I Held Her In My Arms Chords by Alkaline Trio

I Held Her In My Arms by Alkaline Trio

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro: 

A D A D
A D A D E



🎸 Verse:

    A             D
I'm gnawing on the knowledge,
     A           D
That I have been burned,
         A                    D           A      D
And I'm learning things that I should've already learned,
A          D          A      D
Everyone I ever knew, wasn't kind and coy,
A            D            A                      D
I was with a girl, but it felt like I was with a boy,
🎸 Chorus: 

A                      D                     A                E
I can't even remember, if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to,
      A
But I held her in my arms,
   D
I held her in my arms,
  A                                 E
I held her in my arms but it wasn't you


🎸 Interlude: 

A D A D
A D E


🎸 Verse 2:

  A        D         A                D
I will not kill, the one thing that I love,
A                D        A       D
In this world of wreckage, I look above,
       A       D    A               D
I said help me lord, help me understand,
A                D         A                D
What it means to be a boy, what it means to be a man


🎸 Chorus 2: 

A                      D                     A                E
I can't even remember, if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to,
      A
But I held her in my arms,
  D
I held her in my arms,
  A                                 E
I held her in my arms but it wasn't you


🎸 Interlude: 

A D A D
A D A D


🎸 Verse 3:

    A             D
I'm gnawing on the knowledge,
     A           D
That I have been burned,
         A                    D           A      D
And I'm learning things that I should've already learned,
A          D          A      D
Everyone I ever knew, wasn't kind and coy,
A            D            A                      D
I was with a girl, but it felt like I was with a boy,


🎸 Chorus 3: 

A                      D                     A                E
I can't even remember, if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to,
      A
But I held her in my arms,
  D
I held her in my arms,
  A                                 E
I held her in my arms but it wasn't you


A                      D                     A                E
I can't even remember, if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to,
      A
But I held her in my arms,
   D
I held her in my arms,
  A                                 E
I held her in my arms but it wasn't you


🎸 Outro: 

A D A D
A D E A

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