I Was Looking For You Chords
I Was Looking For You by Gretchen Peters is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am7, D7 and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
CAPO: 2nd fret
Intro: G C G C G
C
I was born with a hunger nobody could name
Mama said I was restless, just made that way
Am7 D7
But I was looking for you
G C G
I was looking for you
C
I'd wake up crying and she'd hold me tight
But something about it just didn't feel right
Am7 D7
'Cause I was looking for you
G C
I was looking for you
C
I was looking for you all this time
G
I was looking for you, hoping I'd find
C
A little light in the darkness
Em7
A little shelter at sea
Am7 C
A little sign from above, now
G C G
That you were looking for me, oooh
C
I used to ride down Main Street in the middle of the night
I was looking for trouble and I found it all right
Am7 D7
It was easy to do
G C G
I was looking for you
C
And I thought it was a miracle when you looked my way
And I felt my heart beat when I heard you say
Am7 D7
I was looking for you
G C
Girl, I was looking for you
C
I was looking for you all this time
G
I was looking for you, hoping I'd find
C
A little light in the darkness
Em7
A little shelter at sea
Am7 C
A little sign from above, now
G C G C G
That you were looking for me, yeah, yeah
C
One day it's rapture, the next despair
I pulled up at a stoplight and I saw you there
Am7 D7
And I saw her too
G C G
I was looking for you
C
Last night I met someone and I looked in his eyes
Took me a minute 'fore I realized
Am7 D7
That I was looking for you
G C
I was looking for you
C
I was looking for you all this time
G
I was looking for you, hoping I'd find
C
A little light in the darkness
Em7
A little shelter at sea
Am7 C
A little sign from above, now
G C
That you were looking for me, yeah, yeah
G C G
I was looking for you, ooh, ooh
G C G
I was looking for you, ooh, ooh