Just Circumstance chords by Whitney Rose

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
G+G D MajorD C majorC C G+G D MajorD C majorC C


Verse 1:
G+G              D MajorD
She didn't know what she was gonna do
    C majorC
She was doing it alone, that she knew
G+G         D MajorD
Four weeks 'til she had to surrender
C majorC
Nineteen, first offender
G+G            D MajorD
She'd have done anything for that boy
C majorC
Save his life, leave hers destroyed
G+G               D MajorD
It didn't really matter who was really to blame
C majorC
She was never gonna give his name

Chorus:
A minorAm       Am7Am7   C majorC     D MajorD
'Cause all her life, it's been the same
  G+G     D MajorD   C majorC
No pomp, just circumstance
       A minorAm         D MajorD
They all say, "Bless her heart"
D MajorD           G+G
She never had a chance


Break:
G+G D MajorD C majorC C G+G D MajorD C majorC C


Verse 2:
G+G           D MajorD
She flipped a coin and hoped for heads
C majorC
A augmentedA few more nights in her own bed
G+G           D MajorD
She wasn't getting any sleep at night
C majorC
She couldn't look her mama in the eye
G+G                D MajorD
She should have known what would happen next
C majorC
She spent her last ten dollars and she took the test
G+G          D MajorD
She's off to pay for all that blow
C majorC
Turns out she's not alone

Chorus:
A minorAm       Am7Am7   C majorC     D MajorD
'Cause all her life, it's been the same
  G+G     D MajorD   C majorC
No pomp, just circumstance
       A minorAm         D MajorD
They all say, "Bless her heart"
D MajorD           G+G
She never had a chance


Break:
G+G D MajorD C majorC C G+G D MajorD C majorC C


Verse 3:
G+G               D MajorD
The bed's not much worse than what she had at home
C majorC
She's sixteen weeks and starting to show
G+G         D MajorD
There ain't no one to lean on
C majorC
Her mama's sick and that boy is gone
G+G        D MajorD
Three years move pretty slow
C majorC
When you're sittin' there staring at a cell window
G+G              D MajorD
She didn't hold her when she had the chance
C majorC
Just straight into the happy couple's hands


Chorus:
A minorAm       Am7Am7   C majorC     D MajorD
'Cause all her life, it's been the same
  G+G     D MajorD   C majorC
No pomp, just circumstance
       A minorAm         D MajorD
They all say, "Bless her heart"
D MajorD           G+G
She never had a chance


Outro:
G+G D MajorD C majorC C G+G D MajorD C majorC C

G+G D MajorD C majorC C G+G D MajorD C majorC C

G+G D MajorD C majorC C G+G D MajorD C majorC C