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CHAPTER I
- Give Me a Chance
- Meant to Be Broken
- Simple Love
- Talkin' Bad Blues
- String of Lights
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GIVE ME A CHANCE
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For easier chords, transpose -4 and put a capo on 4th fret.
E[Verse]
EStaring at the wall
EWaiting for the day to C#m7end
Well I Eguess you missed my call
EFeeling like the lonely fC#m7riendC#7
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m7You don’t need nobody they F#7say
BYou don’t really have that time to C#m7waste
But C#m7what if there’s really someF#7body
'Cause you're Bon my mind make me waste time jusC#7t wait
[Chorus]
Give me a C#7chance if you feel my love
AOpen your heart up I'm
BWondering if you even Ecare
Give me a C#7chance and don't let go
AI want you to know I'm
BThinking of the time we could sEpend
Give me a cC#7hanceF#7
A cBhance a chance a chance of your C#7love
[Verse]
EWalking down the hall
ETempted by your ways to C#m7getC#7
And I Edon't think I recall
EHaving any time to sC#m7pend on C#7you
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m7You don’t need nobody they F#7say
BYou don’t really have that time to C#m7waste
But C#m7what if there’s really someF#7body
'Cause you're Bon my mind make me waste time jusC#7t wait
[Chorus]
Give me a C#7chance if you feel my love
AOpen your heart up I'm
BWondering if you even Ecare
Give me a C#7chance and don't let go
AI want you to know I'm
BThinking of the time we could sEpend
Give me a cC#7hanceF#7
A cBhance a chance a chance of your C#7love
[Bridge]
A7Just give me C#m7one chance baby we don't nB7eed to hesitaE7te
A7Just give me C#m7one chance baby we donB7't have the time to E7waste
A7 C#m7
B7Give me a cE7hance
A7 C#m7
B7Give me a cE7hance give me a cC#7hance
[Chorus]
And don't let go
AI want you to know I'm
BThinking of the time we could sEpend
Give me a C#7chance if you feel my love
AOpen your heart up I'm
BWondering if you even careE
Give me a cC#7hanceF#7
A cBhance a chance a chance of your C#7love
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MEANT TO BE BROKEN
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For easier chords, transpose -2 and put a capo on 2nd fret.
[Intro]
Bm7 Bm7 G F#m7
[Verse]
Finally Bm7made the divide
I was never satisfied
I kGnew what was coming
Your F#m7love so stubborn
And you're Bm7not to blame
It was written all in your name
It's just your Gimmature design
ShouF#m7ld I remind you
[Pre-chorus]
Bm7This ain't no A#race so
GDon't go cF#m7hasing my Bm7love, Gmy lovEm7e
[Chorus]
BmWhat we F#mhad was mDeant to be brGoken
BmIt's F#mno trageGdyEm7
Our Bmlove was uninsF#mpired
Your tDouch lost my deGsire
And Bmwhy can't you mF#move on naturalGlyEm7
We're meant to be bBm7rokenG F#m7
[Verse]
I aBm7pologize
Kinda cut you out of my life
But I kGnow this is for the better
Didn't need F#m7to take this any furtherEm7
[Pre-chorus]
Bm7This ain't no rA#ace so
GDon't go cF#m7hasing my Bm7love, Gmy lovEm7e
[Chorus]
BmWhat we F#mhad was mDeant to be brGoken
BmIt's F#mno trageGdyEm7
Our Bmlove was uninsF#mpired
Your tDouch lost my deGsire
And Bmwhy can't you mF#move on naturalGlyEm7
No, Bmwhy can't you mF#move on naturalGlyEm7
We're meant to be bDmaj7rokenEm7 G Em7
[Pre-chorus]
Bm7This ain't no rA#ace so
GDon't go cF#m7hasing my Bm7love, Gmy lovEm7e
[Chorus]
BmWhat we F#mhad was mDeant to be brGoken
BmIt's F#mno trageGdyEm7
Our Bmlove was uninsF#mpired
Your tDouch lost my deGsire
And Bmwhy can't you mF#move on naturalGlyEm7
No, Bmwhy can't you mF#move on naturalGlyEm7
We're meant to be bBm7rokenG F#m7
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SIMPLE LOVE
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For easier chords, transpose -3 and put a capo on 3rd fret.
