I Got You Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays386

I Got You by Shenandoah is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			(NOTE: To replicate album tone, use 320033 for G and x32033 for C) 
 
Intro:  (G)  (G)  (G)  (G) 
 
We got (G) married one afternoon in May 
Never did see the light of day 
(C) On our honey(G)moon 
We didn't have much when we started out 
Your grandma's bed, in a 3 room house 
(C) But, we made (G) do 
(Am) Oh, (C) I got (G) you 
(Am) Oh...(C) I got (G) you 
 
You coulda (G) had the boy you used to know 
He's a millionaire up in Ohio 
(C) Your mama told me (G) so 
When the best I could do was the factory 
You didn't get much when you got me 
(C) Baby, that's (G) true 
(Am) Oh, (C) but I got (G) you 
(Am) Oh...(C) I got (G) you 
 
 	 (D) I got something that money can't buy 
 	 (C) Cross my heart and I hope to die 
 	 (Am) Don't need nothin' that I can't afford 
 	 (C) I got you, and I (D) thank the Lord 
 
Now, if (G) all that's left is the rockin' chair 
I'll be fine knowin' you'll be there 
(C) Rockin' (G) too 
(Am) Oh, (C) I got (G) you 
(Am) Oh, (C) long as I got (G) you 
(Am) Oh...(C) I got (G) you 
(Am) Oh...(C) I got (G) you 
 
Fade out... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante