What We Had Chords

KeyEm Capo6st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays604

What We Had by Jackson Burling is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords Em, C, G, 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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Em           C                          G C-G 
We talked we laughed we smiled we adored 
Em                C                       G   C-G 
No worries in the wolrd when we were together 
Em                  C                     G   C-G 
With you telling me stories i never got bored 
Em                 C                G       C-G 
The sun was always smiling its good weather 

Dm                                        G                     Em 
When you were next to me the whole world stopped and stared at you 
       Dm                              G                  Em 
It was like a spotlight shined on you, this was your break through 
A                     C* 
But what we didnt know, that you were gonna 
Em            C               G 
Run away with someone else to share your love with them - that you had said 
Em                 C                G 
Goodbye to all our memories and the future we had ahead -But little did you 
Em           C                 G 
realise what you were doing in right front of me 
              Em       C    G 
That you were throwing away.. what we had 
        Em  C               G 
what we had ( was something special ) 
        Em  C            G 
what we had ( is lost at sea ) 
           Em C G 
what we had 
           Em C G 
what we had 
Em        C           G          C-G 
Now i see around with someone new 
Em                 C             G  C-G 
Hes tucking you in like i used to 
Em                 C              G    C-G 
I see you laughing louder, oh its true 
Em                 C            G 
That youre love is being shared, but i just wish you that knew - WHat we 
had Em C G 
        Em        C     G 
What we had ( has dissapeared ) 
         Em                C               G 
Into the sky with all our pictures on the wall that has slowly fallen 
Em C      G 
Down into ground 
          Em*      C*          G* 
But youre blind to see what we had 
             Em*     C*         G* 
case what we had was something special 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante