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What Did I Ever Come Here For

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Capo 2
Intro: G, E, F, G, C  
FI’ve been Cgone for so lGong
And how I mCissed yFou
My heart was Caching for Ghome
FAnd then one nCight as I lay dGown
Somewhere Cfar from yFou
I dreamt that I Cheard you call mGy name
But my mind was pFlaying games
I knew riCght then that I’d Greturn
To where I Cwas befoFre
And I was so tCired of Gbeing away
That I just coulCdn’t stay anyFmore
What did I ever cGome here foCr?
GOh no no Eno no Fno
What did I ever Gcome here fCor?
FI thought if I shCowed up in the niGght
In my beCst disgFuise
There at your doorway in yoCur porch Glight
That you would look inCto my eFye              
And you would realize Cwho I Gam
Put your arms arCound mFe
You gonna love me sCo much mGore
Than you ever did beFfore
What did I ever Gcome here Cfor?
GOh no Eno no no Fno
What did I ever Gcome here Cfor?
FIt wasn’t too Clong beGfore
I showed up aCt your Fdoor
I’d been gCone a thousand Gmiles
FI didn’t know hCow much more I could Gstand
If I could Cstand at aFll
You said I looked like I’d Cbeen through World War GII
And my soul was wCorn right Fthrough
I thought you would read mCy mGind
I thought you’d ask mCe to sFtay
You'd never turn me aCway like bGefore
But you closed your Cdoor aFnyway
What did I ever Gcome here Cfor?
GOh no Eno no no Fno
What did I ever Gcome here Cfor?
GOh no Eno no no Fno
What did I ever Gcome here Cfor?
GOh no Eno no no Fno
What did I ever Gcome here Cfor?
Hope this helps:)

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What Did I Ever Come Here For

by Brandi Carlile

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 2

G E F G C

Intro: , , , ,

F C G

I’ve been gone for so long

C F

And how I missed you

C G

My heart was aching for home

F C G

And then one night as I lay down

C F

Somewhere far from you

C G

I dreamt that I heard you call my name

But my mind was playing games

C G

I knew right then that I’d return

C F

To where I was before

C G

And I was so tired of being away

C F

That I just couldn’t stay anymore

G C

What did I ever come here for?

G E F

Oh no no no no no

G C

What did I ever come here for?

F C G

I thought if I showed up in the night

C F

In my best disguise

C G

There at your doorway in your porch light

C F

That you would look into my eye

C G

And you would realize who I am

C F

Put your arms around me

C G

You gonna love me so much more

Than you ever did before

G C

What did I ever come here for?

G E F

Oh no no no no no

G C

What did I ever come here for?

F C G

It wasn’t too long before

C F

I showed up at your door

C G

I’d been gone a thousand miles

F C G

I didn’t know how much more I could stand

C F

If I could stand at all

C G

You said I looked like I’d been through World War II

C F

And my soul was worn right through

C G

I thought you would read my mind

C F

I thought you’d ask me to stay

C G

You'd never turn me away like before

C F

But you closed your door anyway

G C

What did I ever come here for?

G E F

Oh no no no no no

G C

What did I ever come here for?

G E F

Oh no no no no no

G C

What did I ever come here for?

G E F

Oh no no no no no

G C

What did I ever come here for?

Hope this helps:)

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