Giving Me Life Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays563

Giving Me Life by Mariah Carey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, F, Em, C, G, Am and B. 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 

N.C.                                       Dm    F 
Hey, baby, what's happenin'? How you doin'? 
                                Dm 
We can make it, baby, me and you 
           Em          F           C           Dm  Em  C    Dm    F 
(Me and you, me and you, me and you, me and you) 
                               Dm  Em  F 
It wasn't really, wasn't really 
                            Dm    F 
It wasn't really much at all 
It wasn't really 

verse 1 
         G 
So, it's summertime, lil splash a wine 
    F 
And forget about it 
          G                                 C 
If you're so inclined, let's take a ride tonight 
                      G 
So, then maybe if the stars align 
                       F 
We'll fix our minds on another tangent 
                    G                           F 
And it's kinda like impossible to top this at a-all 

Dm                      F 
Giving me life and it's everything 
Dm                             F 
Thinkin' 'bout when we were seventeen 
Dm                        F 
Feelin' myself like I'm Norma Jeane 
Dm         Am              F          C  Dm 
Here in my arms is where you should be 

Post-Chorus 
                     Em                C 
It wasn't really, it wasn't really much 
                            Dm 
It wasn't really much at all 
                                  F 
It wasn't really, it wasn't really 
Wasn't really much at all 

verse 2 
    Dm    G 
Oh, my philosophy 
F                 C             Dm 
Doesn't quite apply to you and me 
                          F 
But I won't think too much 
So, come on and feel my touch 
G                           F 
It wasn't really much at all 
Just a little sensitivity, yeah that's all 
G                             F 
Here in my heart is where you should be, ooh, you are 

Dm             F        C 
Giving me life and it's everything 
Dm                            F 
Thinkin' 'bout when we were seventeen 
Dm                        F 
Feelin' myself like I'm Norma Jeane 
Dm         G              F          Am  Dm 
Here in my arms is where you should be 

Post-Chorus 
                     Em                C 
It wasn't really, it wasn't really much 
                            Dm 
It wasn't really much at all 
                                  F 
It wasn't really, it wasn't really 
Wasn't really much at all 

verse 3 
Dm 
Wassup, ma? Hush, got fly 
         G                                               F 
Here's a quest, why you left? Was it my messed up eye? Why? 
Reminisce, wannabe, huh? 
                   G 
See, hon, followed sheep from once the first chick 
                    F 
Clark Wallabees on (Beep, beep) 
Swag, honey drip, spendin' some time 
         G 
Remember them rhymes? 
                                            F 
Your gold fronts looked better than mines did 
Was ecstasy, poundin' in the BM 
         G                                                 C 
Clownin' me and that was way before wore gowns and the skin' 
Givin' me life 

Dm           Em          C 
Giving me life and it's everything (Mariah Carey) 
Dm                            F 
Thinkin' 'bout when we were seventeen 
Dm                        F 
Feelin' myself like I'm Norma Jeane (La, la, la-la) 
Dm            Em           C 
Here in my arms is where you should be (Where you should be) 

             Dm 
Ooh, you are giving me life (Giving me life) 
         C 
And it's everything (Everything) 
Dm                            F 
Thinkin' 'bout when we were seventeen 
(Thinkin' 'bout when we were) 
G                             F 
Livin' like Babs 'cause it's evergreen ('Cause it's evergreen) 
Dm                           F 
Here in my arms is where you should be 

             Dm           F          Am 
Ooh, you are giving me life and it's everything 
(Wasn't really, wasn't really) 
Dm 
Thinkin' 'bout when we were seventeen 
                               F 
(Got me thinkin' bout' when we were, yeah, yeah) 
(Wasn't really much at all) 
Dm                        F 
Feeling myself like I'm Norma Jeane 
(Said, I'm feeling myself like I'm) 
(Wasn't really, wasn't really) 
Dm                         F 
Here in my arms is where you should be (Right here in my arms) 
(Wasn't really much at all) 
Dm                       F 
Giving me life and it's everything 

Instrumental 
B  C    B    Em    C  B        C    B        G    Em  B 

Outro 
                          G      Em 
It was a stone groove, my man 
    B                     G 
You are the most righteous 
                          Em 
Yeah, right, just get the fuck out 
                           G 
(Get the fuck out, get the fuck out 
Get the fuck out, get the fuck out) 
Em 
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh 
Giving me life and it's all (Giving me life) 
B                                                       Em 
Giving me life, da-da-da, yeah (Yeah, givin', givin' me life) 
                                                                C 
Giving me life and it's all (Wasn't really much at all, much at all) 
           Am 
(Giving me life) 
          Em                                       C 
Giving me life and it's all (Wasn't really, wasn't really) 
Em 
Giving me life and it's all 
                        G 
Giving me life and it's all 
          Em            C 
Giving me life and it's all 
          Em            G 
Giving me life and it's all 
          Em            C 
Giving me life and it's all 
Em 
Whoa, whoa-whoa 
G 
Whoa, whoa-whoa 
Dm        C 
Giving me life and it's all 
Oh, giving me life and it's all 
    	

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100 BPM Andante