Chords for Jennifer Hudson - Believe
Tempo:
60.075 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [F]
Old man Brinkley lived in [C] that white
Down the street where [Am] I grew [Dm] up
My mama and me over the night
[F] We struck a friendship [Dm] up
[Bb]
It's been a few long [C] suns
[F] Out on the old boy's [Bb] way
[F] Said [C] he was in a [F] war in the [C] Navy
Lost his wife, lost his [Dm] baby
I broke down and I asked the warden
How [F]
you keep [Eb] from [Gm] going [Bb] crazy
He said, oh I see my wife and son are just a little wild
[F] I asked him what it meant
[C]
[Gm] He looked at me and tried to tell
[F] I raised my hand
[C]
[Bb] I'm tired of talking about you
And the words written [F] [Gm] tell me that [F] it's more
[Bb]
Just what I [C] can see
[F] Believe
[Gm] [C]
[Ab] [F] Believe
A few years later I was off in [C] college
Talking on the phone to my mom one [Dm] night
Get all caught up in the gossip
[F]
Of the small town
[Dm] [Bb] He said, oh by the way [C] son
[F] Old man Brinkley has died
Later on that night
[C] I lay there thinking back
[Dm]
Thought about a couple of lonely, lost sons
[F] I didn't know whether to cry [Bb] or laugh
If there was ever anybody
Who deserved a ticket to the other side
[F]
It'll [Cm] be that sweet old [C] man
Who looked me in the eye and said
I [F] won't [C] [Bb]
[C] [Gm]
tell me [F] [Bb] the jest
[C] [Dm]
I can't quote the book
[Db] The chapter or the verse
And [F]
you can't tell me that it all
[G] Is in a slow, grinding [Dm] hearse
[Bb] You know I must
[F] The longer I believe
[Gm] Lord escape me [F] Make me
[Bb] Keep me
[C] I need you
All [F]
[C] over my head
[Bb] I'm finding more and more
And the words written in [C] red
[Gm]
Tell me [F] that [Bb] it's just what [C] I can see
More [Dm] than you can see
[G] [Gm] Oh
[Bb]
I [Gm] believe [C] [C] Believe
[F]
Yeah
[Eb] Cause I believe, I believe
[F] I believe
[Eb] Oh
[F] Believe
[Bb] [F] I believe
[Eb]
[Cm] [F]
[N]
Old man Brinkley lived in [C] that white
Down the street where [Am] I grew [Dm] up
My mama and me over the night
[F] We struck a friendship [Dm] up
[Bb]
It's been a few long [C] suns
[F] Out on the old boy's [Bb] way
[F] Said [C] he was in a [F] war in the [C] Navy
Lost his wife, lost his [Dm] baby
I broke down and I asked the warden
How [F]
you keep [Eb] from [Gm] going [Bb] crazy
He said, oh I see my wife and son are just a little wild
[F] I asked him what it meant
[C]
[Gm] He looked at me and tried to tell
[F] I raised my hand
[C]
[Bb] I'm tired of talking about you
And the words written [F] [Gm] tell me that [F] it's more
[Bb]
Just what I [C] can see
[F] Believe
[Gm] [C]
[Ab] [F] Believe
A few years later I was off in [C] college
Talking on the phone to my mom one [Dm] night
Get all caught up in the gossip
[F]
Of the small town
[Dm] [Bb] He said, oh by the way [C] son
[F] Old man Brinkley has died
Later on that night
[C] I lay there thinking back
[Dm]
Thought about a couple of lonely, lost sons
[F] I didn't know whether to cry [Bb] or laugh
If there was ever anybody
Who deserved a ticket to the other side
[F]
It'll [Cm] be that sweet old [C] man
Who looked me in the eye and said
I [F] won't [C] [Bb]
[C] [Gm]
tell me [F] [Bb] the jest
[C] [Dm]
I can't quote the book
[Db] The chapter or the verse
And [F]
you can't tell me that it all
[G] Is in a slow, grinding [Dm] hearse
[Bb] You know I must
[F] The longer I believe
[Gm] Lord escape me [F] Make me
[Bb] Keep me
[C] I need you
All [F]
[C] over my head
[Bb] I'm finding more and more
