Words Fail chords by Dear Evan Hansen

Chords with lyrics

No capo

Verse:
G+G                FF
I never meant to make it such a mess
G+G               C majorC
I never thought that it would go this far
G+G     C majorC     C minorCm
So I just stand here sorry
G+G       A augmentedA
Searching for something to say
C majorC
Something to say
    C majorC  D MajorD    G+G C majorC
Words fail, words fail
C majorC        D MajorD   G+G
There's nothing I can say

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC
G+G  C majorC

Verse:
G+G              C majorC
I guess I thought I could be part of this
G+G             C majorC
I never had this kind of thing before
G+G      C majorC  C minorCm
I never had that perfect girl
G+G  A augmentedA          C majorC
Who somehow could see the good part of me

Verse:
G+G            C majorC
I never had the dad who stuck it out
G+G          C majorC
No corny jokes or baseball gloves
G+G     C majorC     C minorCm
No mom who just was there
G+G         A augmentedA        D MajorD
'Cause mom was all that she had to be

Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm         C majorC
That's not a worthy explanation
G+G        D MajorD
I know there is none
E minorEm        B minorBm         A minorAm     D MajorD   A minorAm
Nothing can make sense of all these things I've done

Chorus:
G+G    C majorC  D MajorD    G+G
Words fail, words fail
C majorC    FF
There's nothing I can say
    G+G         C majorC
Except sometimes, you see everything you wanted
FF  G+G         C majorC
And sometimes, you see everything you wish you had
FF           G+G      A minorAm  G+G
And it's right there, right there, right there
  C majorC
In front of you
     FF     C majorC
And you want to believe it's true
     FF
So you... make it true
C majorC            FF
And you think maybe everybody wants it
FF
And needs it
C majorC
a little bit
FF
too

Instrumental:
F minorFm A#A# FF A#A# C#C# C majorC G+G
A#A#

Bridge:
FF        A#A#
This was just a sad invention
FF         C majorC
It wasn't real, I know
DmDm
But we were happy
A minorAm         A#A#
I guess I couldn't let that go
          FF
I guess I couldn't give that up
            DmDm
I guess I wanted to believe
          C majorC
'Cause if I just believe
           A#A#     C majorC   DmDm
Then I don't have to see what's really there

        DmDm
No, I'd rather pretend I'm something better than
   A#A#
These broken parts
FF
Pretend I'm something other than
   C majorC
This mess that I am
      DmDm
'Cause then I don't have to look at it
  A#A#
And no one gets to look at it
FF       A#A#   C majorC
No, no one can really see

Chorus:
    A minorAm        FF       G+G
'Cause I've learned to slam on the brake
C majorC    FF  G+G
Before I even turn the key
A minorAm    FF    G+G
Before I make the mistake
C majorC    FF       A minorAm    G+G
Before I lead with the worst of me
C majorC        FF    A minorAm    G+G
I never let them see the worst of me

Outro:
C majorC FF G+G
    'Cause what if everyone saw?
FF C majorC G+G
   What if everyone knew?
C majorC FF G+G
   Would they like what they saw?
FF C majorC      FF      G+G
   Or would they hate it too?
DmDm         G+G      C majorC      FF
Will I just keep on running away from what's true?

C majorC     DmDm  FF
All I ever do is run
     DmDm   FF
So how do I step in
       C majorC DmDm FF C majorC DmDm FF
Step into the sun?
       C majorC DmDm FF C majorC DmDm FF
Step into the sun

C majorC DmDm FF

Words Fail chords

"Words Fail" is a song from act 2 of the hit musical "Dear Evan Hansen". "Words Fail" is performed by the character Evan.