What I Believe Chords

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What I Believe by Sum 41 is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, B, G#m, E and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F#
Text
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Intro  
F# 
B G#m F# E (x2)

verse 1 
B                     G#m 
Lies and deceiving is what I'm believing 
F# 
Up to my knees so hard to breathe 
   E 
It helps that you aren't there 
B 
Can't figure out what's 
    G#m 
the right thing for me 
F#                          B  C#m B 
Guess I'll have to wait and see 

F#       E 
So understanding but 
F#              G#m 
so far from the truth 
     F# 
It's what I have to live with 
     E         F#        B 
It's not all I wanted to be 
     E         F#        B 
It's not all I wanted to see 
  E             F# 
I can't keep on leading 
     B             E 
I've left what I'm leaving 
F#                E 
Guess that's just what I believe 

Interlude  E (x2) 

verse 2 
B 
Consciously taking 
    G#m 
and overly faking 
F# 
I can't believe all the 
E 
things that you're saying 
B 
Seems all so simple 
     G#m 
it's all up to you 
F# 
Time after time 
    E 
You lost what you couldn't 
    B              F# 
find It's what you could 
          E 
(what you could) 
     G#m           E 
It's only what you could 
              B 
(its what you could) 
      F#            E 
Don't take what you could 
    G#m           F# 
But I know what's up 

Interlude  
B G#m F# E (x2) 

F#       E 
So understanding but 
F#              G#m 
so far from the truth 
     F# 
It's what I have to live with 
     E         F#        B 
It's not all I wanted to be 
     E         F#        B 
It's not all I wanted to see 
  E             F# 
I can't keep on leading 
     B             E 
I've left what I'm leaving 
F#                E 
Guess that's just what I believe 

Outro 
B G#m F#   E 
         I guess that's just what I believe 
B G#m F#   E                          B 
         I guess that's just what I believe 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante