Chord Booklet

James Morrison

10 songs|49 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

D/F

C#m7

F#m7

Bm7

Bbm

Ebm

Em7

B/D

C#m

F#m

G#m

A/B

C/E

G#7

Fm7

G/B

Dm7

G/F

D#7

C#dim

Once When I Was Little

Key: EmHard

D/F

EmCGD/F

Verse 1

Em I was the one who would Calways jump in Gfirst D/F

Em I didn't think Ctwice to look beGhind D/F

Em Got such a good Cfeeling, just from Gplaying in the dirt D/F

EmOnce when CI was Glittle D/F

Verse 2

Em We could build a Crocket, fly to the Gmoon D/F

Em Leave Tuesday mCorning, and beG back for noon D/F

Em There wasn't nCothing, noGthing that we couldn't do D/F

Oh, Emonce when CI was Glittle, D/Fmmm, Emonce when CI was Glittle

And yeah I could Cdream more then,D I could beEmlieve more thenG7

That the Cworld could Bmonly get Dbetter

I could be Cfree more then,D I could preEmtend more thenG7

That this Clife could Bmonly show me Dgood times

Once when I was Clittle

EmCGD/F

Verse 3

Em There was a time when IC trusted everyGone D/F

Em There was no pClace that I wouldn?t Bmgo

C Spend all day on the Dhillside next to tEmhe barley F7mow

Oh, Emonce when CI was Glittle, yD/Feah Emonce when CI was Glittle

Chorus

Yeah I could Cdream more then,D and I belEmieved more thenG7

That the Cworld would Bmonly get D7better

I could be Cfree more then,D and I could preEmtend more thenG7

That this Clife could Bmonly show me Dgood times

Once when I was Amlittle

I used to feel so D/Fstrong

Even when they F7tell me, tell me I was E7wrong

That I can't live in a Ammagic world

Cause it's time for me to growD up

And I got to be like the Grest of them

When I F7know things have been E7lost, oh

Chorus

I could preCtend more then,D and I could beEmlieve more thenG7

That the Cworld, it would Bmonly get Dbetter

Whoa, I could beClieve more then, yes I Dcould

And I could preEmtend more theG7n

That this Clife, it could Bmonly show me Dgood times

Once when I was Clittle Em C G D/F

Em So here comes the Cnext one, the next in Gline D/F

Em Stay as young as you Ccan, for the longeGst time D/F

Em Cause those days flew Cby like a bGreeze just passing through D/F

EmOnce when CI was Glittle.

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Dont Wanna Lose You Now

Key: EHard

C#m7

F#m7

Bm7

(bass)

When I Ahold you

D It don't feel quite like it Aused to do

OhD, something just ain?t right

When you Ahold me

D Even though you're right there, still feels kinda Alonely

Oh, familDiarity can leave you blind

Sometimes you A7can't see what?s there right in front of your eyes

You D7won't miss the water 'til the well runs dry

A7Never gonna know what we got 'til it's gone

How could D7something so right be so wrong?

A7Why can't we try and save it?

Let's not D7wait until there's nothing left

Woah, A7I, I?m tired of playing it cool

I just D7gotta get it off of my chCest

I don?t wanna A7lose you now

So Gtell me we can Dwork it out

I know we took the A7long way 'round

But GI don?t wanna Dlose you, lose you

Oh, reAmind me

D How you can shake my world with a kiss so Asoftly

Oh, it Ddoesn't have to be so hard

Let me Aremind you

That there's a Dlittle piece of heaven for us I know

But it Atakes two

Oh, Dwhy's it have to feel so far?

Sometimes you A7can't see what?s there right in front of your eyes

You D7won't miss the water 'til the well runs dry

A7Never gonna know what we got 'til it's gone

How could D7something so right beC so wrong?

A7Why can't we try and save it?

Let's not D7wait until there's nothing left

Woah, A7I, I?m tired of playing it cool

I just D7gotta get it off of my chCest

I don?t wanna A7lose you now

So Gtell me we can Dwork it out

I know we took the A7long way 'round

But GI don?t wanna Dlose you, lose you

C#m7Ah, F#m7ah, why should I Bm7wait so long?

If C#m7I've been looking F#m7somewhere else

When you were Bm7right here, right here all E7along, oh

Sometimes you A7can't see what?s there right in front of your eyes

You D7won't miss the water 'til the well runs dry

A7Never gonna know what we got 'til it's gone

N.C.

How could something so right be so wrong?

A7Why can't we try and save it?

