I'm Not Gonna Save You Chords
by Joey Cape
I'm Not Gonna Save You by Joey Cape is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Em, F, E, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G Em F
When the bottom comes, will you come back?
F C
What's the worst thing that could happen here?
F G
What's the worst thing that could happen here?
C G E Am G
When the bottom comes, how will you react?
F C
When the meaning once behind your smile
F C F
When the meaning once behind your eyes is gone
G C
On the train with self respect
C G Dm Am
Here's a summon for next Sunday
F G C
We don't wanna lose you, we don't wanna save you
Interlude: C Dm F C G E F G F G
F A barchord C
Designed like a ticking time bomb
G Em F C
You were young, unsung, undeterred, unheard
G Dm F
Anyone can kill the mockingbird
(next part chords are picked single notes)
C G Dm Am
Here's a soundtrack for your spiral
F G C
Your late bloom crescendo
C G Dm Am
Here's a soundtrack for your spiral
F G C
It's all cliché so
C G Dm Am
Here's a summon for next Sunday
F G C
It's all you are, one more
C G
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Dm Am
I am your champion
F G C
I don't wanna lose you, I'm not gonna save you