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You Were There by Southern Sons
You Were There
(The chords are not in the same pitch as the song.
The song actually has a C, F, G progression.
But I could not find a couple of the chords where
it starts with "Or the magic in your hands...".
So I decided to start with E instead)
E A D G B E
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
B: x-2-4-4-4-2
F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D: x-x-0-3-2-3
E A B
I guess you've heard
E
I guess you know
A
In time I'd have told you
B E
But I guess I'm too slow
A
It's overly romantic
B E
But I know that it's real
A
I hope you don't mind
B E
If I say what I feel
A B
It's like I'm in somebody else's dream
A B
This could not be happening to me
Chorus:
E F#m A
But you were there
B E F#m
And you were everything I've never seen
A B A E
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
A
I was alone
B E
I opened my eyes and you were there
.
.
.
B E
Can I take your smile home with me
C D
Or the magic in your hands
.
.
.
B A
I opened my eyes and no
E
I'm not alone
A
No, I'm not alone
B E A B E
I opened my eyes and you were there
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version 2
Drop C Tuning: Tune the low E way down to low C
Tuning: CADGBE
Chords: C 032010
C9 032033
Csus4 032011
Am x0555x
Dm7 2x0211 (Use Thumb on the last string “C”)
G7 7x076x
G 7x040x
Gsus4 7x050x
G/B x2003x
Gm7 7xx766 (Use Thumb on the last string “C”)
F xx3211
F/A x03211
F#/Bb x1xx2x
F6 5x353x
F6/A x0323x
Fm7 5xx544 (Use Thumb on the last string “C”)
Em7 4x203x
Legend: ~ to slide up the chord
Intro: C-Dm7-F/A-F#/Bb~G/B-C-C9,C-Am-G7
C Am
I guess you've heard
G7 C
I guess you know
Am
In time I might have told you
G7 C
But I guess I'm too slow
Am
It's overly romantic
G7 C
But I know that it's real
Am
I hope you don't mind
G7 C
If I say what I feel
F G,Gsus4,G
It's like I'm in somebody else's dream
F G,Gsus4,G
This could not be happening to me
C Dm7
But you were there
F/A F#/Bb~G/B C C9,C
And you were everything I'd never seen
Am G7 Dm7 Em7
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
F6
I was alone
Gsus4 G C-C9,C-Am-G7
I opened my eyes and you were there.
C Am G7 C
Don't be alarmed, no don't be concerned.
Am
I don't want to change things
G7 C
Leave them just as they were.
Am
I mean nothing's really different
G7 C
It's me who feel strange.
Am
I'm always lost for words when
G7
Someone mentions your name.
F G,Gsus4,G
I know that I'll get over this for sure
F G,Gsus4,G
I'm not the type who dreams there could be more.
C Dm7
But you were there
F/A F#/Bb~G/B C C9,C
And you were everything I'd never seen
Am G7 Dm7 Em7
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
F6
I was alone
Gsus4 G F
I opened my eyes and you were there.
F G C Csus4,C
Can I take your smile home with me,
F G Fm7-Gm7-C-C9,C-Am-G7 hold
or the magic in your hair?
C Am G7 C
The rain has stopped, the storm has passed
Am G7 C
Look at all the colors now the sun's here at last.
Am G7 C
I suppose that you'll be leaving but I want you to know
Am G7
Part of you stays with me even after you go.
F G,Gsus4,G
Like an actor playing someone else's scene
F G,Gsus4,G
This could not be happening to me.
C Dm7
But you were there
F/A F#/Bb~G/B C C9,C
And you were everything I'd never seen
Am G7 Dm7 Em7
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
F6
I was alone
Gsus4 G Dm7
I opened my eyes and I’m,
Em7 F6
I'm not alone, no, I'm not alone.
Gsus4 G C-C9,C-F6/A-Gsus4,G,C-C9,C
I opened my eyes and you were there.