Let's not D7wait until there's nothing left

Woah, A7I, I?m tired of playing it cool

I just D7gotta get it off of my chCest

I don?t wanna A7lose you now

So Gtell me we can Dwork it out

I know we took the A7long way 'round

But GI don?t wanna Dlose you, lose you

No, I don't wanna A7lose you now

And Ggirl, I'm gonna Dlove you loud

I know we took the A7long way 'round

But GI don't wanna Dlose you, lose you

Oh, A7take my hand now

D7Make you feel like you A7used to

Such a good feeling for D7you, baby

You don't wanna A7throw away the D7love we made, A7do you?

You don't wanna throw it all away, D7do you?

Oh, I don't wanna A7lose yCou

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Wonderful world

Key: BbmHard

Bbm

Ebm

Em7

BbmI've been down so lowAb people look at me and they know

They Gbcan tell sometDbhing is wrong

LikGbe I don'Dbt belong

BbmWell, staring through a windoAbw standing outside there just to happy to care tonight

GbI wanna beDb like Gbthem but IDb'll mess it up again

AbI tripped on my way in, got kicked outside, everybody saw

GbAnd I know that it's aDb wonderful world

But I cant feeAbl it right now

Well, IGb thought I wDbas doing well but AbI just want to cry now

Well EbmI know that its Bbma wonderful wEbmorldEm from thFme sky down to the sea

But I Bbmcan only seAbe it whGben you're heDbre, heFre with me

BbmSometimes I feel so fAbull of love it just comes spilling out

It'Gbs uncomfortDbable to see GbI give Dbit away so easily

BbmBut if I had someone I Abwould do anything I'd never nevGber never never let you feel alone

I wDbont, I wGbont leave yDbou on your own

AbWho am I to dream, dreams are for fools, they let you down

GbAnd I know that it's aDb wonderful world

But I cant feeAbl it right now

Well, GbI thought I Dbwas doing well butAb I just want to cry now

Well EbmI know that its Bbma wonderful wEbmorldEm from theFm sky down to the sea

But I caBbmn only see Abit whenGb you're hereDb, hereF with me

AAnd DbI wish that IB could Amake it better

I'd giveB anytGbhing for yoDbu to call me

DbMaybe jusBt a littlAe letter

Oh it coEm7uld startAb again

GbAnd I know that it's aDb wonderful world

But I cant feeAbl it right now

Well, GbI thought I Dbwas doing well butAb I just want to cry now

Well EbmI know that its Bbma wonderful wEbmorldEm from theFm sky down to the sea

But I cBbman only seeAb it wheGbn you're herDbe, herFe with me

And GbI know that its a wondDberful world

I cant feel Abit right now

I gotGb all the rigDbht clothes to wearAb I just wanna cry now

I kEbmnow that it's a Bbmwonderful worEbmld fEmrom the sFmky down to the sea

But I Bbmcan only seAbe it whGben you're heDbre, heFre with me

And GbI know that Abit's a GbwondeBrful world

When you'rDbe with me

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Man In The Mirror

Key: EHard

B/D

C#m7

C#m

F#m

G#m

A/B

C/E

EI'mB/D gonna mC#m7ake a change,

for Bonce im myA9 life

It's gonna Efeel real B/Dgood,

gonna C#m7make a diference

BGonna make it riA9ght...

As I, Eturn B/Dup the collar on

C#mmy favorite wiBnter coat

TA9his wind is blowing my mind

I seeE the kidsB/D in the streets,

C#mwith not enought to eat

WhoB am I A9 to be blind?

Pretending not to see their needs

F#mA summer disG#mregard,

a broA9ken bottle top

And a one mG#man soul

F#mThey follow eG#mach other on the wind ya' know

'Cause A9they got A/Bnowhere to go

That's why I want you to know

EI'F#mm starting withG#m the man iA/Bn the mirror

EI'F#mm asking hiG#mm to changA/Be his ways

EAnd no F#mmessage could have Abeen any clearer

B7If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

E(NB/Da na C#mna, Bna naA9 na, na na, na nah)

EI've bB/Deen a victiC#mm of a seBlfish kind of love

A9It's time that I realize

EThatB/D there C#mare some with no home, not a nickel to loan

BCould iA9t be really me pretending that they're not alone?

