I Gave Them Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays455

I Gave Them by Douwe Bob is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Cm, Bm, D, C, Em, Dm and A. 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 Cm Bm D 


G               Bm 
You know I have tried to be 
C               D 
Everything they want to see 
G               Bm 
Everything they want to read 
C       D 
I gave them 

Em              Bm     Dm     C 
The sea in me is rough and free 
A        
You came, you saw, I tried. 

G               D 
In my dreams I see.  
Em              A 
What I used to be. 
G       Cm             Bm             D 
I’ll find a way to grow seeds in these lights 
C               Cm 
I’ll be here ‘till these suns turn black. 

G Cm Bm D 

G               Bm 
I know that I had a choice 
C               D 
To walk away or have a voice. 
G               Bm 
It’s never been my strongest point 
C               D 
To look so far a head. 

Em      Bm             Dm     C 
The storm in me, shakes every tree 
A 
You came to see I’m learning 

G               D 
In my dreams I see. 
Em              A 
What I used to be. 
G       Cm     Bm     D 
I’ll find a way to grow seeds in these lights 
C               Cm             G 
I’ll be here ‘till these suns turn black.  
C               Cm             G 
I’ll be here ‘till these suns turn black. 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante