Now and then Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my Now And Then chords and guitar lesson. This is the latest song by the Beatles and I cried the first time I listened to it.

If you want to see my reaction video to hearing this song for the first time, check out my YouTube video here.

This song overall is probably in the Late beginner to early Intermediate realm. So let's take a look.

Now and then Guitar Chords:

Now and then Strumming Patterns:

Strumming:
1 +  2+  3+ 4 +
DU DU DU DU

Strumming 2: A little extra drive or percussion
>          >
1 +  2+  3 + 4 +
DU DU  DU DU

Strumming 3: Even more drive for the chorus
>          >
1 +  2+  3+  4+
DD DD DD DD

Now and then Guitar Lesson:

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Now and then Chord Chart:

Intro: Am G Am G

Verse:
Am                    G    Am                   G
     I know it's true       It’s all because of you
Am                 F
     And if I make it through
       E                     E           Am   Am  (can add percussion an Am)
It's all because         of you

Verse:
Am                           G       Am                          G
    And now and then            If we must start again
Am                          F
    Well, we will know for sure
         E   E         Am  Am
That I       will love you

Chorus: All down 8th notes
G                  G         Bm           Bm
Now and then   I miss you
         Em            Em
Oh, now and then
    Am                        D
I want you to be there for me
    Am              D
Always to return to me

Verse:
Am                    G     Am                     G
     I know it's true         It’s all because of you
Am                    F
    And if you go away
      E                             E       Am    Am
I know you'll never          stay

Chorus:
G                  G       Bm          Bm
Now and then I miss you
         Em            Em
Oh, now and then
    Am                         D
I want you to be there for me

Bridge
Dm Dm C C
Dm Dm C C
Em Em Am Am
D D Dm G

Verse:
Am                     G
     I know it's true
Am                    G
     It's all because of you
Am                F
   And if I make it through
       E                     E                   Am   Am
It's all because         of you

Instrumental Break:
G E Am G E

Ending One Strum Each:
E Am G F E Am (hold)

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.

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