Ellie Goulding - Believe Me: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Believe Me" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Believe Me Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Ellie Goulding

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Believe Me" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

G
Listen,
              Em   C
I can hear a voice,
          G
I need a helping hand,
                  Em  C
just to beat the void.
          G
I need a mission,
                    Bm
a dream to stop me talking to myself
             Em
and now the silence is broken
     C
and my soul is to sell
           G
I need to pick up the pieces,
    Bm
to scatter to the wind
          Em
hold the city to your ears
             C
and you can hear the wind come in.

Chorus:
         Am               G
But you can’t change the world with a song
         Am            G
and you can’t make it right when it’s wrong.
G                         Bm                        Em
I cannot stop this music travelling round with me wherever I go,
       C
it’s playing for you.
G                         Bm                     Em
I cannot stop the voice unravelling round me whatever I do,
      C
it’s talking to you.
G                         Bm
The world dances to the rhythm of its own
       Em                 C
heart beating for you, however you lose.
G           Bm
So speak to me
   Am                C
believe, believe, believe me.

Don't let it slip through your fingertips
When there's a ghost
Don't try to reason with it
Because now I'm tired, I'm wired
So I won't miss a thing
I wrote my words out to dry
And I've forgotten what to sing

But you can't change the world with a song
And you can't make it right when it's wrong

Chorus:
I can't stop this music traveling round with me wherever I go
It's playing for you
I can't stop this voice unraveling round me whatever I do
It's talking to you
The world dances to the rhythm of its own heart beating for you
However you lose
So speak to me
Believe, believe, believe me

     Em
If that’s what it was to you,
       C
then that’s what it was to me.
    G
If that’s what it was to you,
       C
then that’s what it was to me.
     G
If that’s what it was to you,
     Em                     C
then that’s what it was to me.

But you can't change the world with a song
And you can't make it right when it's wrong

Chorus:
I can't stop this music traveling round with me wherever I go
It's playing for you
I can't stop this voice unraveling round me whatever I do
It's talking to you
The world dances to the rhythm of its own heart beating for you
However you lose
So speak to me
Believe, believe, believe me - x2


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Believe Me" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Believe Me" by Ellie Goulding.