Chords for Because of you By: Katy Mcallister
Tempo:
98.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Abm
Gb
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Abm] [Db]
[B]
Before you, it's been a while before I slipped up
[Abm] Before you, I never thought to give a [Db] fuck
Before you, I was satisfied on my own
[B] Before you, I never let myself go
Before this, I was always on the wrong side
[Abm] Before this, I was always bad at hanging on [E] to pride
Before this, I was professional about how to [B] hide
What was going on on [Gb] the inside
[Abm] And before you, I was so content
[E] Yeah, before you, I was unaware of it
I was [B] unaware of my lonely
Now because of you, I remember why I have no self-respect
Cause [Gb] of you, I remember why I always felt hopeless
I [Abm] remember that my perception of love was limited
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
Cause [B] of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
Cause of you, I [Gb] remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now because [B] of you
I remember why I [Gb] don't love
[B] I remember why I [E] don't love
[B]
[B] Before you, I had control of [Abm] this
Before you, I never let my heart [E] win
Before you, I was on [E] my way [B] to freedom
Before you, I never let myself give [Abm] in
To the disappointment of unrequited love
[E] To the misled illusion of mutual trust
I was [Gb] unaware of how bad love was
Now [B] because of you, I remember why I have no self-respect
Cause [Gb] of you, I remember why I always felt hopeless
I [Abm] remember that my perception of love was limited
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
[B] Cause of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
[Gb] Cause of you, I remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now because [B] of you
I remember why I [Gb] don't love
I remember why I [E] don't love
[B] When
[Gb]
[Abm]
[E]
somebody [Abm] walks away
[Ab] And your fury [E] plays left with your own erase
[E] [B] A part of you gives up hope once you let it [Gb] go
You never wanna go back again
[Ab] Now that you and [Abm] I see [E] him all [E] over again
[B] And because of him, I lost all my self-respect
Cause of him, I was always left hopeless
Cause of him, my perception of love is dim and sad
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
And [B] because of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
Cause of [Gb] you, I remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now [B] because of you
I remember why [Gb] I don't love
I remember why [E] I don't love
[B]
Before you, it's been a while before I slipped up
[Abm] Before you, I never thought to give a [Db] fuck
Before you, I was satisfied on my own
[B] Before you, I never let myself go
Before this, I was always on the wrong side
[Abm] Before this, I was always bad at hanging on [E] to pride
Before this, I was professional about how to [B] hide
What was going on on [Gb] the inside
[Abm] And before you, I was so content
[E] Yeah, before you, I was unaware of it
I was [B] unaware of my lonely
Now because of you, I remember why I have no self-respect
Cause [Gb] of you, I remember why I always felt hopeless
I [Abm] remember that my perception of love was limited
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
Cause [B] of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
Cause of you, I [Gb] remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now because [B] of you
I remember why I [Gb] don't love
[B] I remember why I [E] don't love
[B]
[B] Before you, I had control of [Abm] this
Before you, I never let my heart [E] win
Before you, I was on [E] my way [B] to freedom
Before you, I never let myself give [Abm] in
To the disappointment of unrequited love
[E] To the misled illusion of mutual trust
I was [Gb] unaware of how bad love was
Now [B] because of you, I remember why I have no self-respect
Cause [Gb] of you, I remember why I always felt hopeless
I [Abm] remember that my perception of love was limited
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
[B] Cause of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
[Gb] Cause of you, I remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now because [B] of you
I remember why I [Gb] don't love
I remember why I [E] don't love
[B] When
[Gb]
[Abm]
[E]
somebody [Abm] walks away
[Ab] And your fury [E] plays left with your own erase
[E] [B] A part of you gives up hope once you let it [Gb] go
You never wanna go back again
[Ab] Now that you and [Abm] I see [E] him all [E] over again
[B] And because of him, I lost all my self-respect
Cause of him, I was always left hopeless
Cause of him, my perception of love is dim and sad
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
And [B] because of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
Cause of [Gb] you, I remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now [B] because of you
I remember why [Gb] I don't love
I remember why [E] I don't love
Key:
E
B
Abm
Gb
Db
E
B
Abm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Before you, it's been a while before I slipped up
