Flicker

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The chords for this lovely song as played at several Flicker Sessions.
The following video shows the chords played very well especially in the later parts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vweij-zPHw
Here's a good tutorial video (not mine):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUXg5WHskLE
I have simplified some and adjusted a bit for ease of play and what I think sounds best playing this solo.
Don't be turned off by the "weird" chords if you're a beginner - Gadd11 and Fmaj7 are played like a
standard open C chord, except moving your fingers on the 2nd and 3rd fret one string up/down respectively,
which makes the transitions very easy. For C/G, put an additional finger on the 1st string 3rd fret.
For the intro, the last part of the chorus and the bridge(whenever you have the Am Gadd11 C F
chord sequence), you can use the following finger picking pattern:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0h1---------3---------5---------5-------1---------1---------1---------1---------|
G|-------0---------0---------0---------0-------2---------2---------2---------2-----|
D|-----2---2-----0---0-----0---0-----0-------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3--(3)--|
A|-0-----------2---------3---------3-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------1---------1---------1---------1---------|
[Intro]
Am Gadd11 C F
Am Gadd11 C F
[Verse 1]
C/G
When you feel your love's been taken
Em
When you know there's something missing
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
In the dark, we're barely hangin' on
C/G
Then you rest your head upon my chest
Em
And you feel like there ain't nothing left
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
So I'm afraid that what we had is gone
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
[Verse 2]
C/G
When you lay there and you're sleeping
Em
Hear the patterns of your breathing
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
And I tell you things you've never heard before
C/G
Asking questions to the ceiling
Em
Never knowing what you're thinking
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
'Cause I'm afraid that what we had is gone
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
[Bridge]
Am Gadd11 C F
And I want this to pass
Am Gadd11 C F
And I hope this won't last
Dm
Last too long
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave

Flicker chords and lyrics

Free chords for Flicker by Niall Horan. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

The chords for this lovely song as played at several Flicker Sessions.
The following video shows the chords played very well especially in the later parts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vweij-zPHw
Here's a good tutorial video (not mine):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUXg5WHskLE
I have simplified some and adjusted a bit for ease of play and what I think sounds best playing this solo.
Don't be turned off by the "weird" chords if you're a beginner - Gadd11 and Fmaj7 are played like a 
standard open C chord, except moving your fingers on the 2nd and 3rd fret one string up/down respectively, 
which makes the transitions very easy. For C/G, put an additional finger on the 1st string 3rd fret.
For the intro, the last part of the chorus and the bridge(whenever you have the Am Gadd11 C F 
chord sequence), you can use the following finger picking pattern:
[Intro]
Am Gadd11 C F
Am Gadd11 C F
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]

Flicker Chords by Niall Horan

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