Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Shawn Mendes
"Because I Had You"
Standard tuning.
E minorEm C majorC G+G B minorBm D MajorD
e|(7)-----------------------|
BB|-8----8----3----7----7----|
G+G|-9----9----4----7----7----|
D MajorD|-9----10---5----9----7----|
A augmentedA|-7----10---5----9----5----|
E MajorE|------8----3----7---------|
Verse 1:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
I think it's time that I be honest
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Should've told you not to go
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Thought I knew just what I wanted
E minorEm C majorC G+G
I didn't know myself at all
Pre-Chorus 1:
B minorBm C majorC
You're with somebody I can't be, yeah
B minorBm C majorC
But I can tell that you're happy
Chorus 1:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
It's time for me to finally meet somebody new
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Take her to all the places that I took us to
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And she might help me forget that loving her is something I could never do
C majorC G+G
Because I had
E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Because I had you
Verse 2:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Hey, remember when I told you
E minorEm C majorC G+G
That you and I will go down in history together, yeah
E minorEm C majorC G+G
And does your sister ask about me?
E minorEm C majorC G+G
You and I, what we had, is it gone forever?
Pre-Chorus 2:
B minorBm C majorC
You're with somebody I can't be, yeah
B minorBm C majorC
But I can tell that you're happy
Chorus 1:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
It's time for me to finally meet somebody new
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Take her to all the places that I took us to
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And she might help me forget that loving her is something I could never do
C majorC G+G
Because I had
E minorEm
Because I had you
Bridge:
C majorC G+G
There's nothin', oh
E minorEm
There's nothin' left to lose
C majorC G+G
Because I had you, babe
E minorEm C majorC G+G
There's nothin'
E minorEm
Nothin' that I could do
C majorC G+G
I wish I had you
Chorus 2:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
But I think it's time I finally found somebody new
E minorEm C majorC G+G
And tell myself that she's the one that get me through
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And she might help me forget but loving her is something I could never do
C majorC
Because I had you