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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(b5)                                         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(b5)                         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 
      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(b5)                                         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(b5)                         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(b5)                                         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(b5)                         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(b5)  E4E  Am  G/B   C  D 
                                                          You were there.

       G  Am  Bm7(b5)  E4E  Am  G/B   C  D 
                                                          You were there...