah
 When youre Cgone
 The Empieces of my Dheart are missing you
 When youre Cgone
 The Emface I came to Dknow is missing too
 When youre Cgone
 The words I Emneed to hear to Galways get me
Dthrough the Cday
 And make it Dok
 I miss you
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About When Youre Gone

Avril Lavigne's “When Youre Gone” is a popular track that guitarists love to cover. This arrangement uses 5 chords — C, Em, D, G and Am — with the progression centred on C, Em and D. It's a rewarding play once you're comfortable with open chords and basic transitions. Hover or tap any chord above to see its fingering, change the key with the transpose buttons, or set a capo to match the original recording.

When Youre Gone — FAQ

What key is “When Youre Gone” in?

“When Youre Gone” by Avril Lavigne is in the key of C. You can transpose it to any other key using the player.

What chords do I need to play “When Youre Gone”?

“When Youre Gone” uses 5 chords: C, Em, D, G and Am.

Is “When Youre Gone” easy to play on guitar?

“When Youre Gone” is rated Intermediate.

Who sings “When Youre Gone”?

“When Youre Gone” is performed by Avril Lavigne.