{"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":728680,"song":"If You Need A Reason","artist":"Mason Jennings","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11584988-if-you-need-a-reason-chords-by-mason-jennings/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/728680?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":20,"content":"I think that the other version of this song is way too complicated.  So here's the same \r\nbut way simpler to understand.\r\n\r\nMason plays everything tuned a 1/2 step lower.  I have too many x chromosomes so I play \r\nin regular tuning with a capo on the third fret.  Do what works for you.\r\n\r\n\r\nMason fingerpicks the whole song.  But then again, he has a bass and drummer to back him \r\n I tend to strum it out.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot so lost that I went to church[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSorry God but you made it worse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMade me sit behind a fence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHaunted by the evidence[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI guess you don’t want me to think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo instead I’ll dream and drink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGot too drunk to drive home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the cab I grabbed my phone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd made a call I might regret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo a girl that I just met[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLately things are not okay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI just wanted to hear somebody say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you need a reason as to why you’re here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don’t need to look farther than me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you need a reason as to why you’re here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don’t need to look farther than me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLovely, lovely quiet lake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow could this be a mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nToo dark now to see your face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYour hair is blowing all over the place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe moon is caught in a frozen glass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could not let this moment pass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe sun is waiting far away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nUntil i’ve had a chance to say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll that’s missing, all that’s lost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nEvery hope at any cost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery dream too good to come true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFloods my heart when I’m with you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you need a reason as to why you’re here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don’t need to look farther than me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you need a reason as to why you’re here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don’t need to look farther than me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot so lost that I went to church[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSorry God but you made it worse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMade me sit behind a fence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHaunted by the evidence[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI guess you don’t want me to think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo instead I’ll dream and drink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGot too drunk to drive home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the cab I grabbed my phone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd made a call I might regret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo a girl that I just met[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLately things are not okay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI just wanted to hear somebody say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you need a reason as to why you’re here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don’t need to look farther than me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you need a reason as to why you’re here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don’t need to look farther than me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you need a reason as to why you’re here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don’t need to look farther than me[/tab]","plain_text":"I think that the other version of this song is way too complicated.  So here's the same \nbut way simpler to understand.\n\nMason plays everything tuned a 1/2 step lower.  I have too many x chromosomes so I play \nin regular tuning with a capo on the third fret.  Do what works for you.\n\n\nMason fingerpicks the whole song.  But then again, he has a bass and drummer to back him \n I tend to strum it out.","chords":["C","G","F","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}