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Intro Riff
(form an A major chord on the 4th string (i.e D-shaped chord with a bar across 7th fret)
4/4 time
A
e|--9-------9----9-10f9------7h9------| B|--10------10----------10-------10---| G|--9-------9--------------9--------9-| D|--7-------7-------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4
Verse 1
(fingerpicked chords, i.e. all notes in the chord played on each beat)
A A/G# A/F# A/E
e|--9----9----9----9---|--9----9----9----9---| B|--10---10---10---10--|--10---10---10---10--| G|--9----9----9----9---|--9----9----9----9---| D|--7----7----6----6---|---------------------| A|---------------------|--9----9----7----7---| E|---------------------|---------------------|
You sheltered me from harm
D Dm A E
e|--5----5----5----5---|--9----9----7----7---| B|--7----7----6----6---|--10---10---9----9---| G|--7----7----7----7---|--9----9----9----9---| D|--7----7----7----7---|--7----7----9----9---| A|--5----5----5----5---|------------7----7---| E|---------------------|---------------------|
Kept me warm Kept me warm......
(repeat the above with)
You gave your life to me, set me free, set me free
Pre-Chorus
Chord strums
Bm D E
The finest years I ever knew
Bm D E D
Were all the years I had with you And I would give...
Chorus
A Bm E D
Every thing I Own. Give up my
A Bm E D
House, my heart my home And I would give
A Bm E
Every thing I Own Just to
D E
Have you back again.
Verse 2
(First 4 bars same as verse 1)
You taught me how to love, what it's of, what it's of
But then:
A A/G# F#m
You never said too much but still you showed the way
G D A
And I knew From watching you.
Pre-Chorus
(chords as before, but with)
Nobody else could ever know, the part of me that can't let go.
Chorus
(as before)
Bridge
(Is there..)
F#m A/E
e|--2----2----2----2---|--0----0----0----0---| B|--2----2----2----2---|--2----2----2----2---| G|--2----2----2----2---|--2----2----2----2---| D|--4----4----4----4---|--2----2----2----2---| A|--4----4----4----4---|---------------------| E|--2----2----2----2---|--0----0----0----0---|
someone you know, you're loving them so, but
Dmaj7
e|--2----2----2----2---|--2----2----2----2---| B|--2----2----2----2---|--2----2----2----2---| G|--2----2----2----2---|--2----2----2----2---| D|--0----0----0----0---|--0----0----0----0---| A|---------------------|---------------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|
Taking them all for granted. You may
Bm D/A
e|--2----2----2----2---|--2----2----2----2---| B|--3----3----3----3---|--3----3----3----3---| G|--4----4----4----4---|--2----2----2----2---| D|--4----4----4----4---|--0----0----0----0---| A|--2----2----2----2---|--0----0----0----0---| E|---------------------|---------------------|
lose them one day, someone takes them away, and they don't
G E (strum) D (strum)
e|--3----3----3----3---|--0----0----2----2---| B|--3----3----3----3---|--0----0----3----3---| G|--4----4----4----4---|--1----1----2----2---| D|--5----5----5----5---|--2----2----0----0---| A|---------------------|--2----2-------------| E|--3----3----3----3---|--0----0-------------|
hear the words you long to say. And I would...
Repeat chorus and end
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