[Intro]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7Boy
I'm not asking fBbmaj7or much
Here we Fmaj7sit next to each other
Should I move closer? I don't wanna Bbmaj7rushGm7
Fmaj7I'm a fan of conversation
But we don't need that complicatiBbmaj7on now
Fmaj7It's like you can read my mind
Cause you get the message sBbmaj7omehow, oh yGm7ou
[Chorus]
Let me lay my hFmaj7ead on your chest, head on your chest
Time will do the rest, Time will do the rest, Bbmaj7baby
I want your simple Gm7love
Let me my hFmaj7ead on your chest, I'll be impressed
We'll figure out the rest, just let me lay my heBbmaj7ad
Give me that simple lGm7ove
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Gm7
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7Boy
I'm not asking foBbmaj7r much
Fmaj7You don't need to buy me flowers
I just wanna stay here for hours witBbmaj7h you
Hours and hours on Gm7end, you
[Chorus]
Let me lay my hFmaj7ead on your chest, head on your chest
Time will do the rest, Time will do the rest, Bbmaj7baby
I want your simple Gm7love
Let me my hFmaj7ead on your chest, I'll be impressed
We'll figure out the rest, just let me lay my heBbmaj7ad
Give me that simple loveEbmaj7 Dbmaj7
[Bridge]
Dbmaj7And I don't even care what we doEbmaj7
Dbmaj7As long as I'm with yC7ou
Got to be with yC7ou
[Chorus]
Let me lay my hFmaj7ead on your chest, head on your chest
Time will do the rest, Time will do the rest, Bbmaj7baby
I want your simple Gm7love
Let me my hFmaj7ead on your chest, I'll be impressed
We'll figure out the rest, just let me lay my heBbmaj7ad
Give me that simple lGm7ove
One more time
Give me that simple loveFmaj7
[Outro]
Fmaj7I'm not asking for much - just your simple Bbmaj7loveGm7 Fmaj7
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TALKIN' BAD BLUES
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For easier chords, transpose -3 and put a capo on 3rd fret.
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7 Bb
[Verse]
I know tEbmaj7hey've been talking bad Bbmaj7about you
When you Ebmaj7sat there all Dbmaj7alone withBbout him
You weEbmaj7re staring at your shoes thinkiBbng
What did I do but Dm7it Dbm7wasn't Cm7you
[Chorus]
FDon't get caught up when they're talking Gmbad blues
When Fit make you Ebmaj7feel small
It doesn't have to be
GmBlues you don't Fneed them at Ebmaj7all
Why you feeling Gmblue just Flet your doubts Ebmaj7fall
GmDon't get caught Fup when they're talking Bbbad blues
[Verse]
And Ebmaj7they all saying things they Bbmaj7shouldn't
So you Ebmaj7decide that you should Dbmaj7go your separaBbte ways
'Cause whEbmaj7en life shoots those bullets you Bbdon't
Throw back a grenade Dm7you Dbm7just keCm7ep marching
[Chorus]
FDon't get caught up when they're talking Gmbad blues
When Fit make you Ebmaj7feel small
It doesn't have to be
GmBlues you don't Fneed them at Ebmaj7all
Why you feeling Gmblue just Flet your doubts Ebmaj7fall
GmDon't get caught Fup when they're talking Bbbad blues
Bb Dm7 Ebmaj7
Bb Dm7 Ebmaj7
Gm7 F Ebmaj7
Gm7 F Bb
[Bridge]
Now you Ebmaj7wipe away your tears and Bbmaj7start over
So yoEbmaj7u turn off the Dbmaj7past and focus Bbon your future
Ebmaj7Your leaving them behind
BbWell it's about time
YouDm7're Dbm7just in Cm7destill
[Chorus]
FDon't get caught up when they're talking Gmbad blues
When Fit make you Ebmaj7feel small
It doesn't have to be
GmBlues you don't Fneed them at Ebmaj7all
Why you feeling Gmblue just Flet your doubts Ebmaj7fall
GmDon't get caught Fup when they're talking Bbbad blues
Oh I said
GmDon't get caught Fup when they're talking bad
Bbmaj7Blues
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STRING OF LIGHTS
Standard Tuning
No capo
For easier chords, transpose -3 and put a capo on 3rd fret.
