Rome Wasnt Built In A Day Chords
by Sam Cooke
Rome Wasnt Built In A Day by Sam Cooke is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, E7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A F#m (x2)
A F#m A F#m
Don't, honey don't, go away, no no
A F#m
Don't you hear, don't you hear,
A F#m
What I say, what I say
A F#m
Give me time, give me time
A F#m
I'm gonna make your love as strong as mine
A E7 F#m A
But I know Rome wasn't built in a day Now,
verse 1:
A A
You know that I love you dear with all my heart
F#m F#m
I know that you didn't love me from the start
A D
But I planted a little seed in your heart I know
E7 A
And it just needs time to grow, baby
A F#m A F#m
Don't, honey don't, go away, no no
A F#m
Don't you hear, don't you hear,
A F#m
What I say, what I say
A F#m
Give me time, give me time
A F#m
I'm gonna make your love as strong as mine
A E7 F#m A
But I know Rome wasn't built in a day (Listen to me honey now)
verse 2:
A A
How would Romeo feel if his Juliet
F#m F#m
Had turned down his advances and played hard to get
A D
He would never let this bother him, this I know
E7 A
Because where there's light there's hope, baby
A F#m A F#m
Don't go away, no no
A F#m
Don't you hear now, don't you hear now,
A F#m
What I say, what I say
A F#m
Give me time, give me time
A F#m
I'm gonna make your love as strong as mine
A E7 F#m A
But I know Rome wasn't built in a day
A
Don't you hear me telling you that
A E7 F#m
Rome wasn't built in a day
A
Don't you realize that
A E7 F#m
Rome wasn't built in a day