The Band - Too Soon Gone: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Too Soon Gone" 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.

A#    Dm          Gm
Last night the constellations
A#         Dm                 Gm
Watched me walk at half past twelve
A#                         D7             Gm
With some people you don’t see the whole picture all at once
C7                                 F
Like you fill in the gaps in the stars all by yourself

And who has time in this world of worries
Drives you crazy makes you mad
When you make the mistake just a little too late
You're missing something now that you never knew you had

Chorus:
   Gm       D7            Gm                 C
So how do I answer these blues you say I've got
A#   Dm   Gm    D#  F   A#
Too soon gone, too soon gone
 Gm           D7             Gm             C
Time makes me pay for these memories I've bought
A#   Dm   Gm    D#  F   A#
Too soon gone, too soon gone

D#      F#     A#
No one lives forever
D#   D    Gm     C
Who would want to
           A#   Dm   Gm    D#  F    A#
But you're too soon gone, too soon gone
A#   Dm   Gm    D#   F   A#
Too soon gone, too soon gone

Pretty soon now all this ice will melt
And buds will get ready to break
But every leaf that grows
In the language that it knows
Says that winter will return now and these trees are gonna shake

So how do I answer these blues you say I've got?
Too soon gone, too soon gone

Time sweeps me forward, as memory is caught
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Too soon gone, too soon gone


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

C7

Guitar chord C7

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

D#

Guitar chord D#

D7

Guitar chord D7

F

Guitar chord F

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 "Too Soon Gone" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Too Soon Gone" by The Band.

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