[Intro]
Cm Ab Fm Cm Ab Fm
[Verse]
CmStarsAb, the Fmdeepest reflections of our CmheartsAb
Just aFm, simple connection to who we Cmare
When we are who we Abwanna be
FmDancing up there in the space between and
CmEndless sFmky, Abyou and BbI
[Chorus]
We're like a string of lCmights
BurnFming up the AbdarknessBb
In the dead of nCmight
FmFeeling finally nAboticedBb
CmNot everything's Fmwhat you thinkAb
It's all about how you cBbhose to see
This lCmongFm Ab Bb
String of lCmightsAb Fm
[Verse]
CmFlasAbh, eFmverything is moving way to CmfastAb
FmEveryone's okay until they cCmrash
And collide into aAbnother light
TryFming to reach to the other side of them
CmEndless sFmky, Abyou and BbI
[Chorus]
We're like a string of lCmights
BurnFming up the AbdarknessBb
In the dead of nCmight
FmFeeling finally nAboticedBb
CmNot everything's Fmwhat you thinkAb
It's all about how you cBbhose to see
This lCmongFm Ab Bb
String of lCmightsAb Fm
We're like a string of lCmights
BurnFming up the AbdarknessBb
In the dead of nCmight
FmFeeling finally nAboticedBb
CmNot everything's Fmwhat you thinkAb
It's all about how you cBbhose to see
This lCmongFm Ab Bb
String of lCmightsAb Fm
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Chapter I
by Lindsey Lomis
Chords in this song · guitar
E
C#m7
C#7
F#7
B
A
A7
B7
E7
Bm7
G
F#m7
A#
Em7
Bm
F#m
D
Dmaj7
Fmaj7
Bbmaj7
Gm7
Ebmaj7
Dbmaj7
C7
CHAPTER I
- Give Me a Chance
- Meant to Be Broken
- Simple Love
- Talkin' Bad Blues
- String of Lights
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GIVE ME A CHANCE
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For easier chords, transpose -4 and put a capo on 4th fret.
E
[Verse]
E
Staring at the wall
E C#m7
Waiting for the day to end
E
Well I guess you missed my call
E C#m7 C#7
Feeling like the lonely friend
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m7 F#7
You don’t need nobody they say
B C#m7
You don’t really have that time to waste
C#m7 F#7
But what if there’s really somebody
B C#7
'Cause you're on my mind make me waste time just wait
[Chorus]
C#7
Give me a chance if you feel my love
A
Open your heart up I'm
B E
Wondering if you even care
C#7
Give me a chance and don't let go
A
I want you to know I'm
B E
Thinking of the time we could spend
C#7 F#7
Give me a chance
B C#7
A chance a chance a chance of your love
[Verse]
E
Walking down the hall
E C#m7 C#7
Tempted by your ways to get
E
And I don't think I recall
E C#m7 C#7
Having any time to spend on you
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m7 F#7
You don’t need nobody they say
B C#m7
You don’t really have that time to waste
C#m7 F#7
But what if there’s really somebody
B C#7
'Cause you're on my mind make me waste time just wait
[Chorus]
C#7
Give me a chance if you feel my love
A
Open your heart up I'm
B E
Wondering if you even care
C#7
Give me a chance and don't let go
A
I want you to know I'm
B E
Thinking of the time we could spend
C#7 F#7
Give me a chance
B C#7
A chance a chance a chance of your love
[Bridge]
A7 C#m7 B7 E7
Just give me one chance baby we don't need to hesitate
A7 C#m7 B7 E7
Just give me one chance baby we don't have the time to waste
A7 C#m7
B7 E7
Give me a chance
A7 C#m7
B7 E7 C#7
Give me a chance give me a chance
[Chorus]
And don't let go
A
I want you to know I'm
B E
Thinking of the time we could spend
C#7
Give me a chance if you feel my love
A
Open your heart up I'm
B E
Wondering if you even care
C#7 F#7
Give me a chance
B C#7
A chance a chance a chance of your love
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MEANT TO BE BROKEN
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For easier chords, transpose -2 and put a capo on 2nd fret.
