{"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":447905,"song":"Id Rather","artist":"Luther Vandross","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11561668-id-rather-chords-by-luther-vandross/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/447905?type=chord","rating":4.72355,"votes":38,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI thought sometime alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwas what we really needed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou said this time would hurt more than it helps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut I couldn't see that[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI thought it was the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nof a beautiful story[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                    -[ch]G[/ch]\r\nand so I left the one I loved at home to be alone (alone)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand I tried to find  [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout if this one thing is true[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthat I'm nothing without you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know better now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I've had a change of heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else[/tab]\r\nI'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have hard times together, than to have it easy apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have the one who holds my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]whoo-oo-oo-oo yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd then I met someone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand thought she could replace you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwe got a long just fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nwe wasted time because she was not you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwe had a lot of fun [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthough we knew we were faking[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]                - [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlove was not impressed with our connection they were all lies, all lies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso I'm here cause I found this one thing is true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthat I'm nothing without you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know better now [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I've had a change of heart[/tab]\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]C#m[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can't blame you if you turn away from me, like I've done you, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can only prove the things I say with time,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else[/tab]\r\nI'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have hard times together, than to have it easy apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have the one who holds my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]whoo-oo-oo-oo yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else[/tab]\r\nI'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have hard times together, than to have it easy apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have the one who holds my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]whoo-oo-oo-oo yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nI hope to give a Plucking or arpeggio version next time\r","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\nI'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\nI'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\nI'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself\n\n\n\n\n\nI hope to give a Plucking or arpeggio version next time","chords":["C","F","G","Am","Am7","A","E","C#m","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}