{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2467942,"song":"Because We Had To","artist":"The 502s","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11504043-because-we-had-to-chords-by-the-502s/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2467942?type=chord","rating":4.3999,"votes":8,"content":"9. Because We Had To\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell you were wrong about the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou said my memory would change[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDay after day, you claimed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’d find it inside of me to grow[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAway from the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the shame and the guilt[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the questions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWondering what did I do wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo you, to decide it was time to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBecause we had to[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause I tried the best that I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo have and to hold you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the way I knew that I should[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we’d still be breathing darling[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I did the little you asked of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I couldn’t, so now we’re nothing at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe way that the night came down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou were alone in your room[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith somebody else[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you were too big, and bold in my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I was to cowardly to call all your lies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Well I didn’t know not telling the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould cost me my soul, and most of my youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo with you I stayed in spite of myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I don’t know why[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBecause we had to[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause I tried the best that I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo have and to hold you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the way I knew that I should[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we’d still be breathing darling[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I did the little you asked of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I couldn’t, so now we’re nothing at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy would you roam when you knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat I’d always be coming back home, alone, to you?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou knew that I never, ever, ever, ever[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWould have done that to you[/tab]\r\n\r\nStill you did\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBecause we had to[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause I tried the best that I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo have and to hold you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the way I knew that I should[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we’d still be breathing darling[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I did the little you asked of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I couldn’t, so now we’re nothing at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when we were younger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd our hearts outpaced our wits[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was better[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I preferred to live in the ignorance[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the bubble[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat you built with a fake façade[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the guise of another[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell you sold lies and I bought them all[/tab]","plain_text":"9. Because We Had To\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm D Bm C (x2)\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\nStill you did\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["G","Bm","C","D","B","Am","Em","F#m","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}