How to Play Hideaway on Guitar?

Grace VanderWaal - Hideaway can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, C, Dm, G chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Hideaway with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Grace VanderWaal - Hideaway Chords

Chord reference Am, F, C, Dm, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am] [F] [C] Let’s wrap a [Am]blanket ’round us and go [F]flying, into outer [C]space We could be [Am]famous, speak a different [F]language, make our great [C]escape

I’ll [Dm]chase the stars inside your eyes And [F]follow you into the great [Am]unknown, we’ll be alone

So let’s just play [F]pretend and find a secret [C]place When the world [F]around us says that we should act our [C]age The [G]day is gonna [F]come when there’s no time left to [Am]waste But we’ll [F]never grow up, [G]I say we hide [C]away

And build a [Am]city, something out of [F]nothing Make this place a [C]home (home, home, home), a home (hey hey hey-yeah) Stay make-[Am]believing, we’ll go [F]disappearing Who would ever [C]know? (hey hey hey-yeah, hey hey hey-yeah)

We’ll [Dm]never be too far apart ‘Cause [F]in the end, you and I both [Am]know, there’s somewhere we can [G]go

[F](Ooh [C]ooh, [Am]ooh [G]ooh), [F] [C] [Am]I [G]just want to hide away (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh), [F]hide [C]away, hide [Am]away, [G]hide away (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh), [F]hide [C]away, we’ll [Am]never grow up, I [G]just want to hide away (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh), [F]hide [C]away, hide [Am]away, [G]hide away (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh), [F]hide [C]away, [Am] [G] (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh)

So let’s just play [F]pretend and find a secret [C]place When the world [F]around us says that we should act our [C]age The day is gonna [F]come when there’s no time left to [Am]waste But we’ll [F]never grow up, [G]I say we hide [C]away

Artist Grace VanderWaal

Album Le parc des merveilles

Genres Alternative, Indie, Pop

Year 2019

Key Am

Grace VanderWaal - Hideaway can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, C, Dm, G chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Hideaway with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.