Because I Had You chords by Shawn Mendes

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Shawn Mendes
"Because I Had You"

Standard tuning.

   E minorEm   C majorC    G MajorG    B minorBm   D MajorD
e|(7)-----------------------|
B|-8----8----3----7----7----|
G|-9----9----4----7----7----|
D|-9----10---5----9----7----|
A|-7----10---5----9----5----|
E|------8----3----7---------|

Verse 1:
E minorEm                        C majorC    G MajorG
   I think it's time that I be honest
E minorEm                    C majorC      G MajorG
   Should've told you not to go
E minorEm        C majorC                G MajorG
   Thought I knew just what I wanted
E minorEm            C majorC         G MajorG
   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 MajorG
It's time for me to finally meet somebody new
            E minorEm                  C majorC         G MajorG
Take her to all the places that I took us to
              E minorEm              C majorC          G MajorG                  D MajorD           E minorEm
And she might help me forget that loving her is something I could never do
C majorC         G MajorG
Because I had
          E minorEm      C majorC  G MajorG   E minorEm  C majorC  G MajorG
Because I had you

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Verse 2:
E minorEm           C majorC           G MajorG
   Hey, remember when I told you
                E minorEm                     C majorC    G MajorG
   That you and I will go down in history together, yeah
E minorEm                  C majorC        G MajorG
   And does your sister ask about me?
          E minorEm                    C majorC      G MajorG
  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 MajorG
It's time for me to finally meet somebody new
            E minorEm                  C majorC         G MajorG
Take her to all the places that I took us to
              E minorEm              C majorC          G MajorG                  D MajorD           E minorEm
And she might help me forget that loving her is something I could never do
C majorC         G MajorG
Because I had
          E minorEm
Because I had you


Bridge:
               C majorC       G MajorG
   There's nothin', oh
                           E minorEm
   There's nothin' left to lose
C majorC            G MajorG
   Because I had you, babe
E minorEm            C majorC    G MajorG
   There's nothin'
                        E minorEm
   Nothin' that I could do
 C majorC              G MajorG
   I wish I had you


Chorus 2:
                 E minorEm             C majorC              G MajorG
But I think it's time I finally found somebody new
            E minorEm                          C majorC      G MajorG
And tell myself that she's the one that get me through
              E minorEm             C majorC          G MajorG                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