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These chords were played mainly by the piano in the song, but I like playing it 
STANDARD TUNING
NO CAPO
INTRO
D Bm Em7 G
 DI could say that I'll alwBmays be here for you,
 But Em7that would be a lie
 and quite a poGintless thing to do.
 DAnd I could say that I'll alBmways have feelings for you,
 But Em7I've got a life ahead of me
and I'm Gonly 2A2.
 GSince you've gAone I've lost that 
 Dchip on my shBmoulder,
 GSince you've Agone I feel like
 DI've gotten Bmolder
 GAnd now you're Agone it's as if the 
 whDole wide world is my Bmstage,
 GAnd now you're Agone it's like I've beenD  
 let out of my Bmcage.
D Bm Em7 G
 DYou always made it clear that yoBmu hated my friends,
 You Em7made me feel so guilty when I was
 Grunning round with them.
 DAnd everything was always aBmbout being cool,
 But Em7now I've come to realize
 there's nothing Gcool about you at Aall.
 GSince you've gAone I've lost that 
 Dchip on my shBmoulder,
 GSince you've Agone I feel like
 DI've gotten Bmolder
 GAnd now you're Agone it's as if the 
 whDole wide world is my Bmstage,
 GAnd now you're Agone it's like I've beenD  
 let out of my Bmcage.
D Bm Em7 G
D Bm Em7 G
A
 GSince you've gAone I've lost that 
 Dchip on my shBmoulder,
 GSince you've Agone I feel like
 DI've gotten Bmolder
 GAnd now you're Agone it's as if the 
 whDole wide world is my Bmstage,
 GAnd now you're Agone it's like I've beenD  
 let out of my Bmcage.
D Bm Em7 G
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I Could Say

by Lily Allen

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Em7

These chords were played mainly by the piano in the song, but I like playing it

STANDARD TUNING

NO CAPO

INTRO

D Bm Em7 G

D Bm

I could say that I'll always be here for you,

Em7

But that would be a lie

and quite a pointless thing to do.

D Bm

And I could say that I'll always have feelings for you,

Em7

But I've got a life ahead of me

G A

and I'm only 22.

G A

Since you've gone I've lost that

D Bm

chip on my shoulder,

G A

Since you've gone I feel like

D Bm

I've gotten older

G A

And now you're gone it's as if the

D Bm

whole wide world is my stage,

G A D

And now you're gone it's like I've been

let out of my cage.

D Bm Em7 G

D Bm

You always made it clear that you hated my friends,

Em7

You made me feel so guilty when I was

running round with them.

D Bm

And everything was always about being cool,

Em7

But now I've come to realize

G A

there's nothing cool about you at all.

G A

Since you've gone I've lost that

D Bm

chip on my shoulder,

G A

Since you've gone I feel like

D Bm

I've gotten older

G A

And now you're gone it's as if the

D Bm

whole wide world is my stage,

G A D

And now you're gone it's like I've been

let out of my cage.

D Bm Em7 G

G A

Since you've gone I've lost that

D Bm

chip on my shoulder,

G A

Since you've gone I feel like

D Bm

I've gotten older

G A

And now you're gone it's as if the

D Bm

whole wide world is my stage,

G A D

And now you're gone it's like I've been

let out of my cage.

D Bm Em7 G

About I Could Say Chords by Lily Allen

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The chords for "I Could Say" show the original chord names (including D, Bm, Em7, G, A). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.