[Abm] Before you, I never thought to give a [Db] fuck
Before you, I was satisfied on my own
[B] Before you, I never let myself go
_ Before this, I was always on the wrong side
[Abm] Before this, I was always bad at hanging on [E] to pride
Before this, I was professional about how to [B] hide
What was going on on [Gb] the inside _
_ [Abm] And before you, I was so content
_ [E] Yeah, before you, I was unaware of it
I was [B] unaware _ of my lonely _
Now because of you, I remember why I have no self-respect
Cause [Gb] of you, I remember why I always felt hopeless
I [Abm] remember that my perception of love was limited
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
Cause [B] of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
Cause of you, I [Gb] remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now because [B] of you
I remember why I [Gb] don't love
[B] I remember why I [E] don't love
_ _ _ [B] _
_ [B] _ Before you, I had control of [Abm] this
Before you, I never let my heart [E] win
Before you, I was on [E] my way [B] to freedom
_ Before you, I never let myself give [Abm] in
To the disappointment of unrequited love
[E] To the misled illusion of mutual trust
I was [Gb] unaware of how bad love was
Now [B] because of you, I remember why I have no self-respect
Cause [Gb] of you, I remember why I always felt hopeless
I [Abm] remember that my perception of love was limited
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
[B] Cause of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
[Gb] Cause of you, I remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now because [B] of you
I remember why I [Gb] don't love
I remember why I [E] don't love _ _ _ _
_ [B] When _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ somebody [Abm] walks away
[Ab] And your fury [E] plays left with your own erase _ _
[E] [B] A part of you gives up hope once you let it [Gb] go
You never wanna go back again
[Ab] Now that you and [Abm] I see [E] him all [E] over again
[B] And because of him, I lost all my self-respect
Cause of him, I was always left hopeless
Cause of him, my perception of love is dim and sad
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
And [B] because of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
Cause of [Gb] you, I remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now [B] because of you
I remember why [Gb] I don't love
I remember why [E] I don't love _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Before you, it's been a while before I slipped up
[Abm] Before you, I never thought to give a [Db] fuck
Before you, I was satisfied on my own
[B] Before you, I never let myself go
_ Before this, I was always on the wrong side
[Abm] Before this, I was always bad at hanging on [E] to pride
Before this, I was professional about how to [B] hide
What was going on on [Gb] the inside _
_ [Abm] And before you, I was so content
_ [E] Yeah, before you, I was unaware of it
I was [B] unaware _ of my lonely _
Now because of you, I remember why I have no self-respect
Cause [Gb] of you, I remember why I always felt hopeless
I [Abm] remember that my perception of love was limited
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
Cause [B] of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
Cause of you, I [Gb] remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now because [B] of you
I remember why I [Gb] don't love
[B] I remember why I [E] don't love
_ _ _ [B] _
_ [B] _ Before you, I had control of [Abm] this
Before you, I never let my heart [E] win
Before you, I was on [E] my way [B] to freedom
_ Before you, I never let myself give [Abm] in
To the disappointment of unrequited love
[E] To the misled illusion of mutual trust
I was [Gb] unaware of how bad love was
Now [B] because of you, I remember why I have no self-respect
Cause [Gb] of you, I remember why I always felt hopeless
I [Abm] remember that my perception of love was limited
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
[B] Cause of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
[Gb] Cause of you, I remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now because [B] of you
I remember why I [Gb] don't love
I remember why I [E] don't love _ _ _ _
_ [B] When _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ somebody [Abm] walks away
[Ab] And your fury [E] plays left with your own erase _ _
[E] [B] A part of you gives up hope once you let it [Gb] go
You never wanna go back again
[Ab] Now that you and [Abm] I see [E] him all [E] over again
[B] And because of him, I lost all my self-respect
Cause of him, I was always left hopeless
Cause of him, my perception of love is dim and sad
I remember why I'm such [E] a mess
Why I'm such a mess
And [B] because of you, I remember why I was satisfied with a loss
Cause of [Gb] you, I remember why I will never truly trust
[Abm] Before you, there were more you's than will now but I will never [E] expect much
But I forgot what makes a life worth it now [B] because of you
I remember why [Gb] I don't love
I remember why [E] I don't love _ _ _ _ _