I've Been This Way Before Chords

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I've Been This Way Before by Neil Diamond is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, F#m, Bm and D7+. 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: A  D  E (2x) 

 A     D        E 
 I seen the light 
A          D        E 
 And I seen the flame 
A         F#m        E     D 
 And I been this way before 
          A              Bm    E 
 And I sure to be this way again 
A          D      E 
 For I been refused 
A          D      E 
 And I been regained 
A         F#m        E      D 
 And I seen your eyes before 
          A                Bm    E           A  D7+  E 
 And I sure to see your eyes again, once again 

  
     A     D      E 
 For I been released 
A          D      E 
 And I been regained 
     A    F#m      E         D 
 And I sung my song before 
         A               Bm     E           A  D7+  E 
 And I sure to sing my song again, once again 

  
 A 
 Some people got to laugh 
 E 
 Some people got to cry 
 D                  Bm 
 Some people got to make it through 
     D     A         E 
 By never wondering why 

  
 A 
 Some people got to sing  
 E 
 Some people got to sigh 
 D                  Bm 
 Some people never see the light 
    D       A        E 
 Until the day they die 


     A     D      E 
 But I been released 
     A     D      E 
 And I been regained 
     A    F#m        E     D 
 And I been this way before 
          A              Bm    E           A  D7+  E 
 And I sure to be this way again, once again 


                 A  D7+  E 
 One more time again 
                A  D7+  E  D  A 
 Just one more time 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante