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Perry Como - Round And Round Chords

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ChordsC, Dm7, G, G7, F, D, D7, C#, D#m7, G#, G#7, Em7, A, A7, E, E7
Strumming↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

CFindawheelanditgoesround,round,round
AsitDm7skimsGalongwithCaG7happysound
G7asitCgoesalongtheground,ground,ground
‘TillitDm7leadsyouGtotheoneCyoulove
CThenyourlovewillholdyouround,round,round
InyourDm7heart’saGsongwithCaG7brandCnewsound.
G7AndyourCheadgoesspinninground,round,round
‘Causeyou’veDm7foundwhatGyou’vebeendreamingCof
CIntheFnightDm7youseetheovalCmoon
GoingDm7roundandG7roundinCtune
AndtheFballofDm7sunintheCday
MakesaDgirlandD7boywannaGsayG7
CFindaringandputitround,round,round,
AndwithDm7tiessoGstrongthatCtwoheartsG7areCbound.
G7PutitCon,theoneyou’vefound,found,found
ForyouDm7knowthatGthisisreallyClove
FindaC#wheelanditgoesround,round,round.
AsitD#m7skims G#alongwithaC#happyC#sound
G#7asitC#goesalongtheground,ground,ground
‘TillitD#m7leadsyouG#totheoneyouC#love
DThenyourlovewillholdyouround,round,round
InyourEm7heart’saAsongwithaDbrandA7newDsound.
A7AndyourDheadgoesspinninground,round,round
‘Causeyou’veEm7foundwhatAyou’vebeendreamingDof
DIntheGnightyouEm7seetheovalDmoon
GoingEm7roundandA7roundinDtune.
AndtheGballofEm7sunintheDday
MakesaEgirlandE7boywannaAsayA7
DFindaringandputitround,round,round
AndwithEm7tiessoAstrongthatDtwoheartsA7rebound.
A7PutitDontheoneyou’vefound,found,found
ForyouEm7knowthatAthisisreallyDlove.
DFindaringputitonforyouEm7knowthatAthisisreallyDlove.
DThisislovereallylove
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ArtistPerry Como
AlbumSingle
GenresJazz
Year1959
KeyC
DifficultyAdvanced

How to play Round And Round on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Perry Como - Round And Round on guitar requires 16 chords and 28 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

Round And Round uses these transitions most often: G7 → C (8), C → Dm7 (7), and A7 → D (6). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with C - Dm7 chord transition.

1. C → Dm7 chord transition

Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram
Guitar Dm7 chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar Dm7 chord diagram

Here's how to move from C to Dm7:

  1. While playing C, lift your ring finger from A string fret 3.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 7 times.

C to Dm7

2. Dm7 → G chord transition

Guitar Dm7 chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar Dm7 chord diagram
Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram

To move from Dm7 to G:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Place ring finger on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

Dm7 to G

3. G → C chord transition

Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram
Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram

Here's how to move from G to C:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

G to C

4. C → G7 chord transition

Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram
Guitar G7 chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-1Guitar G7 chord diagram

To move from C to G7:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

C to G7

5. C → F chord transition

Switching from C to F:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

6. F → Dm7 chord transition

Here's how to move from F to Dm7:

  1. While playing F, first lift your ring finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

7. Dm7 → G7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Dm7 to G7:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Place ring finger on E string fret 1.

This transition appears in the chorus.

8. C → D chord transition

Here's how to move from C to D:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus.

9. D → D7 chord transition

Switching from D to D7:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus.

10. D7 → G chord transition

Switching from D7 to G:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger on E string from fret 2 to fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus.

11. G → G7 chord transition

Switching from G to G7:

  1. Keep index finger on A string fret 2.
  2. Keep middle finger on E string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger on E string from fret 3 to fret 1.

This transition appears in the chorus.

12. C → C# chord transition

To move from C to C#:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to B string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on A string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

13. C# → D#m7 chord transition

To move from C# to D#m7:

  1. While playing C#, lift your pinky from A string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on B string fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 3 to G string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

14. D#m7 → G# chord transition

To move from D#m7 to G#:

  1. Keep index finger on D string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from B string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 3 to E string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

15. G# → C# chord transition

Switching from G# to C#:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to B string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on A string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

16. C# → G#7 chord transition

To move from C# to G#7:

  1. While playing C#, first lift your ring finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

17. C# → D chord transition

Switching from C# to D:

  1. While playing C#, lift your pinky from A string fret 4.
  2. Slide your index finger on G string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus.

18. D → Em7 chord transition

Switching from D to Em7:

  1. While playing D, first lift your index finger and ring finger.
  2. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 6 times.

19. Em7 → A chord transition

Switching from Em7 to A:

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Place index finger on D string fret 2.
  3. Place ring finger on B string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 5 times.

20. A → D chord transition

To move from A to D:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 2 to fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 5 times.

21. D → A7 chord transition

Switching from D to A7:

  1. While playing D, lift your ring finger from B string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to B string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 4 times.

22. D → G chord transition

To move from D to G:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

23. G → Em7 chord transition

Switching from G to Em7:

  1. While playing G, first lift your index finger and ring finger.
  2. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

24. Em7 → A7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Em7 to A7:

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 2.
  2. Place index finger on D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus.

25. D → E chord transition

Switching from D to E:

  1. Slide your index finger on G string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to A string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus.

26. E → E7 chord transition

To move from E to E7:

  1. While playing E, lift your ring finger from D string fret 2.
  2. Keep index finger on G string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus.

27. E7 → A chord transition

Here's how to move from E7 to A:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Place ring finger on B string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus.

28. A → A7 chord transition

Switching from A to A7:

  1. While playing A, lift your ring finger from B string fret 2.
  2. Keep index finger on D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus.

Round And Round chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Round And Round.

  • Round And Round includes 93 chord transitions, 28 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • Round And Round contains 5 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how Round And Round connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After C, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (35%), F (16%), and D (11%).
    • C → F: 16%
    • C → D: 11%
    After D, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (29%), A (17%), and Em (17%).
    • D → G: 29%
    • D → E: 3%
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