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Tell You Something

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[Verse]
 DGuess I'm Gcaught up eveBmrydayA  
 DTryin' to Gkeep it all tBmogetherA  
 DWhile the Gtime just slips BmawayA  
 DSee I know Gnothing lasts foreBmverA  
[Prechorus]
 DImagine Gthere was no tBmomorrow
 imagine Athat I couldn't see your Dface
 DThere'd be no Glimit to my soBmrrow
 So all I can Asay
[Chorus]
 DI wanna Gtell you something
 BmGive you something
 AShow you in so many Dways
 DCuz it would Gall mean nothing
 If BmI don't say something
 BeAfore it all goes away
 D/F#Don't wanna wGait to bring you flowers
 BmWaste another hour
 ALet alone another day
 DI'm gonna Gtell you something
 BmShow you something
 Won't Await til it's too late
[After Chorus]
 DI can't wait, I can't Gwait, I won't wait, I don't wBmanna waitA  
 DI can't wait, I can't Gwait, I won't wait, I don't wBmanna waitA  
 I won't wait til it's too late
[Verse] (same chords)
Just a simple conversation (..sation)
Just a moment is all it takes (yeah)
I wanna be there just to listen
(I wanna be here)
And I don't wanna hesitate (oh no)
[Prechorus] (same chords)
Imagine there was no tomorrow (imagine)
Imagine that I couldn't see your face (your face)
There'd be no limit to my sorrow (oh no)
Cuz there is nothing that can fill this space
I don't wanna put it Bmoff for too longG  
I didn't D/F#say all that I had to sayA  
I wanna take Bmthe time to right the wroGngs
D/F#Before we get to the placeA  
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Just Bmlean on my Gshoulder
It's not D/F#over til it's Aover
Don't Bmworry bout it
Cuz I'm Ggonna make D/F#sure
I'm gonna get Astronger
C#mI don't wanna F#mwait until the Dstorm
There's something D/F#wrong
And now you're Bmgone
And I can't Afind ya
[Chorus]
[After Chorus]

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Tell You Something

by Alicia Keys

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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D/F#

C#m

F#m

[Verse]

D G Bm A

Guess I'm caught up everyday

D G Bm A

Tryin' to keep it all together

D G Bm A

While the time just slips away

D G Bm A

See I know nothing lasts forever

[Prechorus]

D G Bm

Imagine there was no tomorrow

A D

imagine that I couldn't see your face

D G Bm

There'd be no limit to my sorrow

So all I can say

[Chorus]

D G

I wanna tell you something

Give you something

A D

Show you in so many ways

D G

Cuz it would all mean nothing

If I don't say something

Before it all goes away

D/F# G

Don't wanna wait to bring you flowers

Waste another hour

Let alone another day

D G

I'm gonna tell you something

Show you something

Won't wait til it's too late

[After Chorus]

D G Bm A

I can't wait, I can't wait, I won't wait, I don't wanna wait

D G Bm A

I can't wait, I can't wait, I won't wait, I don't wanna wait

I won't wait til it's too late

[Verse] (same chords)

Just a simple conversation (..sation)

Just a moment is all it takes (yeah)

I wanna be there just to listen

(I wanna be here)

And I don't wanna hesitate (oh no)

[Prechorus] (same chords)

Imagine there was no tomorrow (imagine)

Imagine that I couldn't see your face (your face)

There'd be no limit to my sorrow (oh no)

Cuz there is nothing that can fill this space

Bm G

I don't wanna put it off for too long

D/F# A

I didn't say all that I had to say

Bm G

I wanna take the time to right the wrongs

D/F# A

Before we get to the place

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

Bm G

Just lean on my shoulder

D/F# A

It's not over til it's over

Don't worry bout it

G D/F#

Cuz I'm gonna make sure

I'm gonna get stronger

C#m F#m D

I don't wanna wait until the storm

D/F#

There's something wrong

And now you're gone

And I can't find ya

[Chorus]

[After Chorus]

About Tell You Something Chords by Alicia Keys

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What key is "Tell You Something" in?

The chords for "Tell You Something" show the original chord names (including D, G, Bm, A, D/F#, C#m). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.