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version 3
Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
b|--1--------1-----------1--1--------1--3--------3--------1--3-----3--1-----------1-----------3-----|
g|--0-----0-----------------2-----2-----------0--------0-----------------0--------2-----------0-----| Repeat this
d|-----2--------3--2--3--------3-----------0-----------------------------------3-----3-----0-----0--| twice
a|--3-----------0-----------------------------------3--------------------------3--------------------|
e|--------------------------1-----------3-----------------------------------1-----------3-----------|
Verse:
C Am G
I guess you've heard
C
I guess you know
C Am
In time I'd have told you
G C
But I guess I'm too slow
C Am
It's overly romantic
G C
But I know that it's real
C Am
I hope you don't mind
G C
If I say what I feel
Refrain:
F G C
It's like I'm in somebody else's dream
F G
This could not be happening to me
Chorus:
C Am F
But you were there
G C Am
And you were everything I've never seen
F G F G
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
F
I was alone
G C
I opened my eyes and you were there
[Now use the "verse/refrain/chorus sequence" then follow it with the "bridge" chords]
Bridge:
G C F
Can I take your smile home with me
G G# A# C F G
Or the magic in your hands
[Then repeat the "verse/refrain/chorus sequence" again and connect it to this
"I opened my eyes and no-no thingy" or "Coda" or sumthin' like that (you know what
I mean dont you?)]
Coda-thingy: (I don't know!)
G F
I opened my eyes and no
C
I'm not alone
F
No, I'm not alone
G C F G C
I opened my eyes and you were there
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version 4
Intro:
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B:--1--------1-----------------------------------------|
G:--------0--------------5--5--------5-5/7---------7---|
D:-----2--------3--2--3--------3--3---------5--5-------|
A:--3-----------5--------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------5----------5/7-------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------1|
B:---------------8-------------------5-------------1|
G:------------7-----7----------------5---------4----|
D:--------10-----------10---------3-----------------|
A:-----7--------------------------------------------|
E:--8--------------------------5---------5--3-------|
Verse:
E:------------0---------------------1---------------0---|
B:--------8---------6--5------------1-----------8-------|
G:--------7------------5--------4---------------7-------|
D:------------------3-----------------------------------|
A:-----7-------------------------------------7----------|
E:--8------------5--------5--3---------3--8-------------|
E:-----0----0----------------------1-------------------|
B:--8----8-----------5-------------1------------8------|
G:--7----7-----------5---------4----------------7------|
D:----------------3------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------7---------|
E:--8----------5---------5--3---------3--8---------8---|
Refrain:
E:---------------3------------------------|
B:-----1---------------------1-----0------|
G:--------0--2---------------0-----0------|
D:---------------------------------0------|
A:----------------------------------------|
E:--1------------1------3-----------------|
E:-------------------3-------------------3----3--------|
B:---------------3--------------------3-------3--------|
G:---------0h2--------------------------------4--------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------|
E:--3--1---------1---1--------1---3--------------------|
(Repeat Intro Chords for Chorus)
E:------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------------------|
G:--5---------5--------5------7---------7--------7------|
D:------3-5---------3-------------5-7---------5---------|
A:--5------------5------------7------------7------------|
E:------------------------------------------------------|
long and empty sleep I was a lone
E------------------------------------3-----3---------------|
B:--3---------3--------3---------3---------3---------------|
G:------0-2---------2----------------------4---------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|
E:--1-------------------------3----------------------------|
I opened my eyes and you were
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------8-------------------------------------|
G-------------7-----7----------------5-----4-----------|
D:--------10-----------10---------3---------5----------|
A:-----7-----------------------------------------------|
E:--8--------------------------5------------3----------|
there.
