They Weren't There Missy Higgins
This is a beautiful song, and these chords sound great acoustically or on a clean
guitar. They can be picked or strummed to add effect as the song goes on. It is in regular
no capo.
Chords:
B ? X-2-4-4-4-2---| G#m ? 3-5-5-3-3-3-| E ? 0-2-2-1-0-0---| F# - 2-4-4-3-2-2--|
Intro ? B, G#m, E, F#
[B]You breathed infinity into my world
[G#m]and time was lost up in a cloud and in a whirl.
[E] [F#]
We dug a hole in[B] the cool grey earth and lay there for the night.
Then you said, [G#m]"wait for me we'l[E]l fly the wind,
[F#] [E] [F#]
we'll grow old[B] and you'll be stronger without him" but oh,
now my world [G#m]is at your feet. I was lost and I was[E] found,
but I was alive an[F#]d now I've drowned.
[G#m]So now [E]I will be waiting for the world to h[B]ear my song
F# E, F#
so they can tell me I was wrong...
But they weren't there bene[G#m]ath your stare,
and they weren't stripped 'ti[E]ll they were bare of
any binding[B]s from the world outside that room.[F#]
And they weren't[G#m] taken by the hand
and led through [E]fields of naked land
where any pre[B]-conceived ideas were blown[F#] away...
so I c[G#m]ouldn'[F#]t say[E] "no".
B, G#m, E, F#
You sig[B]hed and I was lost in you, weeks [G#m]could've past for all I knew.
[E]You were the blanket of the over-world a[F#]nd so I couldn't say,
I wouldn't say "[B]no". But they all [G#m]said, "you're t[E]oo young to even know,
just don't let i[F#]t grow and you'l[E]l be str[F#]onger without him"
but o[B]h, now, my [G#m]world is at your feet. I w[E]as lost and I was found,
but I was a[F#]live and now I've drowned.
[G#m]So now I[E] will be waiting for the wor[B]ld to hear my song
F# E, F#
so they can tell me I was wrong...
But they weren't there bene[G#m]ath your stare,
and they weren't stripped 'ti[E]ll they were bare of
any binding[B]s from the world outside that room.[F#]
And they weren't[G#m] taken by the hand
and led through [E]fields of naked land
where any pre[B]-conceived ideas were blown[F#] away...
But they weren't there bene[G#m]ath your stare,
and they weren't stripped 'ti[E]ll they were bare of
any binding[B]s from the world outside that room.[F#]
And they weren't[G#m] taken by the hand
and led through [E]fields of naked land
where any pre[B]-conceived ideas were blown[F#] away...
so I c[G#m]ouldn'[F#]t say[E] "no".
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