Jesse McCartney - Because You Live
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: B minor (B C# D E F# G A B)
Tempo: 100 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
(So this song has alot of different chords, some of which are unusual on guitar,
but I've added chord diagrams for all of them below in the order they are played)
[Intro]: C D Em x2
C D Em
Staring out at the rain with a heavy heart
C D Em
It's the end of the world in my mind
C D Em
Then your voice pulls me back like a wake up call
Am F G
I've been looking for the answer, somewhere
Am F
I couldn't see that it was right there
C Gsus4 G
But now I know what I didn't know
D E F#m
Because you live and breathe
D E F#m
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
D E E/G# A F#m7 E Dsus2
Because you live girl, my world has twice as many stars in the sky
C D Em
It's alright, I survived, I'm alive again
C D Em
Cause of you, made it through every storm
C D Em
What is life, what's the use if you're killing time
Am F G
I'm so glad I found an angel, someone
Am F
Who was there when all my hopes fell
C Gsus4 G
I wanna fly, looking in your eyes
D E F#m
Because you live and breathe
D E F#m
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
D E E/G# A F#m7 E Dsus2
Because you live girl, my world has twice as many stars in the sky
D E F#m D E F#m
Because you live, I live
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Because you live there's a reason why, I'll carry on when I lose the fight
Cm7 Bb Bb Ab F7
I want to give what you've given me always
F G Am
Because you live and breathe
F G Am
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
F G G/B C Am7 G Fsus2
Because you live girl, my world has twice as many stars in the sky
F G Am
Because you live and breathe
F G Am
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
F G G/B C Am7 G Fsus2
Because you live girl, my world has everything I need to survive
F G Am F G Am F G Am
Because you live, I live, I live
Chords:
C (X 3 2 0 1 0)
D (X X 0 2 3 2)
Em (0 2 2 0 0 0) or (X 7 9 9 8 7)
Am (X 0 2 2 1 0)
F (1 3 3 2 1 1) or (X X 3 2 1 1)
G (3 2 0 0 3 3) or (3 2 0 0 0 3) or (3 5 5 4 3 3)
Gsus4 (3 2 0 0 1 3) or (3 5 5 5 3 3)
E (0 2 2 1 0 0)
F#m (2 4 4 2 2 2)
E/G# (4 2 2 1 0 0)
A (X 0 2 2 2 0) or (5 7 7 6 5 5)
F#m7 (2 4 2 2 2 2)
Dsus2 (X X 0 2 3 0)
Dm7 (X X 0 2 1 1) or (X 5 7 5 6 5)
Em7 (0 2 2 0 3 0) or (0 2 2 0 3 3) or (X 7 9 7 8 7)
Cm7 (X 3 5 3 4 3) or (8 10 8 8 8 8)
Bb (X 1 3 3 3 1) or (6 8 8 7 6 6)
Ab (4 6 6 5 4 4)
F7 (1 3 1 2 1 1)
G/B (X 2 0 0 3 3) or (X 2 0 0 0 3)
Am7 (X 0 2 0 1 0)
Fsus2 (X X 3 0 1 3) or (X X 3 0 1 1)
Clarification:
Chordname (E A D G B E)
X = Don't play / Muffle
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//Robert