Bridge:
E:------------------------------------------------------|
B:--1---------------------------3-----------------------|
G:--2--0--2--------2------------0------------2--4-4-----|
D:-----------------3------------------------------------|
A:------------------------------------------------------|
E:--1--------1--1------------1--3---------3--3----------|
E:--------------1-----0------------------------------------|
B:--------1-----3-----1------------------1--1-----------3--|
G:--------0-----------------2-----------------2---------0--|
D:-----2--------------------3------------------------------|
A:--3------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------1--------1--1-----------1--3--|
E:--------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------|
G:--8-----------8--------8-8-----8------------------|
D:-------5-6--------6-------------------------------|
A:--8-----------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------|
G:--10----------10--------10-10----10-----------------|
D:-------7-8---------8--------------------------------|
A:--10------------------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
E:----------------1-----1----------------------------|
B:--6------5------1------------------------8--8------|
G:--5------5------------4---------------7--------7---|
D:-----------------------------------10--------------|
A:--------------------------------7------------------|
E:--5----------5--3------------8---------------------|
E:------------[3]-------------------------------------|
B:-------[3]------------------------------------------|
G:--[5]-----------------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------|
A:----------------------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------|
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
x = dead string
TAP= tapping the string/strings
() = natural harmonic
[] = artificial harmonic
. = staccato effect
~~ = vibratto effect
* = how it was played
^ = strum
___= Let ring (strike the 1st note and let it ring up to the 2nd note[without striking
2nd note]).
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version 5
C G C G C E
The guitar is tuned in an “Open C” style: [C G C F G c]. The “Live" Version, is tuned
down half a step further.
This is not the original tuning though. However, it is the first tuning style that I
experimented with that is able to give me a pretty accurate "voicing" of the guitar.
Comparing to standard tuning, the strings are tuned down as accordingly: E sting - 4
steps / A sting - 2 steps / D string - 2 steps / G string - 2 steps / B string - 4 steps /
e string - 4 steps.
The best method to tune the guitar this way other than using a guitar tuner is to first
tune the original A string down to G and adjust the rest of the strings to this
reference from there on.
h : hammer on
/ : slide
: harmonics
Intro:
|--0--------0-----------------0----|----0--------0-------0-h-2---------2----|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------0---0-------|
|--------2----------0------0-------|-------0--0-----------------------------|
|-----4----------------4-----------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----2----------------2-/-4--------------|
|--0----------------2--------------|----------------------------------------|
---------------7------------|
------------7-----7---------|
---------7-----------7------|
------0-----------------0---|
----------------------------|
--0-------------------------|
|--------4--------------7---|
|--------5--------------5---|
|-----0--------------6------|
|---------------------------|
|--2--------------0---------|
|---------------------------|
Verse:
|--------7-------------4---|---------7-------------7-------|
|--------5-------------5---|---------5-------------5-------|
|-------------------0------|------6------------------------| [Play bar 4 times]
|-----4--------------------|--------------------4------4---|
|----------------2---------|---0---------------------------|
|--0-----------------------|----------------0--------------|
|--2----------2---------2---|---------0-----------|
|------2----------------2---|---------0-------4---|
|-----2--------------2------|------0----------2---|
|---------------------------|-----------------2---|
|----------5----------------|---0-------------0---|
|--5--------------5---------|---------------------|
|--2----------2---------2---|---------7-------7---|
|------2----------------2---|---------7-------7---|
|-----2--------------2------|------6----------6---|
|---------------------------|-----------------7---|
|----------5----------------|---0-----------------|
|--5--------------5---------|---------------------|
Chorus:
[1st two bars same as Intro]...
