Chords for Could've Been

Tempo:
104.95 bpm
Chords used:

Dm

Gm

F

Bb

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Could've Been chords
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[Dm] [Gm] [Fm]
[Gm]
[F]
[Gm] [C] [Gm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Gm] Oh
[Eb] [Dm]
What would I be [F] Jesus
[Bb] [Eb] [F] [G] [Dm]
Kiss [Gm]
somebody
Be [Dm] my kid
Bills of using
The enemy [G] is killing me
Tears in my eyes crying
[Bb] [Dm] That's the reason
[Bb] [C]
[G] [Fm] [C] [Bb] [C]
[Gm] No clothes, no shoes and no food to eat
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah [F] Incriminate
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Tell me where the money
[C] [Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Dm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Be in the pool with everything on
No house, no job outside on my own
[Gm] Tryna figure out where I'm at wrong
Can somebody help me
Tell me what I'm doing
Can't feed [Dm] my kids need money but I'm here
Bills after bills but [Gm] everything's clear
And they're killing [C] me, killing me
[G]
Tears in [D] my eyes [C] crying
See [Bb] the stitches on my foot and
[F] You don't have to worry
[G] For [C] somebody here tonight
So [G] I gotta be [D] careful
See all [Dm] those reasons
I just can't thank you enough
[Gm] [C] Jesus Jesus [Gm] [Dm] Incriminate
[C] No [Gm] clothes, no shoes and no food to eat
Somebody see ya
[Gb] Yeah, yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah [Dm] [Bb] Incriminate
Tell me where the money
[Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Dm] Incriminate
Tell me what I'm doing
No clothes, no shoes and no food to eat
Just wanna thank you Lord
Yeah, [Gm] yeah, yeah, yeah [F] [C] [Gm] Incriminate
Tell me [F] where the money
[C] [Gm] Yeah, [Bm] yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah
[Dm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Where my steppers [F] at?
Where my steppers [B] at?
Where my steppers at?
Where my steppers at?
Where [Ab] my [C] steppers [Ab] at?
[C] Brooklyn, [F] stand up
Inglewood, stand up
Dallas, [B] stand up
And while y'all doing that we [Eb] gonna do this right [Bb] here
I wanna say [Gm] thank you Thank you [Dm] Thank you Thank you Thank you [Gm] Thank you
Thank [C] [F] you
[Eb] [Dm] Thank you
Thank [Gm] [Dm] you Thank you Thank you
Thank [Gm] you
[G]
[D] It's a [G] praise party, y'all.
James, come on, help [Dm] me.
No no, yeah.
Sing [F] one more.
Stand up, stand up.
Stand up.
Oh, God, you're a murderer.
Stand up.
What you got to say?
[E] Tell them what you want to say.
[Dm] Say thank you.
Thank you.
I want to say thank you.
[Bb] Thank you.
Oh, [Dm] oh, oh, oh.
Say thank you.
Oh, I couldn't be [Eb] easier.
[Bb] Say thank you.
I want to say thank you.
Thank you.
[F] Oh.
I want to say thank you.
In your family, yeah, we'll live happily, [Gm] yeah.
We'll live [Dm] happily.
Jesus, we realize.
That you didn't have to do it now.
That you didn't have to do it, but you did.
Oh, [Gm] oh, oh, oh.
[Dm] You ain't never gonna die.
You conquered death in the game.
You ain't never gonna die.
You ain't never gonna die.
Oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh.
You ain't [Dm] never gonna die.
[B] Oh, [Dm] you're living on fire.
Ah.
It's really, really good.
[B] Come [Dm] on.
I need you to hit it.
[B] Give me the horns.
[B] [Dm]
[B] [F] Now we'll try to learn these words.
[G] Sing [Am] this, can you help me?
[Dm] You're good as mine, now, father.
No one can get you back tomorrow.
Come on.
All the things I've been through now, I see you're better than a brother or more.
Help me [Fm] now.
When I think about all you've done, I'm hoping you'll carry on.
I can't help but thank you.
And if you want to help me get [Bb] up on the floor.
I can't help but [Dm] thank you.
Thank you.
Say I want to say thank you.
Thank you.
[Bb] You've been so good.
Thank you.
Oh, oh, oh.
[Dm] [Eb] [Dm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [Dm] [Gm]
[F] [Gm] [Dm]
[Bb]
[Gm] [F] [Ab] [F]
Oh.
[D] I won't do [B] no more.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[E] Everybody say, [B] come on.
Thank you!
[Fm] I just can't thank you enough.
Thank you!
[G] Look at [D] somebody [B] and tell them.
It [G] couldn't have been me.
[Eb] It couldn't [G] have been me.
Thank [Gb] you [Ab]
[Bb] [Ab] for [Gb] [B]
your mercy!
Thank [G] you for your [Bb] graciousness! Thank you!
Oh, oh, oh.
[Em] Thank [F] you.
[Em] Thank you for your mercy!
[Gbm] [E]
[F] [Bm] [F]
[Dm] [G]
[Bb] [N]
I've seen them better than I was before
When I
Key:  
Dm
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Gm
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F
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Bb
12341111
C
3211
Dm
2311
Gm
123111113
F
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To learn Kirk Franklin - Couldve Been chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Dm, Gm, Dm, C, Gm, F, Gm and C of chords. A strategic approach would be to train at 52 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 105. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: Bb Major.

