Do What You Have To Do Chords

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Do What You Have To Do by Sarah McLachlan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, D, A6, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			Em                           G                       D      A6 
What ravages of spirit conjured this temptuous rage. 
Em                           G                     Bm 
Created you a monster, broken by the rule of love. 
Em                                            G                         D   A6 
And fate has lead you through it, you do what you have to do. 
Em                                           G                      A 
And fate has led you through it, you do what you have to do. 
 
  Bm                    G                     D          A6             Em D Em 
I have the sense to recognize, that I don't know how to let you go. 
 
Em                        G                                   D  A6 
Every moment marked with apparitions of your soul. 
Em                             G                              Bm 
I'm ever swiftly moving, trying to escape this desire. 
    Em                       G                   D    A6 
The yearning to be near you, I do what I have to do. 
    Em                       G                 A     
The yearning to be near you, I do what I have to do. 
 
 
Bm                             G                     D                A6                 Em D Em 
And I have the sense, to recognize, that I don't know how to let you go. 
D              A6                   Em D Em 
I don't know how to let you go. 
 
 
Em                   G          D 
A glowing Ember, burning hot, and burning slow. 
Em                                    G                        Bm 
Deep within I'm shaken by the violence of existing for only you. 
Em                                  G                   D   A6 
I know I can't be with you, I do what I have to do. 
Em                                  G            A 
I know I can't be with you, I do what I have to do. 
 
Bm                           G               D          A6                 Em D Em 
And I have the sense, to recognize, that I don't know how to let you go. 
D              A6                   Em D Em 
I don't know how to let you go. 
Em               G                   Em D Em 
I don't know how to let you go     

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante