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Beginnings

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Intro and chorus chord voicings:
Amaj7     x-0-14-13-14-0
E9sus4/A  x-0-12-11-12-0
Outro chord voicings:
      Ax07650
     G6xx5430
  Fmaj7xx3210
[Intro]
     Amaj7       E9sus4/A       Amaj7       E9sus4/Ax4
[Verse 1]
       Amaj7When I'm Dmaj7with you,       Amaj7It doesn't Dmaj7matter where we are
       Amaj7Or what we're Dmaj7doin',       Amaj7I'm with you that's Dmaj7all------Cmaj7that matters
       Gmaj7sus2Time passes Cmaj7/Gmuch too quicklyGmaj7sus2,      When we're toCmaj7/Ggether laughing
       Gmaj7sus2I wish I could sCmaj7/Ging it to you, Oh, nGmaj7sus2o…       I wish I could sCmaj7/Ging it to you
[Chorus]
      Amaj7Oh o E9sus4/Ao o o o o Amaj7o o o o E9sus4/Ao o o           Amaj7Oh o E9sus4/Ao o o o o Amaj7o o o o E9sus4/Ao o o
[Bridge]
Mostly I'm Amaj7silent, Em7Mmmmmm, Amaj7silent, la, la, Em7la-da-da
        Amaj7      Em7Never think Amaj7about Em7words to say
[Verse 2]
      Amaj7When I Dmaj7kiss you,       Amaj7I feel a Dmaj7thousand different feelings
      Amaj7The color of Dmaj7chills,        Amaj7all over my Dmaj7bo----Cmaj7dy,  Aye~~~~
      Gmaj7sus2And when I Cmaj7/Gfeel them       Gmaj7sus2I quickly Cmaj7/Gtry to decide which one
      Gmaj7sus2I should try to put inCmaj7/Gto words, oh, nGmaj7sus2o…      try to put Cmaj7/Ginto words
[Chorus]
      Amaj7Oh o E9sus4/Ao o o o o Amaj7o o o o E9sus4/Ao o o           Amaj7Oh o E9sus4/Ao o o o o Amaj7o o o o E9sus4/Ao o o
[Bridge]
Mostly I'm Amaj7silent,       Em7  Amaj7silent, la-la-la, Em7la-la, la-la, la-la
Amaj7la-da, da-da,         Em7  Amaj7silentEm7  
A     G6     Fmaj7     G6
[Outro]
  AOnly the beG6ginning, of Fmaj7what I want to feel forever,    G6Yeah-eah
A(horns)      G6Oh, wo, oh, oh  Fmaj7(horns)      G6Yeeaah
  AOnly the beG6ginning,     of Fmaj7what I want to feel foreverG6  
  AOnly the beG6ginning,        Fmaj7Only just the sG6tart, yeah
  AI got to get you G6into my life mama,       Fmaj7Got to get you next G6to me
  AOnly the beG6ginning,        Fmaj7Only just the sG6tart
A     G6     Fmaj7     G6
[Instrumental]
     A       G6       Fmaj7       G6x6
(horns)
[Outro]
AOnly the beG6ginning,       Fmaj7only the beG6ginning
AOnly the beG6ginning,       Fmaj7only the beG6ginning
AOnly the beG6ginning,       Fmaj7only the beG6ginning
AOnly the beG6ginning,       Fmaj7only the beG6ginning

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XO222O

Major chord - Happy, bright sound

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Skill · find home

A mixolydian

This chord is home. When a line ends, land here.

Beginnings

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Beginnings

by Chicago

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Amaj7

E9sus4/A

Dmaj7

Cmaj7

Gmaj7sus2

Cmaj7/G

Em7

Intro and chorus chord voicings:

Amaj7 x-0-14-13-14-0

E9sus4/A x-0-12-11-12-0

Outro chord voicings:

x07650

xx5430

Fmaj7

xx3210

[Intro]

Amaj7 E9sus4/A Amaj7 E9sus4/A

[Verse 1]

Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7

When I'm with you, It doesn't matter where we are

Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7

Or what we're doin', I'm with you that's all------that matters

Gmaj7sus2 Cmaj7/G Gmaj7sus2 Cmaj7/G

Time passes much too quickly, When we're together laughing

Gmaj7sus2 Cmaj7/G Gmaj7sus2 Cmaj7/G

I wish I could sing it to you, Oh, no… I wish I could sing it to you

[Chorus]

Amaj7 E9sus4/A Amaj7 E9sus4/A Amaj7 E9sus4/A Amaj7 E9sus4/A

Oh o o o o o o o o o o o o o Oh o o o o o o o o o o o o o

[Bridge]

Amaj7 Em7 Amaj7 Em7

Mostly I'm silent, Mmmmmm, silent, la, la, la-da-da

Amaj7 Em7 Amaj7 Em7

Never think about words to say

[Verse 2]

Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7

When I kiss you, I feel a thousand different feelings

Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7

The color of chills, all over my bo----dy, Aye~~~~

Gmaj7sus2 Cmaj7/G Gmaj7sus2 Cmaj7/G

And when I feel them I quickly try to decide which one

Gmaj7sus2 Cmaj7/G Gmaj7sus2 Cmaj7/G

I should try to put into words, oh, no… try to put into words

[Chorus]

Amaj7 E9sus4/A Amaj7 E9sus4/A Amaj7 E9sus4/A Amaj7 E9sus4/A

Oh o o o o o o o o o o o o o Oh o o o o o o o o o o o o o

[Bridge]

Amaj7 Em7 Amaj7 Em7

Mostly I'm silent, silent, la-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la

Amaj7 Em7 Amaj7 Em7

la-da, da-da, silent

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

[Outro]

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

Only the beginning, of what I want to feel forever, Yeah-eah

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

(horns) Oh, wo, oh, oh (horns) Yeeaah

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

Only the beginning, of what I want to feel forever

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

Only the beginning, Only just the start, yeah

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

I got to get you into my life mama, Got to get you next to me

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

Only the beginning, Only just the start

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

[Instrumental]

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

(horns)

[Outro]

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

Only the beginning, only the beginning

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

Only the beginning, only the beginning

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

Only the beginning, only the beginning

A G6 Fmaj7 G6

Only the beginning, only the beginning

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