Intro riff - form an A major chord on the 4th string (i.e D-shaped chord with a bar
across 7th fret)
4/4 time
A
e--9-------9----9-10f9------7h9------!
b--10------10----------10-------10---!
g--9-------9--------------9--------9-!
D--7-------7-------------------------!
A------------------------------------!
E------------------------------------!
1 2 3 4
Verse 1 - fingerpicked chords, i.e. all notes in the chord played on each beat:-
A A/G# A/F# A/E
e--9----9----9----9---!--9----9----9----9---!
b--10---10---10---10--!--10---10---10---10--!
g--9----9----9----9---!--9----9----9----9---!
D--7----7----6----6---!---------------------!
A---------------------!--9----9----7----7---!
E---------------------!---------------------!
You sheltered me from harm
D Dm A E
e--5----5----5----5---!--9----9----7----7---!
b--7----7----6----6---!--10---10---9----9---!
g--7----7----7----7---!--9----9----9----9---!
D--7----7----7----7---!--7----7----9----9---!
A--5----5----5----5---!------------7----7---!
E---------------------!---------------------!
Kept me warm Kept me warm......
Repeat the above with:-
You gave your life to me, set me free, set me free
Pre-chorus
Chord strums
!Bm D !E !
The finest years I ever knew
!Bm D !E D !
Were all the years I had with you And I would give...
Chorus
!A Bm !E D !
Every_____thing I Own. Give up my
!A Bm !E D !
House, my heart my home And I would give
!A Bm !E !
Every______thing I Own Just to
!D !E !
Have you back again.
Intro riff
Verse 2
First 4 bars same as verse 1:-
You taught me how to love, what it's of, what it's of
But then:-
!A A/G# !F#m !
You never said too much but still you showed the way
!G D !A !
And I knew From watching you.
Pre-chorus - chords as before, but with:-
Nobody else could ever know, the part of me that can't let go.
Chorus (as before)
Bridge
(Is there..)
F#m A/E
e--2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
b--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
g--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
D--4----4----4----4---!--2----2----2----2---!
A--4----4----4----4---!---------------------!
E--2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
someone you know, you're loving them so, but
Dmaj7
e--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
b--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
g--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
D--0----0----0----0---!--0----0----0----0---!
A---------------------!---------------------!
E---------------------!---------------------!
Taking them all for granted. You may
Bm D/A
e--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
b--3----3----3----3---!--3----3----3----3---!
g--4----4----4----4---!--2----2----2----2---!
D--4----4----4----4---!--0----0----0----0---!
A--2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
E---------------------!---------------------!
lose them one day, someone takes them away, and they don't
G E (strum) D (strum)
e--3----3----3----3---!--0----0----2----2---!
b--3----3----3----3---!--0----0----3----3---!
g--4----4----4----4---!--1----1----2----2---!
D--5----5----5----5---!--2----2----0----0---!
A---------------------!--2----2-------------!
E--3----3----3----3---!--0----0-------------!
hear the words you long to say. And I would...
Repeat chorus and end
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