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Version 1
How Do I Tell You - Lizzy McAlpine
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For more accuracy, use the alternative chords:
(basically she plays the D note on the B string in most of the chords throughout the song)
Em --> Em7 : (xx2030)
C --> Cadd9 : (x32030)
D --> ??? : (xx003x)
Some chords:
G/B : (x2003x)
D/F# : (xx4232)
D#maj7 : (xx103x)
C#dim : (x42020)
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[Intro]
G Em C x2
[Verse 1]
G Em
I'm a little scared you'll leave
C
Even though you tell me you won't
G Em
I'm a little scared of being
C
Someone that you're scared to love
Am G/B
But you don't talk the way he did
C
And you don't say the things he did
D/F# Em7 D#maj7
I'm not who I was back then but still
[Verse 2]
G Em
I'm a little scared to speak
C
Cause I can't find the words to say
G Em
And I don't want to make this about me
C
I just can't hold it in today
Am G/B
But you don't play the games he did
C
And you don't make me feel like shit
D/F# Em7 D#maj7
And my mom likes you more than him but still
[Chorus]
D Em C
How do I tell you that I've come to like the pain?
D Em C
How do I tell you that I don't know what it means
Am G/B C
To be happy with somebody? Don't know anything 'bout that
Am G/B C C#dim G
Who the hell can write a love song without making it too sad?
G Em
That's all I've been
D#maj7
How do I tell you?
D#maj7 D G Em C
How do I tell you I got it from him?
G Em C
Oooh, oh, ooh
[Verse 3]
G Em
I'm a little prone to feel
C
A little overwhelmed with it all
G Em
Cause you are someone I want to know
C
And I hope you don't let me fall
D Em
You make sure I get home safe
C
And you always know what to say
D G D#
I feel like I found my place but still
[Chorus]
D Em C
How do I tell you that I've come to like the pain?
D Em C
How do I tell you that I don't know what it means
D G C
To be happy with somebody? Don't know anything 'bout that
D G C C#dim G
Who the hell can write a love song without making it too sad?
G Em
That's all I've been
D#maj7
How do I tell you?
D#maj7 D G D#maj7
How do I tell you I got it from him?
A# D G
How do I tell you I got it from him?