Chords with lyrics
standard tuning, no capo.
E minorEm
When I opened that letter I realized
G+G Am7Am7
this is nothing I wanted to see.
E minorEm
Now I'm stuck with a pen and some paper,
G+G C5C5 (C5C5 is the start of the following figure)
and a headache with nothing to say
(This is the picking pattern used in the second half of the verse)
C5C5 G5G5 D3add4/F# Csus2Csus2 D4
E MajorE|-------------------3-------------3-------------3------------------3-|
BB|-----------------3---3---3-----3---3---3-----3---3---3-----3-----3--|
G+G|-----5--5-5----0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0----------|
D MajorD|---5----5-5---5-------------4---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3------3-3-------------------------------3-------------3-----5-----|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G5G5 D3add4/F#
That day I left, you came and said to me
Csus2Csus2 D4
you were the only thing I wanted to believe.
G5G5 D3add4/F#
Now that I'm gone I wish that I could leave
Csus2Csus2 D4
I guess these things just aren't really the way they seem
E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
What goes around goes around, I never thought I'd be this way.
E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
You picked me up when I was down, I think I'll be okay
Cadd9Cadd9
And I remember the day that I met you,
G+G A7sus4A7sus4
yeah I remember those things that you said.
Cadd9Cadd9
You told me that you would love me forever,
G+G A7sus4A7sus4
and its girls like you that make me wish I never left there.
C5C5
(Same figure for the first verse applies to the second verse)
G5G5 D3add4/F#
I've been on the road so constantly,
Csus2Csus2 D4
I guess I may be forgetting you way too easy.
G5G5 D3add4/F#
But thats alright I hope you're feeling free
Csus2Csus2 D4
you got what you deserve now you can finally breathe.
C majorC A7sus4A7sus4 D MajorD
when I come around there don't even tell me that you're sorry
E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
What goes around goes around, I never thought I'd be this way.
E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
You picked me up when I was down, I think I'll be okay
Cadd9Cadd9
And I remember the day that I met you,
G+G A7sus4A7sus4
yeah I remember those things that you said.
Cadd9Cadd9
You told me that you would love me forever,
G+G A7sus4A7sus4
and its girls like you that make me wish I never left there.
E minorEm
And when I see you again I'll be honest.
G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'll be damned if you asked me to stay.
E minorEm
And forgetting might make you forgive me.
G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
But I know that it won't be the same.
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD (all plucked)
E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
What goes around goes around, I never thought I'd be this way.
E minorEm G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
You picked me up when I was down, I think I'll be okay
Cadd9Cadd9
And I remember the day that I met you,
G+G A7sus4A7sus4
yeah I remember those things that you said.
Cadd9Cadd9
You told me that you would love me forever,
G+G A7sus4A7sus4 E minorEm
and its girls like you that make me wish I never left there.
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 E minorEm
yeah its girls like you that make me wish I never left there.
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
oh yeah, its girls like you that make me wish I never left there.
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
Woah oh oh oh.
(Some uncommon Chord Voicings)
A7sus4A7sus4 Cadd9Cadd9 Cmaj7Cmaj7
E MajorE|3 E MajorE|3 E MajorE|0
BB|3 BB|3 BB|0
G+G|2 G+G|0 G+G|0
D MajorD|2 D MajorD|2 D MajorD|0
A augmentedA|0 A augmentedA|3 A augmentedA|3