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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] Oh _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ What would I be [F] Jesus _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ Kiss _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
somebody
_ Be [Dm] my kid _
Bills of using
The enemy [G] is killing me
Tears in my eyes crying
_ [Bb] [Dm] That's the reason _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Fm] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [C] _
[Gm] No clothes, no shoes and no food to eat
_ Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah [F] Incriminate
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Tell me where the money
[C] _ [Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Dm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Be in the pool with everything on
No house, no job outside on my own
[Gm] Tryna figure out where I'm at wrong
Can somebody help me
Tell me what I'm doing
Can't feed [Dm] my kids need money but I'm here
Bills after bills but [Gm] everything's clear
And they're killing [C] me, killing me
[G]
Tears in [D] my eyes [C] crying
See [Bb] the stitches on my foot and
[F] You don't have to worry
[G] For [C] somebody here tonight
So [G] I gotta be [D] careful
See all [Dm] those reasons
I just can't thank you enough
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ Jesus Jesus _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] Incriminate
[C] _ No [Gm] clothes, no shoes and no food to eat
Somebody see ya
[Gb] Yeah, yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah [Dm] _ _ [Bb] Incriminate
Tell _ me where the money
[Gm] Yeah, _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah [Dm] Incriminate
Tell me what I'm doing
No clothes, no shoes and no food to eat
Just wanna thank you Lord
Yeah, [Gm] yeah, yeah, yeah [F] _ [C] _ [Gm] Incriminate
Tell me [F] where the money
[C] _ [Gm] Yeah, [Bm] yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah
[Dm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Where my steppers [F] at?
Where my steppers [B] at?
Where my steppers at?
Where my steppers at?
Where [Ab] my [C] steppers [Ab] at?
[C] _ Brooklyn, _ [F] _ stand up
Inglewood, stand up
Dallas, [B] stand up
And while y'all doing that we [Eb] gonna do this right [Bb] here
I wanna say [Gm] thank you Thank you _ [Dm] Thank you Thank you Thank you _ _ [Gm] Thank you
Thank _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] you _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ Thank _ _ _ _ you
Thank _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] you _ _ Thank _ _ you Thank you
Thank _ _ _ [Gm] _ you
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] It's a [G] praise party, y'all.
James, come on, help [Dm] me.
No no, yeah.
Sing [F] one more.
Stand up, stand up.
_ Stand up.
Oh, God, you're a murderer.
Stand up.
What you got to say?
[E] Tell them what you want to say.
[Dm] Say thank you.
Thank you.
I want to say thank you.
[Bb] Thank you.
Oh, [Dm] oh, oh, oh.
Say thank you.
Oh, I couldn't be [Eb] easier.
[Bb] Say thank you.
I want to say thank you.
Thank you.
[F] Oh.
I want to say thank you.
In your family, yeah, we'll live happily, [Gm] yeah.
We'll live [Dm] happily.
Jesus, we realize.
That you didn't have to do it now.
That you didn't have to do it, but you did.
Oh, [Gm] oh, oh, oh.
[Dm] You ain't never gonna die.
You conquered death in the game.
You ain't never gonna die.
You ain't never gonna die.
Oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh.
You ain't [Dm] never gonna die.
[B] Oh, [Dm] you're living on fire.
Ah.
_ It's really, really good.
[B] Come [Dm] on.
I need you to hit it.
_ [B] Give me the horns.
[B] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] [F] Now we'll try to learn these words.
[G] Sing [Am] this, can you help me?
[Dm] You're good as mine, now, father.
No one can get you back tomorrow.
Come on.
All the things I've been through now, I see you're better than a brother or more.
Help me [Fm] now.
When I think about all you've done, I'm hoping you'll carry on.
I can't help but thank you.
And if you want to help me get [Bb] up on the floor.
I can't help but [Dm] thank you.
Thank you.
Say I want to say thank you.
Thank you.
[Bb] You've been so good.
Thank you.
Oh, oh, oh. _
[Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _
Oh.
[D] I won't do [B] no more.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[E] _ Everybody say, [B] come on.
Thank you!
[Fm] I just can't thank you enough.
Thank you!
[G] Look at [D] somebody [B] and tell them.
It [G] couldn't have been me.
[Eb] It couldn't [G] have been me.
Thank _ [Gb] you [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] for _ [Gb] _ _ [B] _
_ your mercy!
Thank [G] you for your [Bb] graciousness! Thank you!
Oh, oh, oh.
[Em] Thank [F] you.
[Em] Thank you for your mercy! _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I've seen them better than I was before
When I

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