F#mA willow G#mdeeply scarred, somebody's broken heart

A9And a G#mwashed-out dream

F#mThey folG#mlow the pattern of the wind ya' see

'CausA9e they got no place to be

A/BThat's why I'm starting with me

EI'F#mm starting withG#m the man iA/Bn the mirror

EI'F#mm asking hiG#mm to changA/Be his ways

EAnd no F#mmessage could have Abeen any clearer

B7If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

FI'Gmm starting witBbh the man iCn the mirror

FI'm askGming him to Bbchange his waCys

FAnd no G#mmessage could have Bbbeen any clearer

C7If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

You gotta get it right, while you got the time

Then you close your... mind!

FI'Gmm starting witBbh the man iCn the mirror

FI'm askGming him to Bbchange his waCys

FAnd no G#mmessage could have Bbbeen any clearer

C7If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

FC/E

DmCBb

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Too Late For Lullabies

Key: GMedium

IGt's a sad song that has no Fmend

It's a blCmeeding heart that never meDnds

A minorG miracle we can still preFmtend

After so lCmong D

Did the apGple fall too far from the treFme?

Did we geCmt lost in the space in-betDween?

But the roGots that we buried soFm deep

Will always be stCmrong D

Too late for lGullabiFmes

Too soon for iCmt alriDght

Love takes its tGoll someFmtimes

Let's staCmrt a clean slate, mistakes are momAents in tiDme

For evGery time you ever raised up your hFmand

I'll giveCm you mine to show you I undeDrstand

You taught me to fGly by leFmarning to fCmall

Ooo Dyeah

Love bGurns when it's in the bFmlood

And God knoCmws I burnt you the best I coDuld

How can tGhree words be so misundFmerstood?

We got it so wrCmong D

Yeah the greatest gifGt that you ever gave toFm me

You don't know your streCmngth 'till you've faced defeDat

So when everything'sG just out of reaFmch

Keep holding Cmon D

Too late for lGullabiFmes

Too soon for iCmt alriDght

Love takes its tGoll someFmtimes

Let's staCmrt a clean slate, mistakes are momAents in tiDme

For evGery time you ever raised up your hFmand

I'll giveCm you mine to show you I undeDrstand

You taught me to fGly by leFmarning to fCmall

We built a brFmick wall but it's all for noCmthing

Only brFmidges will cross this divDide

We bothFm know this road leads to nowhCmere

ThereFm is nothing left for you to hiGde

Too late for lGullabiFmes

Too soon for iCmt alriDght

Love takes its tGoll someFmtimes

Let's staCmrt a clean slate, mistakes are momAents in tiDme

For evGery time you ever raised up your hFmand

I'll giveCm you mine to show you I undeDrstand

You taught me to fGly by leFmarning to fCmall

Ooo Dyeah

Too late for lGullabiFmes

Too soon for iCmt alriDght

Love takes its tGoll someFmtimes

Let's staCmrt a clean slate, mistakes are momAents in tiDme

For evGery time you ever raised up your hFmand

I'll giveCm you mine to show you I undeDrstand

You taught me to fly Gby learnFming to fall Cm

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One Life

Key: AmMedium

When I wasAm a young boFy

IC was living for the moment

GThe world was wide open

I hadAm every cFhoice

CBut with so many choices

I Gjust didn't know what to do now

AAmll I say is just Fforget it

If you tell me IC'll regret it Just let it be what it is

GCoz it's so easy to say

ICf I knew yFesterday what IAm know today

GWhere would I be tomorrow

CI won't let my sFoul slide away

I'd do Amwhatever it takes

Coz this time's only Gborrowed

I got Fone life, oCne life, oGne life

AAmnd I'm gonna live it

I got Fone life, Cone life, Gone life

AAmnd I'm gonna live it right

My daddy sAmat me downF

He said "CSon, it's probably time to start Gmaking some plans"

And I said Am"No, not right Fnow"

With Cso many choices

IG just didn't know what to do now

AlAml I say is just forget Fit

If you tell me I'll rCegret it

Just let it be what it iGs Coz it's so easy to say

ICf I knew yFesterday what I Amknow today

Where would I Gbe tomorrow

CI won't let my Fsoul slide away

I'd Amdo whatever it takes

Coz this time's only bGorrowed

I got Fone life, Cone life, Gone life

AAmnd I'm gonna live it

I got Fone life, Cone life, Gone life

AAmnd I'm gonna live it right

You say Fthe more you Emthink

You Dmknow what's righCt

TheF less you Emdo

What you Dmfeel insideC

So I Fwon't Empretend that I Dmalways knCow

I just Ffollow my Emheart wDmherever it gCoes

And I Fmay not aEmlways geDmt it rigCht

But at least I'm lDmiving coz I've only got this...

