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You Were There

Key: A

Introduction: C    G/B    G/A#    Am    F/G#    G    D/F#    G/B    

difficulty
intermediate |||||
C                                    G/B  
        We made the distance,
G/A#                            Am  
        Yeah, we made the day.
F/G#                            G  
        You made all the difference
D/F#                              G/B  
     'Cause you found the way.
C                                    G/B  
        Without your wisdom
G/A#                            Am  
        Lord, where would we be
F/G#                            G  
        Lost in the wilderness,
D/F#                            G/B            Am  
        Somewhere out at sea.
  G                 Am  
        But you were there
        Bm7(5-)                                                      E4E  
        Through the days of wine and madness,
          Am            G/B    Em  A                 D                 D7  
        When I'd always ...put you down.
          G                 Am  
        You were there
        Bm7(5-)                                 E4            E  
        Through my joys and my sadness
        Am  G/B    C  D                              C  
        And you never let me down.
     (1ยบ solo)
        C  G/B  G/A#  Am  F/G#  G  D/F#  G/B  
C                                    G/B  
        You found the meaning
G/A#                            Am  
        And helped me to see
F/G#                            G  
        Where I was going to
D/F#                              G/B  
        All that I could be.
C                                    G/B  
        Without permission
G/A#                            Am  
        You turned the key.
F/G#                            G  
        You climbed the prison wall
D/F#                            G/B         Am  
        Deep inside of me.
     G                 Am  
        You were there
        Bm7(5-)                                                      E4E  
        Through the days of wine and madness
        Am            G/B    Em  A                 D                 D7  
        When I'd turn and put, put you down.
                G                 Am  
        You were there
        Bm7(5-)                                 E4            E  
        Through my joys and my sadness
        Am  G/B    C  D                              C  
        And you never let me down.
     G                 Am  
        You were there
        Bm7(5-)                                                      E4E  
        Through the days of wine and madness
        Am            G/B    Em  A                 D                 D7  
        When I'd turn and put, put you down.
                G                 Am  
        You were there
        Bm7(5-)                                 E4            E  
        Through my joys and my sadness
        Am  G/B    C  D                              C  
        And you never let me down.
        (Solo Final)
        G  Am  Bm7(5-)  E4E  Am  G/BEm  A  D  D7  
        G  Am  Bm7(5-)  E4E  Am  G/B    C  D  
                                                                             You were there.
        G  Am  Bm7(5-)  E4E  Am  G/BEm  A  D  D7  
        G  Am  Bm7(5-)  E4E  Am  G/B    C  D  
                                                                             You were there...