You Found Me by The Fray is about despair and doubt, depicting a fictional encounter with God during a moment of need. Isaac Slade wrote the song inspired by his experiences of going through hardships and questioning where God was during times of struggle.
Key: C
Introduction:
Em
C
D
2x (start "i found god" at the end of C)
C
Em
D
C
I found god On the corner of first and Amistad
Em
D
C
Where the west was all but won
Em
D
C
All alone, smoking his last cigarette
Em
D
C
I Said where you been, he said ask anything
Em
Where were you?
D
C
When everything was falling apart
Em
D
C
All my days were spent by the telephone
Em
It never rang
D
C
And all I needed was a call
Em
That never came
D
C
To the corner of first and Amistad
Em
C
G
D
Lost and insecure You found me, you found me
Em
C
G
D
Lying on the floor Surrounded, surrounded
Em
C
G
D
Whyd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Em
C
G
D
Just a little late You found me, you found me
Em
D
C
In the end everyone ends up alone
Em
D
C
Losing her, the only one whos ever known
Em
D
C
Who I am, who Im not, who I want to be
Em
D
C
No way to know how long she will be next to me
Em
C
G
D
Lost and insecure You found me, you found me
Em
C
G
D
Lying on the floor Surrounded, surrounded
Em
C
G
D
Whyd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?
Em
C
G
D
Just a little late You found me, you found me
D
C
D
Early morning, City breaks
C
Ive been calling for years and years and years and years
D
And you never left me no messages
C
You never send me no letters
D
C
You got some kind of nerve, taking all I want
Em
C
G
D
Lost and insecure You found me, you found me
Em
C
G
D
Lying on the floor Where were you, Where were you
Em
C
G
D
Lost and insecure You found me, you found me
Em
C
G
D
Lying on the floor Surrounded, surrounded
Em
C
G
D
Whyd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you?