Tell Him Chords
by Lauryn Hill
Tell Him by Lauryn Hill is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Dmaj7, Em, A, G, F#7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D Dmaj7 Em
Let me be patient let me be kind
A D
Make me unselfish without being blind
D Dmaj7 Em
Though I may suffer I'll envy it not
A
And endure what comes
Cause he's all that I got and
D
Tell him...
Dmaj7
Tell him I need him (yeah)
Em
Tell him I love him (tell him)
A
And it'll be alright
D Dmaj7
Tell him tell him I need him
Em
Tell him I love him
A
It'll be alright
D Dmaj7 Em
Now I may have faith to make mountains fall
A D
But if I lack love then I am nothin' at all
Dmaj7 Em
I can give away everything I possess
A D
But left without love then I have no happiness
Dmaj7
I know I'm imperfect (I know I'm imperfect)
Em
And not without sin (and not without sin)
A D
But now that I'm older all childish things end
And tell him...
Dmaj7
Tell him I need him (yeah)
Em
Tell him I love him (tell him)
A
And it'll be alright
D Dmaj7
Tell him tell him I need him
Em
Tell him I love him
A
It'll be alright
Bridge
G
I'll never be jealous
F#7
And I won't be too proud
E7
Cause love is not boastful
E7
Oooh and love is not loud
G
Tell him I need him
F#7
Tell him I love him
E7
Everything's gonna be alright
Oooh oooh yeah yeah aww yeah
D Dmaj7 Em
Now I may have wisdom and knowledge on Earth
A D
But if I speak wrong then what is it worth?
Dmaj7 Em
See what we now know is nothing compared
A D
To the love that was shown when our lives were spared
And tell him...
Dmaj7
Tell him I need him (yeah)
Em
Tell him I love him (tell him)
A
And it'll be alright
D Dmaj7
Tell him tell him I need him
Em
Tell him I love him
A
It'll be alright