One lFife, one Clife, one Glife

IAm've got this one life

IfC I knew yesteFrday what IAm know today

WhGere would I be tomorrow

I Cwon't let my soul Fslide away

I'd do Amwhatever it takes

Coz this time's only borGrowed

I got Fone life, one Clife, one Glife

AnAmd I'm gonna live it

I got Fone life, one Clife, one Glife

And I'Amm gonna live it right

When I'm Aman old maFn

Hope I'll be Crocking in my chair

SGmiling to myself

I'll tell myAm baby girlF

You onlyC got one life

GSo make sure you live it right C

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Please Don't Stop The Rain

Key: BbmHard

Bbm

Ebm

G#m

BbmCEbmBbmG#m

BbmI don't know where I crossed the lCine

Was it Ebmsomething that I said

Or Bbmdidn't say this tGime

BbmAnd I don't know if it's mCe or you

But I Ebmcan see the skies are changing

In all the Bbmshades of bGlue

FAnd I don't know which way iGt's gonna go

CIf it's gonna be a rainy day F

There's nothing we can do to make it changeBbm

We can pray for sunny weatherG

But that won't stop the rainC

Feeling like you got no place to runF

I can be your shelter 'til it's doneBbm

We can make this last forever G

So please don't stop the rainC

(Let it fall, let it faFll, let it fall)

Please don't stop the rainBbm

(Let it fall, let it falGl, let it fall)

Please don't stop the rain Bbm

I thought that time was on our Cside

I've put in Ebmfar too many years

To Bbmlet this pass us bGy

BbmYou see live is a crazy tChing

There'll be Ebmgood time and there'll be bad times

And Bbmeverything in bGetween

FAnd I don't know wGhich way it's gonna go

CIf it's gonna be a rainy day F

Bmb

There's nothing we can do to make it change

We can pray for sunny weatherG

But that won't stop the rainC

Feeling like you got no place to runF

I can be your shelter 'til it's doneBbm

We can make this last forever G

So please don't stop the rainC

(Let it fall, let it falFl, let it fall)

Please don't stop the rainBbm

(Let it fall, let it falGl, let it fall)

Please don't stop the rain

EbmOh we're a liCttle cloGser now

EbmAnd finding wChat life's itG's all about

EbmYeah I know you just can't sBbmtand it

When Cthings don't go your wGay

But Ebmwe've got no control over what hGappens anyway

CIf it's gonna be a rainy day F

There's nothing we can do to make it changeBbm

We can pray for sunny weatherG

But that won't stop the rainC

Feeling like you got no place to runF

I can be your shelter 'til it's doneBbm

We can make this last forever G

So please don't stop the rainC

(Let it fall, let it falFl, let it fall)

Please don't stop the rainBbm

(Let it fall, let it falGl, let it fall)

Please don't stop the rainC

(Let it fall, let it falFl, let it fall)

Can't stop it, can't stop it, just can't stop the rain

Bbm(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)

Let it fall, Gplease don't stop the rain

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You Give Me Something

Key: G#Hard

G#7

Fm7

G/B

Dm7

G/F

D/F

D#7

G#7Fm7C

G#7Fm7

C You only stay with me in the mGorning G4

F You only hold me when I sG/Bleep

Am I was meant to tread the wCater C9 C

F Now Ive gotten in too deGep

Am For every piece of me that waCnts you C9

F Another pD9iecFe backs awGay

Coz Emyou Amgive me Dm7something that Gmakes me scared alEmright

this cAmould be nDm7othing but im wGilling to G/Fgive it a Emtry

Please gAmive me sDm7omething coz sGome day IG/F might kG#7noo...Fm7oow my heCart

C You only waited up for hGours G4 G

F Just to spend a little time alone with G/Bme

Am Like I said, ive never bought you fClowers C9 C

F 'cause I cant work out what they nGeed G4 G

Am I never thought that I'd love sComeone C9 C C7

F 'cause was D/Fsomeones else's drGeam...

Coz Emyou Amgive me Dm7something that Gmakes me scared alEmright

this cAmould be nDm7othing but im wGilling to G/Fgive it a Emtry

Please gAmive me soDm7mething cozG some day I mighD#7t call yoDm7u from myG4 heart

But it D#7might be a Dm7second too lCate

D#7The words that I couAld never say

Are gonnaG7 come out anyway Em

EmAmDm7G

EmCoz yoAmu give me Dm7something that G7makes me FscarEmed alright

this cAmould be nDm7othing but im wG7illing to Fgive it a Emtry

PleaseAm give me Dm7something...

