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About City of Stars chords
Guitar chords, tabs and chord shapes for Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone — City of Stars are on this page. The track is in Dm, 100 BPM, 2:43 long, released on the album La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2016).
Chords used: Gm, C, Dm, F, A, Bb
The song's original key is Dm. If it does not suit your voice, move the chords a semitone up or down with the transpose buttons and take them from Dm to any key you like; the shapes are redrawn for the new key.
The song uses 6 different chords and counts as advanced on guitar; 3 of them need a barre (Gm, F, Bb). To avoid barres, put a capo on fret 5 and play these shapes: Dm, G, Am, C, E, F — the song still sounds in its original key (Dm).
City of Stars ukulele chords
Ukulele shapes (G-C-E-A, fret string): Gm 0231 · C 0003 · Dm 2210 · F 2010 · A 2100 · Bb 3211. Hard shape: Bb. Use the tuning selector on the page to switch the fretboard to ukulele. Easy songs to play on ukulele.
Repeated patterns: Dm (12 bars), Gm (5 bars), Bb – C – A – Dm (5 bars), A (4 bars), Gm – Gm C (2 bars). Most frequent changes: Gm → C (7×), C → F (5×), A → Dm (5×), Dm → Gm (4×), C → Dm (3×).
Tablarda ne var: Ritim Gitar: frets 1–13, 159 notes per minute; Solo Gitar: frets 5–13, 41 notes per minute; Bas Gitar: frets 1–19, 103 notes per minute; Piyano: E2–F5 arası, 671 notes per minute.
Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone chords · La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album
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How to play City of Stars by Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone
Start with the chords. City of Stars uses 6 different chords; Dm is held longest — about 27% of the song — so it is the one to make comfortable first. 3 of them need a barre (Gm, F, Bb); with a capo on fret 5 they become Dm, G, Am, C, E, F. If barres are new to you, read the barre guide or the capo guide.
Then the changes. The change that repeats most is Gm → C (7 times), followed by C → F (5 times). Drill that pair on its own before the song: the chords change roughly every 3.6 seconds (16 changes per minute), so each change needs to be ready in plenty of time — this is a relaxed song. See faster chord changes.
Strumming. At 100 BPM this is a medium song; a good starting pattern is D . D U . U D U (classic pop). Play along with the song and land your downstrokes on the kick drum. More in strumming patterns.
Practise with the page. Turn on lyric mode and loop the chorus; play the loop at a slower tempo until it is clean, then at full speed. The song is in Dm; if it sits wrong for your voice, use the transpose buttons — see transposing.
How to play the chords in City of Stars
Finger numbers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Strings are named from the thickest (low E) to the thinnest (high E).
- Gm: index finger flat across all six strings at the 3rd fret; middle finger on the 5th fret of the A string; ring finger on the 5th fret of the D string; strum all six strings.
- C: ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string; middle finger on the 2nd fret of the D string; index finger on the 1st fret of the B string; let the G, high E strings ring open; strum from the A string down.
- Dm: middle finger on the 2nd fret of the G string; ring finger on the 3rd fret of the B string; index finger on the 1st fret of the high E string; let the D string ring open; strum from the D string down.
- F: index finger flat across all six strings at the 1st fret; ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string; pinky on the 3rd fret of the D string; middle finger on the 2nd fret of the G string; strum all six strings.
- A: index finger on the 2nd fret of the D string; middle finger on the 2nd fret of the G string; ring finger on the 2nd fret of the B string; let the A, high E strings ring open; strum from the A string down.
- Bb: index finger flat across the A string through the high E string at the 1st fret; middle finger on the 3rd fret of the D string; ring finger on the 3rd fret of the G string; pinky on the 3rd fret of the B string; strum from the A string down.
Easier substitutes
- Instead of Gm, try Gm7: fewer fingers, same bass note.
- Instead of F, try Fmaj7: drop the barre and leave the high E string open — it rings almost the same in most songs.
- Instead of Bb, try Bbmaj7: a partial shape on the top four strings, no full barre.
Swap one chord at a time and play along; if it still sounds right with the band, keep it.
Where this page's content comes from
Source: the audio on this page is played through the YouTube player from youtube.com/watch?v=nNUVK7-qj3k. Chords, tabs, drum notation and the timing of the lyrics were derived from that recording by automated analysis and reviewed by hand. The recording and the video belong to their publisher and rights holders; nothing is hosted or downloadable here. Lyrics are shown for learning and sing-along only. Rights holders can request removal from the contact page.