It Should Have Been You chords by The Waterboys

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A minorAm D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm C majorC
A minorAm D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm C majorC A minorAm

Verse:
            D MajorD
Can I believe my ears?
D MajorD
Is this'a really you?
A minorAm
Pacing the floor with one eye on the door, huh
D MajorD
Watching the winners go to
        A minorAm
Why do you hang back now?
          D MajorD
Why d'you hesitate?
           A minorAm
You know, fires don't burn
      D MajorD
For he who waits

Chorus:
         B minorBm
Out of all of the people
      E minorEm
That I ever knew
          C majorC
If one should have made it
          A minorAm
It should have been you
          D MajorD
It should have been you
          B minorBm
It should have been you
          E minorEm  C majorC
It should have been you

Verse:
    A minorAm
Well, I know who I'm looking for
   D MajorD
But I don't believe my eyes
  A minorAm
The sight of you with your head hung low
  D MajorD
Is a sick, sad surprise
           A minorAm
Now, why do you hang back now?
        D MajorD
Why d'you hesitate?
       A minorAm
How dare you throw it all away then you tell me
  D MajorD
"Oh man, it must be fate"

Chorus:
         B minorBm
Out of all of the people
      E minorEm
That I ever knew
               C majorC
There had to be one I could believe in
            A minorAm
And it should have been you
          D MajorD
It should have been you
          B minorBm
It should have been you
          E minorEm
It should have been you
        C majorC
If there had to be one
             FF
Well, it should have been you

Instrumental:
FF E minorEm C majorC A minorAm
FF E minorEm C majorC A minorAm D MajorD

Verse:
 A minorAm
A augmentedA gift that dies is a tragic thing
   D MajorD
And it happens all the time
   A minorAm                    D MajorD
But a gift that's wasted, thrown to hell is the
D MajorD
Worst of stupid crimes
        A minorAm
I saw you hang back now
         D MajorD
I watched you hesitate
     A minorAm
You're a well respected man, but bullshit
         D MajorD
You could've been great

Chorus:
        B minorBm
Out of all the people
    E minorEm
I ever knew
            C majorC
There should have been one
            A minorAm
And it should have been you
          D MajorD
It should have been you
          B minorBm
It should have been you
          E minorEm
It should have been you

Chorus:
              C majorC
Well, I spent my whole life looking
         A minorAm
For someone like you
          D MajorD
It should have been you
          B minorBm
It should have been you
          E minorEm
It should have been you
         C majorC
If there had to be one
             A minorAm
Well, it should have been you

Outro:
A minorAm D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm C majorC
A minorAm D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm C majorC