|--0----------0---------0---|---2----------2---------2---|---2----------2---------2---|
|------0----------------0---|-------2----------------2---|-------2----------------2---|
|-----0--------------0------|------2--------------2------|------2--------------2------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------2----------------|-----------4----------------|-----------5----------------|
|--2--------------2---------|---4--------------4---------|---5--------------5---------|
|--------7------7---|----------------7-------------|----------4-------------7---|
|--------7------7---|-------------7-----7----------|----------5-------------5---|
|-----6---------6---|----------7-----------7-------|-------0-------------6------|
|---------------7---|-------0-----------------0----|----------------------------|
|--0----------------|------------------------------|----2-------------0---------|
|-------------------|---0--------------------------|----------------------------|
Middle 8 or bridge:
|--0----------0---------0---|---2------------2---------2------|---------------------7--------|
|---------------------------|--------2--------------2---------|----------12----10-------9/---|
|------2----------2---------|-------2---------------------2---|----------11-----9-------9/---|
|-----5--------------5------|---------------------------------|-------0----------------------|
|---------------------------|---0--------0-------0------------|------------------------------|
|--5--------5---------------|---------------------------------|---0--------------------------|
|--0--------------0----------0---|---2-------------2----------2---|
|--------------------------------|----------2--------------2------|
|---------2-----------2----------|-------2------------------------|
|-----5-------------------5------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---0----------0------0----------|
|--5----------5------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------3--------------3--------|
-------3---------------3----------3---|
------3---------------3----------3----|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
---5-------5-----5--------5-----------|
|--/5---------5----------------5--------|-----------------7---------|
|-------5---------------5-----------5---|--------------7-----7------|
|------5---------------5-----------5----|-----------7-----------7---|
|---------------------------------------|--------0------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--/7------7-----7---------7------------|----0----------------------|
|------------0-----------|
|------------0------4----|
|--------0----------2----|
|-------------------2----|
|--0--2-------------0----|
|------------------------|
2nd bar of verse three of "Live" version (optional):
|--------7-------------4---|---------7-------------------7---------|
|--------5-------------5---|---------5----------------0-----0------|
|-------------------0------|------6----------------7-----------7---|
|-----4--------------------|--------------------4------------------|
|----------------2---------|---0-----------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------|----------------0----------------------|
Last Chorus with Ending:
[1st two bars same as Intro]...
#
|--0----------0---------0---|---2----------2---------2---|---2----------2---------2---|
|------0----------------0---|-------2----------------2---|-------2----------------2---|
|-----0--------------0------|------2--------------2------|------2--------------2------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------2----------------|-----------4----------------|-----------5----------------|
|--2--------------2---------|---4--------------4---------|---5--------------5---------|
|--------7------7---|
|--------7------7---|
|-----6---------6---| [Repeat from #]
|---------------7---|
|--0----------------|
|-------------------|
|--------------7------------|---5---7---4---7---5---5---5---5----|----------------7------------|
|-----------7-----7---------|---0-------0-------5-------7--------|-------------7-----7---------|
|--------7-----------7------|---------------------------6--------|----------7-----------7------|
|-----0-----------------0---|---5-------4-------7-------7--------|-------0-----------------0---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--0------------------------|------------------------------------|---0-------------------------|
|-------------------------<7>---<7>---|
|-------------------<7>---------------|
|-------------<7>---------------------|
|--<7>--------------------------------|
|-------<7>---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Sequence and Lyrics:
Verse 1: I guess you’ve heard, I guess you know
In time I’d have told you, but I guess I’m too slow
And it’s overly romantic but I know that it’s real
I hope you don’t mind if I say what I feel
It’s like I’m in somebody else’s dream
This could not be happening to me
Chorus: But you were there
And you were everything I’d never seen
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
I was alone
I opened my eyes and you were there
Verse 2: Don’t be alarmed, no don’t be concerned
I don’t want to change things, leave them just as they were
I mean, nothing’s really different it’s me who feels strange
I’m always lost for words when someone mentions your name
I know that I’ll get over this for sure
I’m not the type dreams there could be more
Chorus:
Middle 8: Can I take your smile home with me
Or the magic in your hair…..
Verse 3: The rain has stopped, the storm has passed
Look at all the colors now the sun’s here at last
I suppose that you’ll be leaving but I want you to know
Part of you stays with me even after you go
Like an actor playing someone else’s scene
This could not be happening to me
Last Chorus: But you were there
And you were everything I’d never seen
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
I was alone
I opened my eyes and no, I’m not alone, I’m not alone
I opened my eyes and you were there
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