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This is an easy, tweaked acoustic version of "Tell Him" off of the Coco Summer 
Sessions album by Colbie Caillat.
I used a variation of A7, played like so:
E---|---|---|---|---|
B---|-x-|---|---|---|
G---|---|---|---|---|
A---|-x-|---|---|---|
D---|---|---|---|---|
E---|---|---|---|---|
D(232000)  A7(020200)             Em  
Let me be patient, let me be kind
Make me uAnselfish without bein' Dblind
DThough I may A7suffer, I'll envy it Emnot
And endurAe what comes, 'cause he's all that I gDot and tell him
           A(022200)
Tell him I need him
Tell him I Emlove him
And it'll bA7e alright
And Dtell Ahim
It'll be Emalright
It'll be A7alright
Now I may have faith, to make mountains fall
But if I lack love, then I am nothin' at all
If I can Agive away, everything I Empossess
But I'm without lAove then I have no hDappiness
I know I'm A7imperfect and not without Emsin
But now that I'm Aolder all childish things Dend 
and tell him
Tell him I need him
Tell him I love him and
It'll be alright
Tell him
It'll be alright
It'll be alright
DI'll never be jealous
AAnd I won't be too proud
Em'Cause love is not boastful
AOoh and love is not loud
ATell him I need him
EmTell him I love him
                              D,A,Em,Em  
Everything is gonna, gonna be alright
Ooh,
Ooh,
Now I may have wisdom and knowledge on earth
But if I speak wrong, ooh, then what is it worth?
See what we now know is nothing compared
To the love that was shown when our lives were spared and tell him
Tell him I need him
Tell him I love him and
It'll be alright
Tell him
It'll be alright
It'll be alright and
Tell him
It'll be alright
It'll be alright
Ooh

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Tell Him

by Colbie Caillat

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

This is an easy, tweaked acoustic version of "Tell Him" off of the Coco Summer

Sessions album by Colbie Caillat.

I used a variation of , played like so:

E---|---|---|---|---|

B---|-x-|---|---|---|

G---|---|---|---|---|

A---|-x-|---|---|---|

D---|---|---|---|---|

E---|---|---|---|---|

D A7 Em

(232000) (020200)

Let me be patient, let me be kind

A D

Make me unselfish without bein' blind

D A7 Em

Though I may suffer, I'll envy it not

A D

And endure what comes, 'cause he's all that I got and tell him

(022200)

Tell him I need him

Tell him I love him

And it'll be alright

D A

And tell him

It'll be alright

Now I may have faith, to make mountains fall

But if I lack love, then I am nothin' at all

A Em

If I can give away, everything I possess

A D

But I'm without love then I have no happiness

A7 Em

I know I'm imperfect and not without sin

A D

But now that I'm older all childish things end

and tell him

Tell him I need him

Tell him I love him and

It'll be alright

Tell him

It'll be alright

I'll never be jealous

And I won't be too proud

'Cause love is not boastful

Ooh and love is not loud

Tell him I need him

Tell him I love him

D A Em Em

,,,

Everything is gonna, gonna be alright

Ooh,

Now I may have wisdom and knowledge on earth

But if I speak wrong, ooh, then what is it worth?

See what we now know is nothing compared

To the love that was shown when our lives were spared and tell him

Tell him I need him

Tell him I love him and

It'll be alright

Tell him

It'll be alright

It'll be alright and

Tell him

It'll be alright

Ooh

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