It doesn't have to be Chords
by Erasure
It doesn't have to be by Erasure is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Bb, F, G, Dm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
You are on one side
Bb
And I am on the other
C
Are we divided?
C
You are on one side
Bb
I am on the other
C
Are we divided?
Bb F
Why can't we live together
G
There are no rights
F
This isn't your decision
Dm
We need to talk of changing things
F G
But no one wants to listen
C Dm F G
It doesn't have to be like that
C Dm F G
It doesn't have to be like that
C Dm F G
It doesn't have to be like that
Am
C
A heart on the inside
Bb
The same as any other
C
Are we divided?
Bb F
Someone always has to suffer
G
We are broken
F
There's no one left to change it
Dm
Is that the way it has to be?
F G
Why can't we rearrange it?
C Dm F G
It doesn't have to be like that
(One against one)
C Dm F G
It doesn't have to be like that
(One against one)
C Dm F G
It doesn't have to be like that
C G C Dm
Alava mo ja na me me limbaniango limbaniago
C G C Dm
Zimbabwe ado naga na me me limbaniango limbaniago
C G C Dm
Alava mo ja na me me limbaniango limbaniago
C G C Dm
Zimbabwe ado naga na me me limbaniango limbaniago
C
What is the secret
Bb
In calling me a brother?
C Bb
Are we divided?
F
Always one against the other
G
We are strong now
F
Put down the ammunition
Dm
For what we know is right
F G
Is gonna breakdown this division
C Dm F G
It doesn't have to be like that
(One against one)
(x 4)
C
You are one side
Bb
And I am on the other
C
Are we divided?