Lorde - A World Alone: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "A World Alone" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

E              F#m                C#m
That slow burn wait while it gets dark
              E              F#m                 C#m
Bruising the sun I feel grown up with you in your car
             E      F#m  C#m  E  F#m C#m
I know it's dumb ooooooooooh ooooooooh

We've both got a million bad habits to kick
Not sleeping is one
We're biting our nails, you're biting my lip
I'm biting my tongue

Chorus:
E                        F#m               C#m
Raise a glass 'cause I'm not done saying it
They all wanna get rough, get away with it
E                          F#m                    C#m
Let 'em talk 'cause we're dancing in this world alone
                     E
World alone, we're alone

             F#m                      C#m
All my fake friends and all of their noise
                E                      F#m                   C#m
Complain about work, they're studying business, I study the floor
                                     E
And you haven't stopped smoking all night
          F#m             C#m
Maybe the Internet raised us
                     E                          F#m
Or maybe people are jerks (People are talking, people are talking)
        C#m
But not you (People are talking, people are talking)

Chorus:
Raise a glass, 'cause I'm not done sayin' it
They all wanna get rough, get away with it
Let 'em talk, 'cause we're dancing in this world alone
World alone, we're alone
All the double-edged people and schemes
They make a mess, then go home and get clean
You're my best friend and we're dancing in a world alone
A world alone, we're all alone

             E F#m    C#m
I know we're not everlasting
          E     F#m            C#m
We're a train wreck waiting to happen
            E  F#m            C#m
One day the blood won't flow so gladly
         E    F#m     C#m
One day we'll all get still
(People are talking, people are talking)
E           F#m C#m     E  F#m  C#m
Get still ooooooooooooh oooooooooh
E  F#m  C#m      E   F#m  C#m
Oooooooooooooooh ooooooooooh

Chorus:
Raise a glass, 'cause I'm not done sayin' it
They all wanna get rough, get away with it
Let 'em talk, 'cause we're dancing in this world alone
World alone, we're alone
All the double-edged people in schemes
They make a mess, then go home and get clean
You're my best friend and we're dancing in a world alone
A world alone, we're all alone

The people are talking, people are talking
The people are talking, people are talking
The people are talking, people are talking
The people are talking, people are talking
Let 'em talk


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

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 "A World Alone" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "A World Alone" by Lorde.