Dont You Need Chords
Dont You Need by Melissa Etheridge is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, C, B7, A7, D, C/E, D/F# and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1:
Em7 C Em7 C
I had a dream late last night, the water was running low
Em7 C Em7 C
And my fields were on fire, burning my sky, my body was moving slow
B7 A7
And when I awoke I tasted the sweat of desire in my mouth
verse 2:
Em7 C
And I realized my heart had abducted my mind
Em7 C
And they were last seen headed south
B7 A7
Now I can't sleep, I'm so wired, and I find myself screaming out
Em7 D C
Don't you need, don't you want, can't you taste it when you're alone
Em7 D C
Don't you cry, don't you feel, sometimes I wonder if you are real
B7 Em7 C Em7 C
Don't you bleed, don't you need
verse 3:
Em7 C Em7 C
There's no quenching the thirst there's no relief for the hungry at heart
Em7 C Em7 C
And as far as you're concerned I'm just a thief entertaining in the dark
B7 A7
But it's you that holds the cards now that the joker is wild
Em7 D C
Don't you need, don't you want, can't you taste it when you're alone
Em7 D C
Don't you cry, don't you feel, sometimes I wonder if you are real
B7 A7 C
Don't you bleed, don't you need
Bridge:
D C D
Don't you want to lay it down and feel your skin against the ground
C D
Don't you want to ride the storm and then sleep inside the calm
C/E D/F#
Don't you want to get that high, don't you want to be satisfied
Cmaj7 B7 Em7 Cmaj7 Em7 Cmaj7
Well if you don't want that from me, don't you neeeed
verse 4:
Em7 C Em7 C
I had a dream late last night, the water was running low
Em7 C
And my fields were on fire, burning my sky
Em7 C B7
How was I to know that I burn every night in my dreams
A7
And only morning can set me free
Em7 D C
Don't you need, don't you want, can't you taste it when you're alone
Em7 D C
Don't you cry, don't you feel, sometimes I wonder if you are real
B7 Em7 C Em7 C
Don't you bleed, don't you need