Imagination by Shawn Mendes | Lyrics with Guitar Chords

Imagination is a song off of Mende’s first album called Handwritten. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and featured collaborations with Camila Cabello on “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” He is the youngest artist since Justin Bieber to have a number one album since it came out as he was only 17 at the time.

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Key of the Song:

The original key of Imagination by Shawn Mendes is in A Minor – C Major.

Guitar Chords for Imagination by Shawn Mendes

This is standard four chord song as it relies on a steady repetition of the core chord progression of Am – F – C – G. In the chorus there is some spice added with the Fm-Gm-Ab-Bb progression that turns the song around to the verse. In order to hit the chords at the right spot, notice where the chord symbols are located in the chord sheet below. 

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Imagination by Shawn Mendes – Lyrics with Chords

[Intro]
Am   F   C   G
 
 
[Verse 1]
                    Am                          F
Oh, there she goes again, every morning it's the same,
             C                    G
You walk on by my house, I wanna call out your name.
Am                      F                             C
I wanna tell you how beautiful you are from where I'm standing,
             G
You got me thinking what we could be 'cause
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
I keep craving, craving you,
F
You don't know it but it's true,
C                         G
Can't get my mouth to say the words they wanna say to you.
Am                   F
This is typical of love,
                           C                                      G
Can't wait anymore, I won't wait I need to tell ya how I feel when I see us together forever.
 
 
[Chorus]
        C                 G
In my dreams, you're with me,
         F                         G
We'll be everything I want us to be.
         C               G
And from there, who knows?
        F                             G
Maybe this will be the night that we kiss,
For the first time.
        F               Fm Gm  Ab Bb
Or is that just me in my i-magina-tion?
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Am                                   F
We walked, we laughed, we spent our time, walking by the ocean side,
C                        G
My hands are gently intertwined, a feeling I just can't describe.
Am                        F                              C
All this time we spent alone, thinking we could not belong,
                         G                   Am
To something so damn beautiful, so damn beautiful.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am                      F
I keep craving, craving you,
                       C
Don't know it but it's true,
                         G                              Am
Can't get my mouth to say the words they wanna say to you.
                   F
This is typical of love,
                           C                                                G
Can't wait anymore, I won't wait I need to tell ya how I feel when I see us together forever.
 
 
[Chorus]
        C                 G
In my dreams, you're with me,
         F                       G
We'll be everything I want us to be.
         C               G
And from there, who knows?
        F                            G
Maybe this will be the night that we kiss,
For the first time.
        F                Fm
Or is that just me in my imagination?
 
 
[Bridge]
Am       F
Oooohhh...Imagination
Am       F
Oooohhh...Imagination
 
C   G   F    G
 
 
[Chorus]
        C                 G
In my dreams, you're with me,
          F                      G
We'll be everything I want us to be.
         C               G
And from there, who knows?
        F                              G
Maybe this will be the night that we kiss,
For the first time.
        F                Fm
Or is that just me in my imagination?
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am                      F
I keep craving, craving you,
                       C
Don't know it but it's true,
                         G                               C
Can't get my mouth to say the words they wanna say to you.