Where Were You Chords
Where Were You by Francesca Battistelli is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Am, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse:
C C F
Calling and calling,
C
And nobody home
C F
It feels like I'm falling alone
Am C F
Out on an Island,
Am
S.O.S. on the beach
C F
Watching your plane pass over me
Pre-Chorus
G
How could you miss me?
Am F
With my hands in the air
G
I thought you were listening
C F
I thought you'd be there!
C G C
Where were you?
G
When I had no one to turn to
C G C
Where were you?
G
When my worst fears were coming true
C G C
Where were you?
G C F
I thought you'd come to my rescue-oo-oo-oooo
F Am Dm
Where were you? Ooo oo
Verse:
Am F
One set of footprints,
Am
On the path I'd been on
F
But you say you've been here all along,
Am
Woh oh
F
If you really loved me,
Am
Like nobody el-el-else
F
Why was I walking to hell
Pre-Chorus
G
How could you miss me?
Am F
With my hands in the air
G
I thought you were listening
C F
Oh, I thought you'd be there!
F Am
Where were you?
C G
When I had no one to turn to
F Am
Where were you?
C G
When my worst fears were coming true
F Am
Where were you?
C G F
I thought you'd come to my rescue-oo-oo-oooo
BREAK:
Dm
When my prayers bounced off the ceiling
C
I was facing down my demons
F
When my legs gave up beneath me
G
And I fell into your arms
G C
Where were you?
Em G
When I had no one to turn to
G Am
You carried me through
C G
On your shoulders, black and blue
G Am
I never knew
Em G C F
The footprints in the sand were you-oo-oo-ooo
F C F
Were yoooooouuuuuuu
OUTRO:
C C F
One set of footprints,
Am
On a path I'd been on
C F
Now I know they were yours all along