Coz Emyou Amgive me Dm7something that Gmakes me scared alEmright

this cAmould be nDm7othing but im wGilling to G/Fgive it a Emtry

...

Please gAmive me sDm7omething coz sGome day IG/F might kG#7noo...Fm7oow my heCart

G#7Know my heart, Fm7know my heart, knCow my heart

G#7Fm7C

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Broken Strings

Key: AmCapo 1Medium

Let me Amhold you

For the Clast time

It's the Flast chance to feel again

But you Ambroke me

Now I Ccan't feel anyFthing Dm

When I Amlove you,

It's so Cuntrue

I Fcan't even convince myself

When I'm Amspeaking,

It's the Cvoice of someone Felse Dm

Oh it Ftears Gme Amup

I Ftry to hold Gon, but it Emhurts too much

I Ftry to forGgive, but it's Emnot enough to mFake it all okayC

You can't Dmplay on broken Amstrings

You can't Cfeel anyGthing

That your Dmheart don't want to Amfeel

I can't Ctell you something that ain't Greal

Oh the Ftruth hurts

And Amlies worse

CHow can I give anyGmore

When I Dmlove you a little Amless thanG before

Oh what Amare we Cdoing

We are Fturning into dust

Playing Amhouse in the Cruins of Fus Dm

Running Amback through the Cfire

When there's Fnothing left to save

It's like Amchasing the very Clast train when it's too Flate Dm

Oh it Ftears Gme Amup

I Ftry to hold Gon, but it Emhurts too much

I Ftry to forGgive, but it's Emnot enough to Fmake it all okayC

You can't Dmplay on broken Amstrings

You can't Cfeel anyGthing

That your Dmheart don't want to Amfeel

I can't Ctell you something that ain't Greal

Oh the Ftruth hurts

And Amlies worse

CHow can I give anyGmore

When I Dmlove you a little Amless than Gbefore

But we're Amrunning through the Cfire

When there's Fnothing left to save

It's like Amchasing the very last Ctrain

When we Fboth know it's too late (Dmtoo late)

You can't Dmplay on brokenAm strings

You can't Cfeel anyGthing

That your Dmheart don't want toAm feel

I can't Ctell you something that ain't Greal

Well thFe truth hurts

And Amlies worse

CHow can I give anyGmore

When I Dmlove you a little Amless thanG before

Oh whenDm I love you a littAmle less thaGn before

Let me Amhold you for theC last time

It's the Flast chance to feel Dmagain

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10.

Person I Should Have Been

Key: AmCapo 2Hard

C#dim

AmB7Em

AmB7CB7

I'm gonna start agEmain

This Amworld I painted B7black

Just needs some Emcolour

AmI'm gonna live my B7life like the Cother

B7Person I should have Embeen

I ain't tapping out, no no no no

To this Amdark and twisted B7dream

That's kept me Emliving

I Ampray to my soul

To B7keep it's fire Cburning

And when it C#dimdoes

B7I'm gonna let it shEmine

I'll make the Ambest of this life EmI've got left

B7Got no time for Emno regrets

Gonna Amshow you just whatG I can be

The B7person I should have Embeen

And it might take time, take time

Coz this Amlife has taken B7it right out of Emme

AmI wanna change my B7perspective of Greality

ABe a much Gbetter Cversion of me

The B7person I should have Embeen

I make the Ambest of this life EmI've got left

B7Put my sincerity Emto the test

Wake Amup my senses Gfinally

The B7water washes me Emclean

WhatAm shouldn't have been has Emall been done

IfB7 I don't get a grip

Then the Emworld has won

AmMaking me think that I'llG never be

TheB7 person I should have Embeen

Who am I noAmw?

A B7lonely man that's Emfallen down

No I can't Amchange

The B7past that time has Emall burned out

But I Cknow somC#dimewhere inside of A7me

Is the Amperson B7I could have bEmeen

Make the Ambest of this life EmI've got left

B7Got no time for Emno regrets

Gonna Amshow you just what GI can be

The B7person I should have Embeen

WhatAm shouldn't have been has Emall been done

IfB7 I don't get a grip

Then the Emworld has won

AmMaking me think that I'llG never be

TheB7 person I should have Embeen

I said theAm personEm, peB7rson I should have bEmeen

The Amperson,Em B7person I should haveEm been

The Amperson Em B7 I should have Embeen

I said theAm personEm, B7person I should haveEm been

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