Because I Had You chords

Shawn Mendes

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Em                        C     G 
   I think it's time that I be honest 
Em                     C      G 
   Should've told you not to go 
Em        C              G 
   Thought I knew just what I wanted 
Em            C         G 
   I didn't know myself at all 

Bm                         C 
   You're with somebody I can't be, yeah 
Bm                             C 
   But I can tell that you're happy 

               Em                 C        G 
It's time for me to finally meet somebody new 
            Em                  C          G 
Take her to all the places that I took us to 
               Em              C          G                  D           Em 
And she might help me forget that loving her is something I could never do 
 C         G 
Because I had 
           Em      C  G   Em  C  G 
Because I had you 

Em         C             G 
   Hey, remember when I told you 
                Em                    C    G 
   That you and I will go down in history together, yeah 
Em                   C        G 
   And does your sister ask about me? 
          Em                     C      G 
  You and I, what we had, is it gone forever? 

Bm                         C 
   You're with somebody I can't be, yeah 
Bm                             C 
   But I can tell that you're happy 

               Em                 C        G 
It's time for me to finally meet somebody new 
            Em                  C          G 
Take her to all the places that I took us to 
               Em              C          G                  D           Em 
And she might help me forget that loving her is something I could never do 
 C         G 
Because I had 
           Em 
Because I had you 

               C       G 
   There's nothin', oh 
                            Em 
   There's nothin' left to lose 
C             G 
   Because I had you, babe 
Em             C    G 
   There's nothin' 
                         Em 
   Nothin' that I could do 
 C               G 
   I wish I had you 

                  Em             C              G 
But I think it's time I finally found somebody new 
            Em                           C        G 
And tell myself that she's the one that get me through 
               Em             C         G                D                Em 
And she might help me forget but loving her is something I just couldn't do 
C 
Because I had you