Always Been You Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays634

Always Been You by Quinn XCII is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Em, D, Am and Bm. 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                            G 
Tell my friends that I don't need you 
             Em                             D 
Last time we spoke was spring break in that see-through 
        C                  G 
Conversation we had in the ocean with them waves 
           Em          D 
Brought me down, down, down 
C                      G 
I need you more than I need me 
        Em                     D 
Turned 25, and I feel that I'm peaking 
             C                             G 
You're in Detroit, when I call you, you're sleeping 
                   Em          D 
That's bringing me down, down, down 

C  G 
Ooooh 
     D          Em 
Am I wasting my breath? 
C  G 
Ooooh 
           D     Em 
You're not even upset 

Em                            D                     C 
When's the last time that you called me just to say hi? 
Em                G                            D 
Claiming that you don't remember things that I said to you 
           C 
Acting all sly, sly 
Em               G 
Am I supposed to say that I'm thriving? 
     D           C                     Em 
That I got girls on the side? 'Cause I don't 
                 G 
It's always been you 
        Em 
Yeah, I don't 
                 D 
It's always been you 

C                       G 
Message you, but it's a typo 
             Em                          D 
Telling your friends that I'm acting all psycho 
         C                        G 
Got my attention when you call me Michael 
                   Em          D 
That's bringing me down, down, down 
C                        G 
Remember nights when you undressed 
          Em                         D 
Valley to Venice, top down with your sundress 
           C                           G 
Then I say one thing that makes you so upset 
                Em          D 
That brings you down, down, down 

C  G 
Ooooh 
     D          Em 
Am I wasting my breath? 
C  G 
Ooooh 
           D     Em 
You're not even upset 

Em                            D                     C 
When's the last time that you called me just to say hi? 
Em                G                            D 
Claiming that you don't remember things that I said to you 
           C 
Acting all sly, sly 
Em               G 
Am I supposed to say that I'm thriving? 
     D           C                     Em 
That I got girls on the side? 'Cause I don't 
                 G 
It's always been you 
        Em 
Yeah, I don't 
                 D 
It's always been you 

Em                         Am 
For some reason, you don't think 
                     C     Bm   D 
That you're the one for me, for me 
Em                         Am 
For some reason, you don't think 
                        C  Bm   D 
That you're the one for me, for me 

                              Em                 D               C 
When's the last time that you called me just to say hi? (Just to say hi?) 
                  Em                           D 
Claiming that you don't remember things that I said to you 
           C 
Acting all sly, sly (Acting all sly) 
                 G 
Am I supposed to say that I'm thriving? 
     D           Em 
That I got girls on the side? 'Cause I don't (I don't) 
                 G 
It's always been you 
        Em 
Yeah, I don't 
                 D 
It's always been you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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