She Believes In Me Chords
She Believes In Me by Abbey Lincoln is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C/G, Cm/G, G7/B, C, G/B, Am7, D7, D/C, Bm7, Em7, D4/7, F#m5-/7, B7, Em, Em7+, Em/D#, Em/D, Em6, Em/C#, D7sus4 and C/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C/G Cm/G G
G
While she lays sleeping
G7/B C
I stay out late at night and sing my songs
G/B Am7 D7 D/C Bm7
And sometimes all the nights can be so long
Em7 Am7
And it's good when I finally make it home
D4/7
All alone
D7 G
While she lays dreaming
G7/B C
I try to get undressed without the light
G/B Am7 D7 D/C Bm7
Then she quietly says how was your night
Em7 Am7
And I come to her and say it was all right -
D7 G D4/7
And I hold her tight
Chorus
G4sus G
And she believes in me
G4sus G F#m5-/7
I'll never know just what she sees in me
B7 Em Em7+ Em/D#
I told her someday if she was my girl
Em7 Em/D Em6 Em/C# Am7
I could change the world with my little songs
D4sus
I was wrong
G4sus G
But she has faith in me
G4sus G F#m5-/7
And so I go on trying faithfully
B7 Em
And who knows, maybe on some special night
Em7+ Em7 Em6
If my song is right
Am7
I will find a way
D4/7
Find a way
G
While she lays waiting
G7/B C
I stumble to the kitchen for a bite
G/B Am7 D7 D/C Bm7
Then I see my old guitar in the night
Em7 Am7
Just waiting for me like a secret friend
D7sus4
And there's no end
D7 G
While she lies crying
G7/B C
I fumble with a melody or two
G/B Am7 D7 D/C Bm7
Then I'm torn between the things that I should do
Em7 Am7 D7 G
Then she says to wake her up when I am through
D4/7
God her love is true
Chorus
G C/E Cm/G G
While she waits, while she waits for me