Goo Goo Dolls — Here Is Gone (ver 2) Chords
Goo Goo Dolls — Here Is Gone
Tuning: Standard
Capo first fret
Turns out Here is Gone is your average C# chord progression, nevermind GGD and their
tunings. I guarantee they don't play it this way but it sounds perfect compared to the
The rythym is straightforward, basically the same as the drum pattern. All chords relative to capo.
F : 244322
G : 4x1144
C/B : x3x121
C/G : 4x3121
Am* : see riff below
C* : see riff below
(use these riffs for the corresponding chords in the verses)
h = hammer on
Am C
e|——1—————1——1—1—————————————————————1—————1——1—1——————————————|
B|——2—h—4—4——2—2—————————————————————2—h—4—4——2—2——————————————|
G|——3—————3——3—3—————————————————————1—————1——1—1——————————————|
D|——3—————3——3—3———etc..—————————————3—————3——3—3———etc..——————|
A|——1—————1——1—1—————————————————————4—————4——4—4——————————————|
E|——x—————x——x—x—————————————————————x—————x——x—x——————————————|
Intro: (Am, C, G, F) 2x
Verse 1
Am*
You and I got something
C* G F
But it's all and then it's nothing to me, yeah
Am*
And I got my defenses
C* G F
When it comes to your intentions for me,yeah
Am*
And we wake up in the breakdown
C* G F
Of the things we never thought we could be yeah
Prechorus
Dm Am
I'm not the one who broke you
C
I'm not the one you should fear
Dm
What do you got to move you darling
Am
I thought I lost you somewhere
G F
But you were never really ever there at all
Chorus
C C/B Am
And I want to get free, talk to me
C/G F
I can feel you fallin'
C C/B Am
And I wanted to be, all you need
C/G F
Somehow here is gone
Am* C* F G
Verse 2
Am*
I have no solution
C* G F
To the sound of this pollution in me, yeah
Am*
And I was not the answer
C* G F
So forget you ever thought it was me, yeah
Prechorus
Dm
I'm not the one who broke you
Am C
I'm not the one you should fear
C
What do you got to move you darling
Dm
I thought I lost you somewhere
Am G F
But you were never really ever there at all
Chorus
C C/B Am
And I want to get free, talk to me
C/G F
I can feel you fallin'
C C/B Am
And I wanted to be, all you need
C/G F
Somehow here is gone
Bridge
Am F
And I don't need the fallout
C G
Of all the past that's here between us
Am F
And I'm not holding on
C G Am G F (faster)F
And all your lies weren't enough to keep me here
Final Chorus
C C/B Am
And I want to get free, talk to me
C/G F
I can feel you fallin'
C C/B Am
And I wanted to be, all you need
C/G F
Somehow here is gone
C C/B Am
And I want to get free, talk to me
C/G F
I can feel you fallin'
C C/B Am
I know it's out there, I know it's out there
C/G F
And I can feel you fallin'
C C/B Am
I know it's out there, I know it's out there
C/G F
Somehow here is gone, yeah
C C/B Am
I know it's out there, I know it's out there
C/G F C
Somehow here is gone, yeah...
That's gonna do it. In the studio version there are some riffs on a second guitar and of
bass, but these chords are the body of the whole thing.
Happy strumming, peace and God Bless. — Ken