Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained chords by Mark Erelli

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF x3
C majorC  G+G

Verse:
C majorC           G+G    C majorC   G+G
Wish I could say that I didn't know
   A minorAm            FF     G+G
If we held on too tight or just let it all go
     C majorC           G+G      A minorAm
Thinking maybe we'd profit from time spent alone
G+G    C majorC             G+G
Ohh, we must have been crazy back then

Verse:
    A minorAm          C majorC         G+G
And I remember the words you said as you left
       A minorAm          FF     G+G
"What you've done I could never forgive or forget"
   C majorC             G+G     A minorAm   G+G
But inside I was hoping, despite all your regret
   C majorC          G+G     FF
That maybe we'd finish as friends

Chorus:
 E MajorE            FF
I guess it's all true, you know what they say
     C majorC        G+G        FF
You don't know what you've got 'till you've thrown it away
   E MajorE          FF
When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained
  C majorC       G+G     FF
But some things cannot be so easily explained

Verse:
C majorC            G+G    C majorC  G+G
Looking back now it's so easy to see
     A minorAm             FF       G+G
If I had just stood by you and you'd just stood by me
 C majorC            G+G     A minorAm     G+G
Together we'd weather all life's stormy seas
     C majorC           G+G
With each other as a captain and crew

Verse:
     A minorAm           C majorC         G+G
And with all of that time we've invested in love
        A minorAm             FF      G+G
You might have thought we could rise above all of this stuff
      C majorC          G+G    A minorAm   G+G
But what we got in return wasn't nearly enough
  C majorC            G+G    FF
To keep us from singing the blues

Chorus:
 E MajorE            FF
I guess it's all true, you know what they say
     C majorC        G+G        FF
You don't know what you've got 'till you've thrown it away
   E MajorE          FF
When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained
  C majorC       G+G     FF
But some things cannot be so easily explained

Verse:
     C majorC              G+G     C majorC   G+G
They say all wounds are healed by the graces of time
     A minorAm        FF    G+G
And that lonely is only a state of mind
    C majorC              G+G     A minorAm   G+G
Still I wish you were walking right here by my side
        C majorC       FF
To have and to hold 'till the day that I die

Chorus:
 E MajorE            FF
I guess it's all true, you know what they say
       C majorC       G+G       FF
Sometimes the best thing to do is just to walk away
   E MajorE          FF
When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained
  C majorC       G+G     FF
But some things cannot be so easily explained

Outro:
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF x3
C majorC  G+G  A minorAm