How Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

How by Maroon 5 is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B4/E, A9, E9, A7M(9), C#m7, B, D, A, C#m, F#m and B9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			(intro 2x) E B4/E A9 

E9                              B4/E       A9                 E        B4/E A9 
 I have been searching for your touch, unlike any touch I've ever known 
E9                                B4/E             A9             E        B4/E A9 
 And I'd never thought about you much,  'til I'm broken down and all alone 

 Oh 
A9                               A7M(9) 
 Though I don't understand the meaning of love 
           E                   B4/E       A9 
 I do not mind if I die trying 
A9                              A7M(9) 
 Took you for granted when you lifted me up... 


E9                                            C#m7 
 I'm asking for your help, I'm going through hell 
                     A9                            E 
 Afraid nothing can save me but the sound of your voice 

 You cut out all the noise 
                     C#m7 
 And now that I can see my stakes so clearly now 
       A9 
 I'd kill if I could take you back 
     E         A9 
 But how, but how... 

E9                   B4/E          A9           E        B4/E A9 
 I can feel it in my guts, what's going on with him now 
E9                       B4/E       A9         E        B4/E A9 
 Don't patronize me with lies I'm a man, be a woman now 

A9                         A7M(9) 
 I have been bound by the shackles of love 
               E 
 And I don't mind if i die tired of 
A9 
 Took you for granted when you lifted me up... 


E9                                           C#m7 
 I'm asking for your help, I'm going through hell 
                     A9                            E9 
 Afraid nothing can save me but the sound of your voice 
                      E9 
 You cut out all the noise 
                     C#m7 
 And now that I can see my stakes so clearly now 
       A9 
 I'd kill if I could take you back 
     E         A9       C#m7 B A9 
 But how, but how, but how,   how 

D           A 
 Why must we be so ugly 
      C#m           F#m 
 But please do not think it of me 
D              A            C#m                B 
 Why does the one you love become the one who makes you want to... 

 E         A9    E   A9       C#m7 
 Cry, and why, why, why And how 
                                B9                         A9 
(Though I don't understand the meaning of love, I do not mind if I die trying) 
A9 
How 
I do not mind if I die trying 
I do not mind if I die trying 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante