The Gates Chords

KeyAb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays618

The Gates by Have Mercy is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ab. It uses the chords Ab, F#, C#m, Emaj7, B, F#/E, Edim, F#dim/E, C#dim, E, Amaj7 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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Ab
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  			The Gates by Have Mercy: 

Ab        F#        
You held her and said 
                          C#m              Emaj7 
"I'm not worthy, but I'll try to be a better man." 
                        B 
"If you don't have the time then leave 
              C#m                               Emaj7          B 
I've been waiting all year for something that was never really here." 
F#             C#m 
"Well you were never really here." 

Emaj7  
Your nose and your throat 
    F#/E  Edim   F#dim/E  C#dim 
and everything that's in between 
Emaj7      F#/E     
Two eyes just like mine 
Emaj7 
A pair I wish could've seen 
          B                C#m 
The times you were the best you could be with me 
   B           C#m 
We were never meant to be 
                        E (rings out) 
We were happening 

E                                 C#m 
You're a shallow hole and everyone can see 
                 B                 C#m    B    C#m      B 
If I called you now would you be there to answer me? 
C#m                                          B 
Cause I don't know if I would answer you 
C#m                                      E 
When I cross the gates and I find you 

Ab          F# 
Remember you said 
                          C#m       Emaj7 
You're so nervous you're so tired 
                       
Cheap talk, unsteady walk 
                    B 
For such a pretty liar 
              C#m 
Finding old souls to cast a mold 
              Emaj7     B       
And then set fire 
   C#m                   E 
And if you want I could take you higher and higher 

E                                 C#m 
You're a shallow hole and everyone can see 
                 B                 C#m    B    C#m      B 
If I called you now would you be there to answer me? 
C#m                                          B 
Cause I don't know if I would answer you 
C#m                                      E 
When I cross the gates and I find you 

E     B     E 

E 
I don't know what I've been told 

The road I walked was paved with gold 
C#m          B 
But oh, you didn't want to go 

E 
I don't know what I've been told 
The road I walked was paved with gold 
C#m          E            B                 Amaj7        B 
But oh, you didn't want to go 

              C#m             B        A      B 
Well I don't know if I would answer you 
C#m                                E 
When I cross the gates and I find you 

E                                 C#m 
You're a shallow hole and everyone can see 
                 B                 C#m    B    C#m      B 
If I called you now would you be there to answer me? 
C#m                                          B 
Cause I don't know if I would answer you 
C#m                                      E 
When I cross the gates and I find you 

E                                 C#m 
You're a shallow hole and everyone can see 
                 B                 C#m    B    C#m      B 
If I called you now would you be there to answer me? 
C#m                                          B 
Cause I don't know if I would answer you 
C#m                                      E 
When I cross the gates and I find you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante