When I See This Bar chords by Kenny Chesney

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Kenny Chesney,  "When I See This Bar"


(intro)
4x
G+G C majorC


(verse)
        G+G  C majorC      G+G    C majorC
Well I see the souls of so many friends,
G+G       C majorC       G+G
 And I see us all back here again.
C majorC      G+G     D MajorD    G+G
 With sandy floors and ceiling fans,
C majorC        D MajorD         G+G
 A augmentedA Rastafarian one-man band with songs
       C majorC          G+G
That fill my memories like a tip jar.
C majorC           G+G  C majorC        G+G  C majorC
 Yeah, that's what I see, when I see this bar.

(verse)
G+G    C majorC           G+G  C majorC
 I see tourists at Christmas time,
G+G       C majorC          G+G
 And I taste beers with a hint of lime.
C majorC    G+G         D MajorD    G+G
 I feel lonely cause it's not the same,
C majorC           D MajorD
 Different faces and different names,
G+G          C majorC       G+G
Living like pirates out among the stars.
C majorC           G+G  C majorC        G+G
 Yeah, that's what I see, when I see this bar.


(chorus)
D MajorD             G+G
Pieces of our past slowly slip away,
E minorEm           D MajorD             C majorC
 But time just stands still when I walk in this place.


(verse)
      G+G C majorC        G+G
And I see a kid coming into his own
C majorC    G+G C majorC         G+G
 And a man learning to move on.
C majorC     G+G     D MajorD    G+G
 Somehow trying to find his way,
C majorC           D MajorD
 A augmentedA dreamer betting on blind faith
G+G          C majorC       G+G
Chasing that sun and following his heart.
C majorC           G+G  C majorC        G+G
 Yeah, that's what I see, when I see this bar.

(instrumental)
C majorC G+G D MajorD G, C majorC D MajorD G+G


(chorus)
D MajorD             G+G
Pieces of our past slowly slip away,
E minorEm           D MajorD             C majorC
 But time just stands still when I walk in this place.


(verse)
G+G      C majorC        G+G   C majorC
 A augmentedA few have moved on back to Maine,
G+G       C majorC      G+G
 Jacksonville and Key Biscayne.
C majorC     G+G   D MajorD     G+G
 Some are still living the dream,
C majorC        D MajorD
 Stuck in still life it seems.
  G+G             C majorC       G+G
No matter where they've been, or where they are,
C majorC         G+G  C majorC        G+G
 Yeah, I see 'em here, when I see this bar.
C majorC         G+G  C, G+G C,
 when I see this bar.


(verse-out)
G+G          C majorC
 I wonder where we go from here
G+G        C majorC          G+G
 (That's what I see when I see this bar)
             C majorC
Life ain't over but it's always near
G+G        C majorC          G+G
 (That's what I see when I see this bar)
           C majorC         G+G
I think about all the good times that we had
        C majorC          G+G
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
             C majorC
It makes me happy and it makes me sad
G+G        C majorC          G+G
 (That's what I see when I see this bar)
          C majorC         G+G
How could we be so close, now so far apart
        C majorC          G+G
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
       C majorC  G+G       C majorC          G+G
That's what I feel, that's what I see (when I see this bar)
             C majorC          G+G
Yeah we were living like pirates and wannabe stars
       C majorC          G+G  C, G+G C, G+G C, G+G C,
That's what I see when I see this bar
G+G        C majorC          G+G C, G+G C, G+G C, G+G C, G+G C majorC (fade)
 That's what I see when I see this bar