Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

Simplified chord chart for Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (karaoke of Shiron Karaoke), in E at 108 BPM: 7 chords instead of 11, and 44 changes instead of 47. Sevenths became triads (A, Am, B, C#, C#m, E, G#m), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyE

Tempo 108 BPM

Chord changes44

ChannelShiron Karaoke

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, and 3 changes too short for the hand to follow were merged. A diminished chord appears as minor — that is a substitution, not an equivalence: it sounds close when you are playing along, but it is not the same chord. For the harmony as it is, use the full version.

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Diatonic chords of E

Degrees of the key
I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°
E	F#m	G#m	A	B	C#m	D#°

Chord track

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Notes that make up each chord

Useful for one-note-at-a-time instruments — sax, trumpet, flute, violin: they do not play the chord, they play its notes.

Chord	Notes	Functions
A	A C# E	root, major third, fifth
Am	A C E	root, minor third, fifth
B	B D# F#	root, major third, fifth
C#	C# F G#	root, major third, fifth
C#m	C# E G#	root, minor third, fifth
E	E G# B	root, major third, fifth
G#m	G# B D#	root, minor third, fifth

Full chord chart with timings

The same sequence as a table, for reference or printing.

#	Time	Chord	Length
1	0:04	A	31.6s
2	0:36	C#	4.5s
3	0:40	A	6.7s
4	0:47	C#m	2.2s
5	0:49	A	4.4s
6	0:54	C#m	4.4s
7	0:58	A	4.5s
8	1:03	E	13.3s
9	1:16	G#m	4.5s
10	1:20	A	10.0s
11	1:30	C#m	2.2s
12	1:33	E	2.2s
13	1:35	A	5.6s
14	1:40	C#	3.9s
15	1:44	A	3.9s
16	1:48	C#m	2.2s
17	1:50	E	2.2s
18	1:53	A	5.5s
19	1:58	C#m	4.5s
20	2:03	A	4.5s
21	2:07	E	4.4s
22	2:11	G#m	4.5s
23	2:16	E	4.4s
24	2:20	G#m	4.4s
25	2:25	A	5.6s
26	2:30	C#m	2.8s
27	2:33	E	2.8s
28	2:36	A	2.2s
29	2:38	B	3.9s
30	2:42	E	4.5s
31	2:47	B	2.8s
32	2:49	Am	2.2s
33	2:51	C#m	4.5s
34	2:56	B	2.2s
35	2:58	E	3.9s
36	3:02	G#m	5.0s
37	3:07	E	4.4s
38	3:11	G#m	4.4s
39	3:16	A	6.7s
40	3:23	E	13.3s
41	3:36	G#m	4.4s
42	3:40	E	12.8s
43	3:53	G#m	5.0s
44	3:58	E	—