🎸 Counting Stars Ukulele chords by OneRepublic

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Am

* = one strum

Intro:

Am         C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                F
 Dreaming about the things that we could be
  Am        C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
 Said, no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars, yeah we'll be counting stars

Am C G F x2

Verse:
      Am             C
I see this life like a swinging vine, swing my heart across the line
G              F
In my face is flashing signs, seek it out and ye shall find
Am             C
Old, but I'm not that old, young, but I'm not that bold
G                F
I don't think the world is sold, I'm just doing what we're told

Pre-Chorus:
Am C          G        F
I  feel something so right, doing the wrong thing
Am C          G        F
I  feel something so wrong, doing the right thing
F
  I could lie, could lie, could lie
F*
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

Chorus:
Am       C
Lately I been, I been losing sleep
G                F
 Dreaming 'bout the things that we could be
Am      C
Baby I been, I been prayin' hard
G
 Said no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am       C
Lately I been, I been losing sleep
G                F
 Dreaming 'bout the things that we could be
  Am        C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard
G
 Said no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

Am C G F

Verse:
      Am            C
I feel the love and I feel it burn, down this river, every turn
G              F
Hope is a four-letter word, make that money, watch it burn
Am             C
Old, but I'm not that old, young, but I'm not that bold
G                F
I don't think the world is sold, I'm just doing what we're told

Pre-Chorus:
Am C         G         F
I  feel something so wrong, doing the right thing
F
 I could lie, couldn't lie, could lie
F*
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly

Chorus:
Am         C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                F
 Dreaming about the things that we could be
  Am        C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
 Said, no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am         C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                F
 Dreaming about the things that we could be
  Am        C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
 Said, no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

Bridge:
Am
Take that money and watch it burn, Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Am
Take that money and watch it burn, Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Am
Take that money and watch it burn, Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Am
Take that money and watch it burn, Sink in the river the lessons I learned
F*       Dm*
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

Chorus:
Am         C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                F
 Dreaming about the things that we could be
  Am        C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
 Said, no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am         C
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                F
 Dreaming about the things that we could be
  Am        C
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
G
 Said, no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

Outro:
Am
Take that money, watch it burn
C
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
G
Take that money, watch it burn
F
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
Am
Take that money, watch it burn
C
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
G
Take that money, watch it burn
F
Sink in the river, the lessons I learned