Song For You Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays349

Song For You by Joshua Radin is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: G C G C 


Verse 
G              Em            C 
The waves crash over me again and again 
G           Em              C 
There's a storm approaching land 
G          Em             C 
And I'm so far out in the undertow 
G         Em             C 
Blindly praying for the sand 

 
Em         C                    G      D 
I built a boat that caused my sinking 
Em          D              C 
Nothing to blame but my own hands 
Em         C                  G      D 
The final lifeboat has been taken 
Em          D              C 
And I find I'm playing with the band 

      G     Em     C 
This song for you 
      G     Em     C 
This song for you 

Verse 
G              Em            C 
When we first met I held a hammer in my hands 
G          Em            C 
A box of nails I used before 
G              Em       C 
Turns out the woodshed now is empty 
G              Em            C 
I didn't know the job in store 

 
Em               C                 G       D 
I thought the plans I drew were carefully drawn 
Em   D              C 
But alas, I'm just a fool 
Em           C              G   D 
And now I'm drowning in my sorrow 
Em          D                    C 
Like when a builder blames his tools 

          G     Em     C 
And sings his song for you 
G          Em     C 
Singing his song for you 

Verse 
G              Em        C 
"Find what you love and let it kill you" 
G            Em              C 
But I have always been unsure 
G              Em   C 
If this was spoken by a mad man 
G         Em            C 
Or by a doctor with a cure 


Em         C                  G  D 
So as I am fighting with the ocean 
Em          D              C 
Too soon to tell if I'll survive 
Em      C             G  D 
Will I meet you underwater? 
Em          D              C 
Will we be swallowed by the tide? 

              G     Em     C 
And drown in this song 
G     Em     C 
Drown in this song for you  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante