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