Give Me Strength

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Step 1 / 34Position: 2
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Capo 4
Hope this isn't too confusing! Just listen to the song, you'll get it.
e|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
G|-------0-------2-------0-------0-------|
D|-------0-------0-------2-------2-------|
A|-------2-------0-------2-------3-------|
E|-------3-------2-------0-------0-------|
G D/F# Em Cadd9
e|-------7-----------| e|-------7-------7-------7-------|
B|---------8---------| B|---------8---8---8---8---------|
G|-----------7-------| G|-----------7-------7-----------|
D|-------------------| D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------| A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------| E|-------------------------------|
x16 for intro, x4 per line in chorus
x16 per line of lyrics
in the verses.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--0--0--0------------------------------------------| x2 for into
D|-------------------2--2--2--2------------------------------| and
A|-------------------------------2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3------| x2 per line
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| of verses
So that's what's played in the intro and the verses, and overtop of the chords in
the chorus. I also wrote in the chords for the verses if you don't want to deal
with the different parts (which are played at the same time)/multiple guitars.
[Verse 1]
G Em G Cadd9 G Em G Cadd9
I choked back tears today, cuz I can't begin to say
G Em D/F# Cadd9 G Em D/F# Cadd9
how much you've shaped this boy, these last ten years or more.
G Em G Cadd9 G Em G Cadd9
My friends we've seen it all, triumphs to drunken falls,
G Em D/F# Cadd9 G Em D/F# Cadd9
and our bones are broken still, but our hearts are joined until...
G Cadd9
Time slips its tired hand, into our tired hands.
G Cadd9
We've years till that day, I've so much more to say....
[Chorus]
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You give the strength to me, a strength I never had.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
I was a mess you see, I'd lost the plot so bad.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You drag me up and out, out of the darkest place.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
There's not a single doubt, when I can see your faces...
[Verse 2]
G Em G Cadd9 G Em G Cadd9
my friends we've seen it all, when it made no sense at all.
G Em D/F# Cadd9 G Em D/F# Cadd9
You dared to light my path, and found the beauty in the aftermath.
G Cadd9
let me hold you up, like you held me up.
G Cadd9
Its too long to never say this, you must know i've always thought...
[Chorus]
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You give the strength to me, a strength I never had.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
I was a mess you see, I'd lost the plot so bad.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You drag me up and out, out of the darkest place.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
There's not a single doubt, when I can see your faces...
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You give the strength to me, a strength I never had.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
I was a mess you see, I'd lost the plot so bad.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You drag me up and out, out of the darkest place.
G Em D/F# Cadd9G
(let it ring)
There's not a single doubt, when I can see your faces.

Give Me Strength chords and lyrics

Free chords for Give Me Strength by Snow Patrol. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Capo 4
Hope this isn't too confusing! Just listen to the song, you'll get it.
         G      D/F#     Em    Cadd9     
x16 for intro,                  x4 per line in chorus
x16 per line of lyrics
in the verses.
So that's what's played in the intro and the verses, and overtop of the chords in 
the chorus. I also wrote in the chords for the verses if you don't want to deal 
with the different parts (which are played at the same time)/multiple guitars.
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]

Give Me Strength Chords by Snow Patrol

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