You Saved My Life chords

Cass Mccombs

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  			Em   D   Bm (D) C 
In this spare room 
Am        Em          D             C/G 
we better see what we have and whom 
   Em  D       Bm (D)  C 
An I.O.U. for the same thing 
Am    Em     D         C/G 
Only angels have wings,   so they say 

C/G   D/A 

Em   D   G     C             Cmaj7 
Here I stand, alive unto you 


Em  D     Bm (D) C  
My fate's mercy seat 
        Am       Em        D       C/G   
sought blood to gulp and flesh to eat 
    Em D          Bm  (D) C 
And I can't blame you enough 
          Am              Em    D         C/G      
but I'm indepted to your mercy and your love 


C/G   D/A 

Em   D   G      C             Bm  
Here I stand, alive unto you  
Am              
alive unto you 
Cmaj7                Em 
'cause you saved my life 
D   G              C               Bm 
Now I see there's so much to lose 
Am               
so much to lose  
 Cmaj7                G   D   C      
'cause you saved my life 
    G   D   C 
my life 
              G   D   C 
you saved my        life 



Bm            
Darling, now I 
C  
must live for you 
D                       Em 
One reprieve grants another 
      F#m            G   Cmaj7   
until each world is born anew 

Em     D 

Bm  D  C(add9) 

in the live video on youtube he plays it like this: 
e|--------------| 
B|--0---3---3---| 
G|--0---0---0---| 
D|------0-------| 
A|--2--(2)--3---| 
E|--------------| 


Am  Em  D  C/G 

 

C/G   D/A 

Em   D   G      C             Bm  
Here I stand, alive unto you  
Am              
alive unto you 
Cmaj7                Em 
'cause you saved my life 
D   G              C               Bm 
Now I see there's so much to lose 
Am              
so much to lose  
  Cmaj7                      
'cause you saved my  

repeat Chorus one more time  
then just the Chorus chords 2x 


Em                D                 
Never understand, never could ignore 
       G               C         Bm    Am    Cmaj7 
I'm rotten to the core,    since 1994 
Em                D 
Never understand, never could ignore 
      G                C         Bm    Am    Cmaj7 
I'm rotten to the core,    since 1994 

Em  D  G  C  Bm  Am  Cmaj7 
just keep waltzing ad nauseam  ;)