It Should Have Been You chords by The Waterboys

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Am D Bm Em C
Am D Bm Em C Am

Verse:
            D
Can I believe my ears?
D
Is this'a really you?
Am
Pacing the floor with one eye on the door, huh
D

Watching the winners go to
        Am
Why do you hang back now?
          D
Why d'you hesitate?
           Am
You know, fires don't burn
      D
For he who waits

Chorus:
         Bm
Out of all of the people
      Em
That I ever knew
          C
If one should have made it
          Am
It should have been you
          D
It should have been you
          Bm
It should have been you
          Em  C
It should have been you

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

Chorus:
         Bm
Out of all of the people
      Em
That I ever knew
               C
There had to be one I could believe in
            Am
And it should have been you
          D
It should have been you
          Bm
It should have been you
          Em
It should have been you
        C
If there had to be one
             F
Well, it should have been you

Instrumental:
F Em C Am
F Em C Am D

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

Chorus:
        Bm
Out of all the people
    Em
I ever knew
            C
There should have been one
            Am
And it should have been you
          D
It should have been you
          Bm
It should have been you
          Em
It should have been you

Chorus:
              C
Well, I spent my whole life looking
         Am
For someone like you
          D
It should have been you
          Bm
It should have been you
          Em
It should have been you
         C
If there had to be one
             Am
Well, it should have been you

Outro:
Am D Bm Em C
Am D Bm Em C