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Here are the chords to "Naive" by Sam Tsui. It's from his original
album 'Make it Up'. It's a fun song and I really like the bridge :) 
CAPO ON FRET 1
INTRO:
C   Em   G   D
VERSE 1: 
 CThese daysEm, they say
 GNothing Dlasts the way it Cshould
 Only  Emfools think
 GThere's a point in Dtrusting something Cgood
 Call me  Emcrazy
 GBut I can't Dkeep you off my Cmind
 It's hopelessEm, they say
 GWe should know better, Dbest we never
PRECHORUS: 
 CTry to forget what we've Emlearned 
 to believe Dbut I say
CHORUS: 
 CLet's be naEmïve
 If it's the Gonly way to Dkeep from breaking
 CLet's make beliEmeve that things never Gchange  D  
 CHold onto Emme
 And bury the Gdoubts away beDneath my heartbeat
 CIf wisdom says Emwe should be walking aGway
 I'd Drather be naïCve
      C        EmHGmmmmmmDmmm
VERSE 2:
 CCareful (Emcareful), jaded (Gjaded) 
 And always Dbracing for the Cfall
 That's no way  Emto love, babe
 But Gthere was a time beDfore we'd seen it
PRECHORUS: 
 CAll falling down, can we Emtrust 
 what we seeD? 'Cause I say
 CHORUS: 
 CLet's be naEmïve
 If it's the Gonly way to Dkeep from breaking
 CLet's make beliEmeve that things never Gchange  D  
 CHold onto Emme
 And bury the Gdoubts away beDneath my heartbeat
 CIf wisdom says Emwe should be walking aGway
 I'd Drather be naïCve
BRIDGE:
 And maybe we're headed for Emheartbreak
 But we've Ggot to let that Cgo
 They say that we're skating on fablesEm  
 Just waiting to Gtell us, "I told you Aso"
 But I say love is Csimple, but what do I Dknow?
FINAL CHORUS: 
 CLet's be naEmïve (naïve, naïGve, naïve, naïDve, naïve), yeah
 CLet's be naEmïve
 If it's the Gonly way to Dkeep from breaking (woaaahhhhhhh)
 CLet's make beliEmeve that things never Gchange (let's make belDieve things never change) 
 CHold onto Emme
 And bury the Gdoubts away beDneath my heartbeat
 CIf wisdom says Emwe should be walking aGway
 I'd Drather be naïCve
      C        EmHGmmmmmmDmmm 

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Naive

by Sam Tsui

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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Here are the chords to "Naive" by Sam Tsui. It's from his original

album 'Make it Up'. It's a fun song and I really like the bridge :)

CAPO ON FRET 1

INTRO:

C Em G D

VERSE 1:

C Em

These days, they say

G D C

Nothing lasts the way it should

Only fools think

G D C

There's a point in trusting something good

Call me crazy

G D C

But I can't keep you off my mind

It's hopeless, they say

G D

We should know better, best we never

PRECHORUS:

C Em

Try to forget what we've learned

to believe but I say

CHORUS:

C Em

Let's be naïve

G D

If it's the only way to keep from breaking

C Em G D

Let's make believe that things never change

C Em

Hold onto me

G D

And bury the doubts away beneath my heartbeat

C Em G

If wisdom says we should be walking away

D C

I'd rather be naïve

C Em G D

Hmmmmmmmmm

VERSE 2:

C Em G

Careful (careful), jaded (jaded)

D C

And always bracing for the fall

That's no way to love, babe

G D

But there was a time before we'd seen it

PRECHORUS:

C Em

All falling down, can we trust

what we see? 'Cause I say

CHORUS:

C Em

Let's be naïve

G D

If it's the only way to keep from breaking

C Em G D

Let's make believe that things never change

C Em

Hold onto me

G D

And bury the doubts away beneath my heartbeat

C Em G

If wisdom says we should be walking away

D C

I'd rather be naïve

BRIDGE:

And maybe we're headed for heartbreak

G C

But we've got to let that go

They say that we're skating on fables

G A

Just waiting to tell us, "I told you so"

C D

But I say love is simple, but what do I know?

FINAL CHORUS:

C Em G D

Let's be naïve (naïve, naïve, naïve, naïve, naïve), yeah

C Em

Let's be naïve

G D

If it's the only way to keep from breaking (woaaahhhhhhh)

C Em G D

Let's make believe that things never change (let's make believe things never change)

C Em

Hold onto me

G D

And bury the doubts away beneath my heartbeat

C Em G

If wisdom says we should be walking away

D C

I'd rather be naïve

C Em G D

Hmmmmmmmmm

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