I Needed It Most Chords

KeyC Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays323

I Needed It Most by My Morning Jacket is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, E, Am, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C 
I needed it most,  
           E 
When I was eighteen 
                 Am  
But now that I'm older,  
                  D 
I don't need many things 
                C 
Just someone to hold,  
                     E 
That's what you give me 
                       Am  
When dark touches your skull baby, 
    D                          G  
oh, babe, you can drop that on me  


G 
So I say Lord,  
                       Am 
All the heavens you've made,  
                    C 
Can't hold back the ghosts  
     D                 G 
That haunt my baby and me  
G 
Oh can't ye hold 'em back,  
               Am 
From comin' on in,  
            C 
To a lovely woman,  

That just wants 
    D         G  
Her mind back again  


G  E  Am  D  G  C (3x) 


C  
I will not crumble! 
                      E 
What you want this to be  
                  C 
Or bring peace of mind,  
                     E 
If it ain't there to see  
                      Am 
Ah, if you don't know yourself,  
              D         G 
How could you ever know me 
                   Am  
But to have and to hold you, 
                 D             G 
Yeah, that's the way its gotta be 
    	

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