No One Says You Have To Chords
by Kevin Devine
No One Says You Have To by Kevin Devine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
C F G
I can't say I'm underrated
C G
I can't say it, so
C F G
I can't say I'm underrated
F C
I know, I know, I know
C F G
She says, "Watch your ego, baby."
C G
She says, "Take it slow."
C F G
She says, "That's a bad look, honey."
F C
I know, I know, I know
Bridge
F C
It gets so lonely inside my mind
Dm G
I'm surrounded in love all the time
Verse
C F G
I get stuck in simple phrases
C G
Complicate straight lines
C F G
If there's a knot that don't need tying
F C
I try, I try, I try
C F G
She's no font of Christ-like patience
C G
And neither, sir, am I
C F G
But she's honest in her imperfections
F C
I try, I try, I try
Bridge
F C
It just gets scary inside my mind
Dm
I turn straw men to monsters
G
And line their mouths with knives
C F G
I say, "I can't race forever.
C G
Can't raise the rock so high."
C F G
She says, "No one says you have to.
F C
Let go and take your time."
Solo
Bridge
F C
It gets distorted inside my mind
Dm
Isolation, disconnection
G
Another person's life
C F G
I say, "I can't race forever.
C G
Can't raise the rock so high."
C F G
She says, "No one says you have to.
F C
Let go and take your time."
F C
Let go and take your time
F C
Let go and take your time