How It Began chords by Frank Turner

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

Em B7 Cadd9 G – x2
Cmaj7 Cm G



🎸 Verse 1:
    Emadd9             D6/F#
Dear Josh, old friend, apologies first:
                                                 G
It's been an age since I wrote you, I know, I'm the worst
     Emadd9                     D6/F#
But you know how I feel I'm consistently cursed?
                                           G
This time I've found something, I think it could work

🎸 Verse 2:
    Cm                 F6sus2/D
One day there she was, across the table
    D#6add2
Cluttered with drinks and slightly unstable
    Cm                     F6sus2/D              D#6add2
And I knew in that moment that if I was able to reach her
                     F
She might be my saviour


🎸 Chorus:
      A#                          A#/A
Then she sat down and started to sing
                           A#/A
Playing my guitar like a delicate thing
        Gm
Her heart shimmering through the six strings
            Cm
And I knew then, this is how it begins

Break:
G Cm G
Em B7 Cadd9 G – x2

🎸 Verse 2:
    Emadd9             D6/F#
Joshua man, you know how I am
                                        G
Sometimes I can't help myself biting the hand
          Emadd9                      D6/F#
That was feeding me love, that fit like a glove
                                     G
I'm my own worst enemy, please don't be mad


🎸 Verse 3:
  Cm                                F6sus2/D
But if I can change myself, this can be saved
     D#6sus2
I can picture an ending as clear as your face
     Cm               F6sus2/D
A path through the wreckage, back to my place
  D#6sus2                     F
Where she waits to dispose of my fate


🎸 Chorus:
      A#                          A#/A
Then she sat down and started to sing
                           A#/A
Playing my guitar like a delicate thing
        Gm
Her heart shimmering through the six strings
            Cm
And I knew then, this is how it begins
      A#
Our voices rise like the morning sun
                A#/A
A hush falls like dust on the room
                                       Gm
Like a bee's wing my heart starts to hum
                                  A#
And I know for sure, this is the one


🎸 Outro:
               A#/A
This is the one
               Gm
This is the one
               Cm
This is the one
                G Cm G Cm G
And that's how it began

G Cm G Cm G