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20 CLASSIC SONGS your friends will love

Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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    Iris

    Goo Goo Dolls

     

    Note: Intro’s meter changes between ¾ and 2/4, and rest is in ¾.

     

    Verse and Chorus Strum:

    D   D U D U

    1 + 2 + 3 +

     

    Intro: / Bm - - / Bsus2 - - / - - / Gmaj7 - - / G6 - - / - - /

     

    VERSE:

                   D               Em              G (x2)

    And I'd give up forever to touch you

                      Bm                      A                  G (x2)

    'Cause I know that you feel me somehow

                          D                 Em                  G (x2)

    You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be

              Bm                       A                            G (x2)

    And I don't want to go home right now

     

    VERSE:

           D           Em                         G (x2)

    And all I can taste is this moment

          Bm                   A           G (x2)

    And all I can breathe is your life

            D       Em            G (x2)

    And sooner or later it's over

             Bm                      A                     G (x2)

    I just don't want to miss you tonight

     

    CHORUS:

             Bm                          A       G (x2)

    And I don't want the world to see me

                     Bm                  A                   G (x2)

    'Cause I don't think that they'd understand

               Bm                        A                    G (x2)

    When everything's made to be broken

             Bm                       A                    G (x2)

    I just want you to know who I am

     

    Repeat Intro

     

    VERSE:

                      D                         Em                          G (x2)

    And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming

                Bm                    A                    G (x2)

    Or the moment of truth in your lies

               D                    Em                     G (x2)

    When everything feels like the movies

                         Bm                         A                  G (x2)

    Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive

     

    Chorus

     

    INSTRUMENTAL:

     

    Play twice:

    / Bm - - / Bm/C# - - / G/D - - / - - - / 

    / Bm - - / Bm/A - - / G - - / - - - /

     

    Play twice:

    Bm                Bsus2             Bsus2 Bm

    D  U  D  U        D  U  D  U        D     D

    1  +  2  +  3  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  1  +  2  +

     

    G                 Gmaj7             (riff)

    D     D  U  D  U  D     D  U  D  U  D  U  D

    1  +  2  +  3  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  1  +  2  +

     

    Bm                Bsus2             Bsus2 Bm

    D  U  D  U        D  U  D  U        D     D

    1  +  2  +  3  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  1  +  2  +

     

    / G - - / - - - / - - / G/F# - - / - - - / - - /

    / G - - / - - - / - - / Bm - - / - - - / - - /

     

    Play twice:

    / G - - / - - - / - - / G/F# - - / - - - / - - /

    / Bm - - / - - - / - - / Bm - - / - - - / - - / 

     

    Play 4x:

    / Bm - - / Bm/C# - - / G/D - - / - - - / 

    / Bm - - / Bm/A - - / G - - / - - - /

     

    Chorus

     

              Bm                       A                  G (x2)

    I just want you to know who I am   - x2

              Bm                       A                 

    I just want you to know who I am

     

    Play 4x:

    / Bm - - / Bm/C# - - / G/D - - / - - - / 

    / Bm - - / Bm/A - - / G - - / - - - /

     

     


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.