If You're Not The One Acoustic chords by Boyce Avenue

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Verse 1:
   G*
If you're not the one then why does
              C*
my soul feel gla_d, today?
   G*
If you’re not the one then why does



             C*
my hand fit yours, this way?
   G*
If you are not mine then why does
             C*
your heart ret_urn, my call?
   G*
If you are not mine, would I have
                 C*
the strength to sta_nd, at __all?

Pre-Chorus:
D                         C
 I'll never know what the future brings
      D                        Am
But I know you're here with me now
               G                     G
We’ll make it through and I hope you are
           C*     D*   C*    Cmaj7*
the one I_ share  my  life  w_ith

Chorus:
G             %
 I don't wanna run away_
     Am               C           G
but I can't take it
I don't understand
G          Am                C
If I'm not made for you then why
              C              Em
does my heart tell me that I am?

Post-Chorus:
             D                 Am
Is there any way that I could stay
         C   | C |   Cmaj7 | Cmaj7
-in your aa______  __arms?

Verse 2:
G
If I don't need you
         G            C        C   |
then why am I crying _on, my b_ed?
   G                         G
If I don't need you then why does
               C          G
your n´ame resound, in my he_ad?
   G                          G
If you're not for me then why does
               Cmaj7    C   |
this distance maim, my life?
   G                          G
If you’re not for me then why do
           Cmaj7       C
I dream of you, as my wife?

Pre-Chorus:
D*                          C*
 I don’t know why you're so far away
      D*                      Am
But I know that this much is true
               G                     G
We’ll make it through and I hope you are
           C*     D*   C*    Cmaj7*
the one I_ share  my  life  w_ith
Em               Em
 And I wish that you could
        C*   D* C*   Cmaj7*
be the  one  I  die w__ith
G                G
 And I'm prayin' you're
          C*     D*  C*     Am7*
the one I build  my  home  w_ith
D*        C*        D*
 I hope I love you all my life

Chorus:
G             %
 I don't wanna run away_
     Am               C           G
but I can't take it
I don't understand
G          Am                C
If I'm not made for you then why
              C              Em
does my heart tell me that I am?

Post-Chorus:
             D                 Am
Is there any way that I could stay
         C   | C |   Cmaj7 | Cmaj7
-in your aa______  __arms?

Bridge:
        Em*                          D*
Cause I miss you body and soul so strong
                  C*
That it takes my breath away
       Em*          C*
And I breathe you _ into my heart
       D*                    C
And pray for the strength to stand today
         Em
'Cause I lo_ve you
C                     D
Whether it's wrong or right
                   G              C
And though I can't be with you tonight
                  D          G
You know my heart is by your side

Chorus:
             %
I don't wanna run away_
    Am               C             G
but I can't take it
I don't understand
           Am                C
If I'm not made for you then why
              C              Em
does my heart tell me that I am?

Post-Chorus:
             D                 Am
Is there any way that I could stay
         C   | C |   Cmaj7 | Cmaj7
-in your aa______  __arms?

Cmaj7*


INSTRUCTIONS:
Notes:
* means a single strum on your strings

The band uses fingerpicks
P-I-M-A arpeggio in the pre-/& chorus