Your Own Special Way Chords

by Genesis
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author newman5 [a] 54.
2 contributors total, last edit on Jun 20, 2025

Chords

C
Am7
Em7
Ab
Gadd11
F#m7b5
Fmaj7
Fmaj9
Dm7
F
Em7/B
Dm7/A
Eb
Bb/Eb
Cm7
Cm7add11
Bb
Ebsus4
Fsus2
Bbmaj7/D
Eb/D
Fsus4

Strumming

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Based on YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGDwLjwwes
 
6/8
 
[Intro without bass]
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7     C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
 
[Verse 1]
C           Am7    Em7            Am7
Go far enough, and you will reach
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
  C                Am7     Em7         Am7
a place where the sea, runs underneath
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
 
    Ab                    Gadd11
And we'll see our shadow, high in the sky
F#m7b5            Fmaj7
dying away in the night...
 
[Interlude]
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
 
[Verse 2]
     C             Am7     Em7         Am7
I've sailed the world, for seven years
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
    C             Am7  Em7           Am7
and left all I love, behind in tears
C      Am7      Em7      Am7
Hooooooooooo
 
Ab                       Gadd11
Won't you come here, wherever you are
     F#m7b5                Fmaj9
I've been all alone long enough...
 
4/4
 
[Chorus 1]
C                  Dm7
You, you have your own special way
F
              Em7          Fmaj7         Em7
of holding my hand keep it way 'bove the water
      Fmaj7    Em7   Em7/B Em7
Don't ever let go
           Dm7 Dm7/A Dm7
Oh no, no, no
 
C                  Dm7
You, you have your own special way
F
               Em7           Fmaj7
of turning the world so it's facing
    Em7           Fmaj7
The way, that I'm going,
      Em7   Em7/B Em7
Don't ever
           Dm7   Dm7/A Dm7
don't ever stop
 
6/8
 
[Interlude]
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7     C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
 
[Verse 3]
C               Am7      Em7      Am7
Who's seen the wind, not you or I
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
    C              Am7         Em7        Am7
But when the ship moves, she's passing by
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
 
  Ab                  Gadd11
Between you and me, I really don't think
     F#m7b5                    Fmaj9
she knows where she's going at all...
 
4/4
 
[Chorus 2]
C                  Dm7
You, you have your own special way
F
               Em7             Fmaj7
of carrying me twice round the world
      Em7       Fmaj7         Em7   Em7/B Em7
Never closer to home than the day
           Dm7   Dm7/A Dm7
the day I started
 
C                  Dm7
You, you have your own special way
F
             Em7          Fmaj7         Em7
Hold onto my hand keep it way 'bove the water
      Fmaj7    Em7   Em7/B Em7
Don't ever let go
          Dm7   Dm7/A Dm7
no, no, no
 
[Electric piano/organ Interlude]
  Eb            Bb/Eb        Cm7      Cm7add11 Cm7    Bb
| •  •  •  •  | •  •    •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  | •  •  •  •  |
  Eb            Bb           Cm7      Cm7add11 Cm7    Bb
| •  •  •  •  | •  •    •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  | •  •  •  •  |
  Ebsus4       Eb               Fsus2        F         Fmaj7
| •  •  •  •  | •  •    •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  |
  Bbmaj7/D      Eb Eb/D   Cm7           Fsus4 F
| •  •  •  •  | •  •    | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  |
 
6/8
 
[Theme with full band]
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
 
[Verse 4]
C                 Am7   Em7             Am7
What mean the dreams, night after night
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
    C             Am7     Em7            Am7
The man in the moon's,  a blinding light
  C     Am7     Em7   Am7
| • • • • • • | • • • • • • |
 
Ab                     Gadd11
Won't you come out, whoever you are
       F#m7b5                   Fmaj9
You've followed me quite long enough...
 
4/4
 
[Chorus 3]
C                  Dm7
You, you have your own special way
F
              Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7
of holding my haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand
Em7   Em7/B Em7
               Dm7   Dm7/A Dm7
Don't ever let go
 
C                  Dm7
You, you have your own special way
F
               Em7           Fmaj7
of turning the world so it's facing
    Em7          Fmaj7        Em7   Em7/B Em7
The way that I'm going, don't ever
           Dm7      Dm7/A Dm7
don't ever leave me
 
[Outro]
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2 comments
Jipperness
I replace the Cadd9 with Cmaj7. It sounds a lot better and more like the record and is an easy substitution.
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alcol20171
In the verse a Em instead the second C sounds great!
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