If You Only Knew Chords
by Shinedown
If You Only Knew by Shinedown is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, C, Dsus2, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am
If you only knew
Am
I'm hanging by a thread
F C F C
The web I spin for you
Am
If you only knew
Am
I'd sacrifice my beating
F C F C
Heart before I lose you
(pre-Chorus)
Dsus2
I still hold onto the letters
G
You returned
G
I swear I've lived and learned
(Chorus)
C Em
It's 4:03 and I can't sleep
Am G
Without you next to me I
G C
Toss and turn like the sea
C Em
If I drown tonight, bring me
Em Am
Back to life
Am
Breathe your breath in me
G
The only thing that I still
F C G Am F C G Am
believe in is you, if you only knew
Am
If you only knew
Am
How many times I counted
F C F C
All the words that went wrong
Am
If you only knew
Am
How I refuse to let you go
F C F C
Even when you're gone
(pre-Chorus)
Dsus2
I don't regret any days I spent
G
nights we shared
G
Or letters that I sent
(Chorus)