[Intro]
Bm7 Bm7 G F#m7
[Verse]
Bm7
Finally made the divide
I was never satisfied
G
I knew what was coming
F#m7
Your love so stubborn
Bm7
And you're not to blame
It was written all in your name
G
It's just your immature design
F#m7
Should I remind you
[Pre-chorus]
Bm7 A#
This ain't no race so
G F#m7 Bm7 G Em7
Don't go chasing my love, my love
[Chorus]
Bm F#m D G
What we had was meant to be broken
Bm F#m G Em7
It's no tragedy
Bm F#m
Our love was uninspired
D G
Your touch lost my desire
Bm F#m G Em7
And why can't you move on naturally
Bm7 G F#m7
We're meant to be broken
[Verse]
Bm7
I apologize
Kinda cut you out of my life
G
But I know this is for the better
F#m7 Em7
Didn't need to take this any further
[Pre-chorus]
Bm7 A#
This ain't no race so
G F#m7 Bm7 G Em7
Don't go chasing my love, my love
[Chorus]
Bm F#m D G
What we had was meant to be broken
Bm F#m G Em7
It's no tragedy
Bm F#m
Our love was uninspired
D G
Your touch lost my desire
Bm F#m G Em7
And why can't you move on naturally
Bm F#m G Em7
No, why can't you move on naturally
Dmaj7 Em7 G Em7
We're meant to be broken
[Pre-chorus]
Bm7 A#
This ain't no race so
G F#m7 Bm7 G Em7
Don't go chasing my love, my love
[Chorus]
Bm F#m D G
What we had was meant to be broken
Bm F#m G Em7
It's no tragedy
Bm F#m
Our love was uninspired
D G
Your touch lost my desire
Bm F#m G Em7
And why can't you move on naturally
Bm F#m G Em7
No, why can't you move on naturally
Bm7 G F#m7
We're meant to be broken
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SIMPLE LOVE
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For easier chords, transpose -3 and put a capo on 3rd fret.
[Intro]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7
Boy
Bbmaj7
I'm not asking for much
Fmaj7
Here we sit next to each other
Bbmaj7 Gm7
Should I move closer? I don't wanna rush
Fmaj7
I'm a fan of conversation
Bbmaj7
But we don't need that complication now
Fmaj7
It's like you can read my mind
Bbmaj7 Gm7
Cause you get the message somehow, oh you
[Chorus]
Fmaj7
Let me lay my head on your chest, head on your chest
Bbmaj7
Time will do the rest, Time will do the rest, baby
Gm7
I want your simple love
Fmaj7
Let me my head on your chest, I'll be impressed
Bbmaj7
We'll figure out the rest, just let me lay my head
Gm7
Give me that simple love
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Gm7
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7
Boy
Bbmaj7
I'm not asking for much
Fmaj7
You don't need to buy me flowers
Bbmaj7
I just wanna stay here for hours with you
Gm7
Hours and hours on end, you
[Chorus]
Fmaj7
Let me lay my head on your chest, head on your chest
Bbmaj7
Time will do the rest, Time will do the rest, baby
Gm7
I want your simple love
Fmaj7
Let me my head on your chest, I'll be impressed
Bbmaj7
We'll figure out the rest, just let me lay my head
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7
Give me that simple love
[Bridge]
Dbmaj7 Ebmaj7
And I don't even care what we do
Dbmaj7 C7
As long as I'm with you
C7
Got to be with you
[Chorus]
Fmaj7
Let me lay my head on your chest, head on your chest
Bbmaj7
Time will do the rest, Time will do the rest, baby
Gm7
I want your simple love
Fmaj7
Let me my head on your chest, I'll be impressed
Bbmaj7
We'll figure out the rest, just let me lay my head
Gm7
Give me that simple love
One more time
Fmaj7
Give me that simple love
[Outro]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Gm7 Fmaj7
I'm not asking for much - just your simple love
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TALKIN' BAD BLUES
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For easier chords, transpose -3 and put a capo on 3rd fret.
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7 Bb
[Verse]
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
I know they've been talking bad about you
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7 Bb
When you sat there all alone without him
Ebmaj7 Bb
You were staring at your shoes thinking
Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7
What did I do but it wasn't you
[Chorus]
F Gm
Don't get caught up when they're talking bad blues
F Ebmaj7
When it make you feel small
It doesn't have to be
Gm F Ebmaj7
Blues you don't need them at all
Gm F Ebmaj7
Why you feeling blue just let your doubts fall
Gm F Bb
Don't get caught up when they're talking bad blues
[Verse]
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
And they all saying things they shouldn't
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7 Bb
So you decide that you should go your separate ways
Ebmaj7 Bb
'Cause when life shoots those bullets you don't
Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7
Throw back a grenade you just keep marching
[Chorus]
F Gm
Don't get caught up when they're talking bad blues
F Ebmaj7
When it make you feel small
It doesn't have to be
Gm F Ebmaj7
Blues you don't need them at all
Gm F Ebmaj7
Why you feeling blue just let your doubts fall
Gm F Bb
Don't get caught up when they're talking bad blues
Bb Dm7 Ebmaj7
Bb Dm7 Ebmaj7
Gm7 F Ebmaj7
Gm7 F Bb
[Bridge]
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
Now you wipe away your tears and start over
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7 Bb
So you turn off the past and focus on your future
Ebmaj7
Your leaving them behind
Bb
Well it's about time
Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7
You're just in destill
[Chorus]
F Gm
Don't get caught up when they're talking bad blues
F Ebmaj7
When it make you feel small
It doesn't have to be
Gm F Ebmaj7
Blues you don't need them at all
Gm F Ebmaj7
Why you feeling blue just let your doubts fall
Gm F Bb
Don't get caught up when they're talking bad blues
Oh I said
Gm F
Don't get caught up when they're talking bad
Bbmaj7
Blues
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STRING OF LIGHTS
Standard Tuning
No capo
For easier chords, transpose -3 and put a capo on 3rd fret.
[Intro]
Cm Ab Fm Cm Ab Fm
[Verse]
Cm Ab Fm Cm Ab
Stars, the deepest reflections of our hearts
Fm Cm
Just a, simple connection to who we are
Ab
When we are who we wanna be
Fm
Dancing up there in the space between and
Cm Fm Ab Bb
Endless sky, you and I
[Chorus]
Cm
We're like a string of lights
Fm Ab Bb
Burning up the darkness
Cm
In the dead of night
Fm Ab Bb
Feeling finally noticed
Cm Fm Ab
Not everything's what you think
Bb
It's all about how you chose to see
Cm Fm Ab Bb
This long
Cm Ab Fm
String of lights
[Verse]
Cm Ab Fm Cm Ab
Flash, everything is moving way to fast
Fm Cm
Everyone's okay until they crash
Ab
And collide into another light
Fm
Trying to reach to the other side of them
Cm Fm Ab Bb
Endless sky, you and I
[Chorus]
Cm
We're like a string of lights
Fm Ab Bb
Burning up the darkness
Cm
In the dead of night
Fm Ab Bb
Feeling finally noticed
Cm Fm Ab
Not everything's what you think
Bb
It's all about how you chose to see
Cm Fm Ab Bb
This long
Cm Ab Fm
String of lights
Cm
We're like a string of lights
Fm Ab Bb
Burning up the darkness
Cm
In the dead of night
Fm Ab Bb
Feeling finally noticed
Cm Fm Ab
Not everything's what you think
Bb
It's all about how you chose to see
Cm Fm Ab Bb
This long
Cm Ab Fm
String of lights
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