Licks & Riffs : Adele - Someone Like You


Adele builds a beautiful and moving song over the simplest of chord patterns. First take a simple argeggio figure on A major, then move the lower most note of the pattern down one step to G#

Adele




Then continue, down one step to G# then again to F#, ending finally on a D major chord:

Adele




The chords that result are actually: A, C#m, F#m7, D







The chorus also has a very standard progression I- V-VI-IV or A, E, F#m, D. Indeed, this is the progression used in the famous Axis of Awesome Four chord video which shows just how many songs are made using this progression!



A
E
F#m
D




Overall structure

Intro:



Verse: "I heard that you're..."



Bridge: "I hate to turn up..."

E F#m D D
x2


Chorus: "Never mind..."

A E F#m D
x4


Verse 2: "You'd know....."



Bridge 2: "I hate to turn up..."

E F#m D D
x2


Chorus 2: "Never mind..."

A E F#m D
x4


Break: "Nothing compares..."



Chorus 3: "Never mind..."

A E F#m D
x4


Chorus 4: "Never mind..."

A E F#m D
x4


Outro: "Sometimes it lasts.."

A E F#m D
x4






Chords Used in Adele - Someone Like You







Sheet Music to buy by Adele





Adele - 21 By Adele. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook. Softcover. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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Someone Like You By Adele. Pop; Rock; Soul. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 6 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Rolling in the Deep By Adele. Piano Vocal. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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Someone Like You By Adele. Piano Vocal. 10 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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Adele - 21 (Easy Piano). By Adele. Easy Piano Personality. Softcover. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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Make You Feel My Love "By Adele and Bob Dylan. For piano, voice, and guitar (chords only). Pop; Rock. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music"

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Adele - 19 By Adele. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook. Softcover. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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Set Fire To The Rain By Adele. Pop; Rock; Soul. Easy Piano. 6 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Set Fire To The Rain By Adele. Pop; Rock; Soul. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 5 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Rolling In The Deep By Adele. Pop; Rock; Soul. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 9 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Someone Like You By Adele. Pop; Rock; Soul. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Someone Like You By Adele. Pop; Rock; Soul. Easy Piano. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Someone Like You By Adele. Pop; Soul. Easy Piano. 3 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Turning Tables By Adele. Pop; Rock; Soul. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Rolling in the Deep (Easy Piano). By Adele. Easy Piano. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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Someone Like You By Adele. By Adele Adkins and Dan Wilson. Arranged by Mac Huff. SSA. Pop Choral Series. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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"Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano" (Set of Parts). By Madeleine Dring (1923-1977). Set. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. 40 pages. Josef Weinberger #M570053292. Published by Josef Weinberger

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Chasing Pavements By Adele. Piano Vocal. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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Make You Feel My Love By Bob Dylan and Adele. For easy piano. Pop; Rock. Easy Piano. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

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Rolling in the Deep By Adele. By Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth. Edited by Mark A. Brymer. Arranged by Adam Anders and Peer Astrom. SATB. Pop Choral Series. 20 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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