Metric - I Will Never Settle: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "I Will Never Settle" 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.

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                Gm D#              A#       F
This is not the song I wanted to write for you
                Gm  D#           A#       Dm
This is not the way I wanted to make you feel
                  Gm  D#
The truth is so unkind
                 A#                          F
I can't stop the way that it sounds in your mind
                      Gm    D#                A#
It's loud and it's distorted, the longer you avoid
  F
it

Chorus:
            A#                             F
Too much to settle so I hide in my golden cage
            Cm                               Gm
Silence is starving, humble pie on a paper plate
          A#                                  F
Going in circles and my pride is the piece I hold
              Cm
I will never settle cause to settle would
            Gm
crush our souls

            A#   F              Cm     Gm
Too much to settle, silence is starving
              A#  F               Cm    Gm
I will never settle, I will never settle
          A#   F              Cm     Gm
Going in circles, silence is starving
              A#  F               Cm    Gm
I will never settle, I will never settle

Caught a glimpse of a normal life
Terrified by the sight
We belong to another time
Dropping vanishing names we knew
But if they don't care about it
Do you still care about it?

Too much to settle
Silence is starving
I will never settle
I will never settle

Chorus:
(Too much to settle)
So I hide in my golden cage
(Silence is starving)
Humble pie on a paper plate
(Going in circles)
And my pride is the piece I hold
(I will never settle)
Cause to settle would crush our souls
To settle would crush our souls

A#             F                          Cm
We will never settle, it would crush our souls,
   Gm     A#
ooooh, ooooh
A#             F                          Cm
We will never settle, it would crush our souls,
   Gm     A#
ooooh, ooooh

(We will never settle)
(t would crush our souls, oh, oh)
(We will never settle)
(It would crush our souls, oh, oh)


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 "I Will Never Settle" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "I Will Never Settle" by Metric.