Not Me Chords
by Jim Collins
Not Me by Jim Collins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G/B, C, D, G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (G/B) (C) (D) (G/B) (C) (D)
(G) If I could only (G/B) turn back time
(C) To the days when (D) you were were mine
(G) I'd wrap you up in (G/B) these two arms
And (C) never let you (D) go
(G) I'd say the things I (G/B) didn't say
(C) The words that might've (G/B) made you stay
(Am) I'd build my world a(D)round you
(G/B) Not (C) me (G/B) (C)
(G) I was always (G/B) somewhere else
(C) Thinking only (D) of myself
(G) Living just to (G/B) chase that dream
A (C) dream that wasn't (D) ours
(G) Should've seen the (G/B) warning signs
(C) Never paid them (G/B) any mind
(Am) Everybody saw it (D) coming
(G/B) Not (C) me (G/B) (C)
I kept (C) reaching for the stars
(Em) Shootin' for the moon
When (Am) all along I (D) had them in my (G) hands (G/B)
(C) Little did I know how fast my (Em) world could slip away
It took (Am) losing (G/B) you for (C) me to (G/B) underst(D)and
(G) All you really (G/B) wanted was
(C) Just to be a (D) step above
(G) All the things that (G/B) stood between
The (C) love we should have (D) had
(G) Can't say that I (G/B) blame you now
(C) For holding on to (G/B) what you've found
(Am) I guess I'm why you're (D) with him
(G/B) Not me...(C)
I guess I'm why you're (D) with him
(G/B) Not (C) me