How to Play Where Were You on Guitar?

Alan Jackson - Where Were You can be played in the key of C using the C, G, F, Am chords. 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 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. 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 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. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Where Were You with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Alan Jackson - Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Chords

Chord reference C, G, F, Am

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[C] [C]Where were you when the world stopped turning, [G]On that September [C]day? Were [C]you in the Yard with your wife and children, Or [G]working on some stage in [C]L.A? Did you [F]stand there in shock At the [C]sight of that black smoke [F]Rising against that blue [C]sky? Did you [F]shout out in anger In [C]fear for your neighbor, Or [Am]did you just sit down and [F]cry? [G]

Did you [C]weep for the children, they lost their dear loved ones, And [G]pray for the ones who don’t [C]know? Did you re[C]joice for the people who walked from the rubble And [G]sob for the ones left be[C]low?

Did you [f]burst out with pride, for the [C]Red, White, and Blue? And the [F]heroes who died just [C]doing what they do? Did you [F]look up to heaven for [C]some kind of answer, And [Am]look at your self and [F]what really matters? [G]

[f]I’m just a singer of [C]simple songs I’m not a [F]Real political [C]man I watch [F]CNN, But I’m [C]not sure I can tell you The [Am]difference in Iraq and [F]Iran. But [F]I know Jesus and [C]I talk to God And I [F]remember this from when I was [C]young [F]Faith, Hope and Love, are some [C]good things he gave us [G]And the greatest is [F]love. [G]

[C]Where were you when the world stopped turning [G]On that September [C]day? [C]Teaching a class full of innocent children Or [G]driving down some cold inter[C]state? Did [F]you feel guilty cause [C]you’re a survivor In a [F]crowded room did you feel [C]alone? Did you [F]call up your mother And [C]tell you loved her? Did you [Am]dust off that Bible at [F]home? [G]

Did you [C]open you eyes and hope it never happened [G]Close your eyes and not go to [C]sleep? Did you [C]notice the sunset for the first time in ages And [G]speak to some stranger on the [C]street? Did you [F]lay down at night and [C]think of tomorrow? [F]Go out and buy you a [C]gun? Did you [F]turn off that violent old [C]movie you’re watching And [Am]turn on “I Love Lucy” re[F]runs?

Did you [F]go to a church and hold [C]hands with some strangers [F]Stand inline and give your own [C]blood? Did you [F]just stay home And cling [C]tight to your family, Thank [Am]God you had somebody to [F]love?

[F]I’m just a singer of [C]simple songs I’m not a [F]Real political [C]man I watch [F]CNN, But I’m [C]not sure I can tell you The [Am]difference in Iraq and [F]Iran. But [F]I know Jesus and [C]I talk to God And I re[F]member this from when I was [C]young [F]Faith, Hope and Love, are some [C]good things he gave us [G]And the greatest is [F]love.

Artist Alan Jackson

Album Drive

Genres Country, Soft Rock

Year 2001

Key C

Alan Jackson - Where Were You can be played in the key of C using the C, G, F, Am chords.

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 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.
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 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.

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

You can play Where Were You with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.