The Reason Chords

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The Reason by Chelsea Cutler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Bm, A and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			Intro: G D Bm D A 


Verse: 1 
   G                            D 
I know I'm a mess, I didn't choose it 
   Bm                           A 
I know you're scared I'm gonna lose it 
    G 
And now I'm just waiting for someone to take me 
      D 
And tell me that I'm doing fine 
          Bm 
Cause you won't fuck off of my mind 
                               A 
(Cause you won't fuck off of my mind) 

 
      G                         D 
I'm sorry and I hate the old me 
                  A              Bm 
I don't know how not to be lonely 
                      D 
I didn't believe that 
           A 
Loving was easy 
      G                       D 
I'm sorry for all of my phases 
                                 Bm 
But you're giving me all your patience 
                      A 
And I'm never leaving 
N.C. 
And you are the reason 

D G Bm G (2x) 
G7 D Bm A 


verse 2 
    G                         D 
I know I'm lost, I couldn't fake it 
      Bm                     A 
It's all too much for you to take, yeah 
     G 
And now I'm just waiting for someone to take me 
     D 
And tell me that we'll be alright 
      Bm 
Cause you won't fuck off of my mind 
                               A 
(Cause you won't fuck off of my mind) 



      G                         D 
I'm sorry and I hate the old me 
                  A              Bm 
I don't know how not to be lonely 
                      D 
I didn't believe that 
           A 
Loving was easy 
      G                       D 
I'm sorry for all of my phases 
                                 Bm 
But you're giving me all your patience 
                      A 
And I'm never leaving 
N.C. 
And you are the reason 

D G Bm G D (2x) 


Bridge 
     D 
And now I'm just waiting for someone to take me 
      G 
And tell me that I'm doing fine 
      Bm                           G 
Cause you won't fuck off of my mind 


      G                         D 
I'm sorry and I hate the old me 
                  A              Bm 
I don't know how not to be lonely 
                      D 
I didn't believe that 
           A 
Loving was easy 
      G                       D 
I'm sorry for all of my phases 
                                 Bm 
But you're giving me all your patience 
                      A 
And I'm never leaving 
N.C. 
And you are the reason 

Outro: D G D Bm D 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante