I Told You I Was Afraid chords by The Beths

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A augmentedA

🎸 Verse 1:
A augmentedA
 I told you that I was afraid
           Dsus2Dsus2
That I would have a bad trip, fall asleep and never wake
            F# minorF#m
They told me back at school that it would happen



   E MajorE
I believed it till I didn't
A augmentedA
 I told you that I was afraid
        Dsus2Dsus2
Of stating my opinion in a clear and honest way
          F# minorF#m
They told me in my youth it wasn't needed
    E MajorE
Some thoughts are best deleted
  G# minorG#m     E MajorE
And everyone agreed it

🎸 Chorus:
F# minorF#m          E MajorE     D MajorD
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F# minorF#m          E/G#    A augmentedA
I don't know what I'm getting up for


🎸 Verse 2:
A augmentedA
 I'm not getting taller anymore
A augmentedA
 So when I fall
   Dsus2Dsus2
It's always the same distance as before
              F# minorF#m
You'd think that I'd learn to anticipate it
    E MajorE
By the millionth time I ate it
A augmentedA
 And I told you that I wasn't scared
         Dsus2Dsus2
That evеn if I fractured every bonе
I didn't care
        F# minorF#m
I never told a lie so confidently
     E MajorE
But you let me down so gently
   G# minorG#m       E MajorE
The concrete barely bent me

🎸 Chorus:
F# minorF#m          E MajorE     D MajorD
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F# minorF#m          E/G#    D MajorD
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F# minorF#m            E MajorE      D MajorD
One more year, then I'll look at the score
F# minorF#m          E/G#    A augmentedA
I don't know what I'm getting up for


🎸 Bridge:
         E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
     Dsus2Dsus2     DmDm
Will you look me in the eye
       F# minorF#m    E MajorE
And say it'll all be alright
    D5D5
In the end?
    A augmentedA     E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
      Dsus2Dsus2        DmDm
Will you cross your heart and hope to die?
   F# minorF#m    E MajorE
It'll all be alright
    D5D5
In the end
    A augmentedA     E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
     Dsus2Dsus2     DmDm
Will you look me in the eye
       F# minorF#m    E MajorE
And say it'll all be alright
    D5D5
In the end?
    A augmentedA     E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
      Dsus2Dsus2        DmDm
Will you cross your heart and hope to die?
 F# minorF#m         E MajorE
Cross your heart and hope to die
 D5D5
Cross your heart and hope to die


🎸 Instrumental:
 D MajorD | A/C#A/C# | F# minorF#m  E MajorE | D MajorD | D MajorD | F# minorF#m  E/G# :


🎸 Verse 3:
A augmentedA
 I told you that I was afraid
        Dsus2Dsus2
That everyone around holds me in some secret disdain
          F# minorF#m
That I was held a fool so far deluded
   E MajorE
You told me that was stupid
      G# minorG#m      E MajorE
But could never really prove it


🎸 Chorus:
F# minorF#m          E MajorE     D MajorD
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F# minorF#m          E/G#    D MajorD
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F# minorF#m            E MajorE      D MajorD
One more year, then I'll look at the score
F# minorF#m          E/G#    A augmentedA
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F# minorF#m          E MajorE     D MajorD
I don't know what I'm getting up for (I told you that I was afraid)
F# minorF#m          E/G#    D MajorD
I don't know what I'm getting up for (I told you that I was afraid)
F# minorF#m            E MajorE      D MajorD
One more year, then I'll look at the score
F# minorF#m          E/G#    A augmentedA
I don't know what I'm getting up for