I'm Sorry Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays387

I'm Sorry by John Denver is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, D7, C, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			 G                                    Am 
Its cold here in the city, always seems that way.  
 
        D7                                                      G 
And I've been thinking about you all most everyday. 
  
                                                  Am  
Thinking about the good times, thinking about the rain. 
 
D7                                              G 
Thinking about how bad it feels alone again. 
 
      C                D7                        G              C                        D7                        G    
I'm sorry for the way things are in china, I'm sorry things ain't what they used to be. 
 
       C                             D7         G      D         Em C   D7                           G 
But more than anything else, I'm sorry for my self,           cause you're not here with me. 
 
       G                                       Am                                                            
Our friends all ask about you, I say you're doing fine. 
 
D7                                              G 
I expect to hear from you most anytime. 
                                              Am 
But they all know I'm crying, that I can't sleep at night. 
D7                                           G 
They all know I'm dying down deep inside. 
 
       C          D7             G                 C                 D7                 G    
I'm sorry for all the lies I told you, I'm sorry for the things I didn't say. 
 
       C                             D7         G      D       Em  C   D7                              G    
But more than anything else, I'm sorry for myself,            can't believe you went away. 
 
 
Play the first two lines again 
 
       C         D7                             G                C                  D7                   G    
I'm sorry if I took some things for granted, I'm sorry for the chains I put on you. 
 
C                                     D7        G       D       Em C  D7                     G    
But more than anything else, I'm sorry for myself,              for living without you. 
 
G                          Am                       D7                             G 
mmmmmmmm   mmmmmmmm  mmmmmmmmm   mmm. 
 
 

    	

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