And the words written in [C] red
[Gm]
Tell me [F] that [Bb] it's just what [C] I can see
More [Dm] than you can see
[G] [Gm] Oh
[Bb]
I [Gm] believe [C] [C] Believe
[F]
Yeah
[Eb] Cause I believe, I believe
[F] I believe
[Eb] Oh
[F] Believe
[Bb] [F] I believe
[Eb]
[Cm] [F]
[N]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Dm
Gm
F
C
Bb
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
Old man Brinkley lived in [C] that white
Down the street where [Am] I grew [Dm] up
My mama and me over the night
[F] We struck a friendship [Dm] up
[Bb] _
It's been a few long [C] suns
_ [F] Out on the old boy's [Bb] way
[F] Said [C] he was in a [F] war in the [C] Navy
Lost his wife, lost his [Dm] baby
I broke down and I asked the warden
How [F]
you keep [Eb] from [Gm] going [Bb] crazy
He said, oh I see my wife and son are just a little wild
_ _ _ [F] I asked him what it meant
[C]
[Gm] He looked at me and tried to tell
[F] I raised my hand
_ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] I'm tired of talking about you
And the words written _ [F] _ [Gm] tell me that [F] it's more
[Bb]
Just what I [C] can see
[F] _ Believe
[Gm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Ab] [F] Believe
A few years later I was off in [C] college
Talking on the phone to my mom one [Dm] night
Get all caught up in the gossip
[F]
Of the small town
[Dm] _ [Bb] He said, oh by the way [C] son
[F] Old man Brinkley has died _
Later on that night
[C] I lay there thinking back
[Dm]
Thought about a couple of lonely, lost sons
[F] I didn't know whether to cry [Bb] or laugh
If there was ever anybody
Who deserved a ticket to the other side
_ _ [F]
It'll [Cm] be that sweet old [C] man
Who looked me in the eye and said
I [F] won't _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm]
tell me [F] _ [Bb] the jest
[C] _ _ [Dm]
I can't quote the book
[Db] The chapter or the verse
And [F]
you can't tell me that it all
[G] Is in a slow, grinding [Dm] hearse
[Bb] You know I must
[F] The longer I believe
[Gm] Lord escape me [F] Make me
[Bb] Keep me
[C] I need you
All [F] _
_ _ _ [C] over my head
[Bb] I'm finding more and more
And the words written in [C] red
[Gm]
Tell me [F] that _ [Bb] it's just what [C] I can see
More [Dm] than you can see
_ [G] _ [Gm] Oh
_ [Bb]
I [Gm] believe _ [C] _ _ [C] Believe
[F] _
_ Yeah
[Eb] Cause I believe, I believe
[F] I believe
_ [Eb] Oh
_ [F] Believe
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] I believe
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Old man Brinkley lived in [C] that white
Down the street where [Am] I grew [Dm] up
My mama and me over the night
[F] We struck a friendship [Dm] up
[Bb] _
It's been a few long [C] suns
_ [F] Out on the old boy's [Bb] way
[F] Said [C] he was in a [F] war in the [C] Navy
Lost his wife, lost his [Dm] baby
I broke down and I asked the warden
How [F]
you keep [Eb] from [Gm] going [Bb] crazy
He said, oh I see my wife and son are just a little wild
_ _ _ [F] I asked him what it meant
[C]
[Gm] He looked at me and tried to tell
[F] I raised my hand
_ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] I'm tired of talking about you
And the words written _ [F] _ [Gm] tell me that [F] it's more
[Bb]
Just what I [C] can see
[F] _ Believe
[Gm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Ab] [F] Believe
A few years later I was off in [C] college
Talking on the phone to my mom one [Dm] night
Get all caught up in the gossip
[F]
Of the small town
[Dm] _ [Bb] He said, oh by the way [C] son
[F] Old man Brinkley has died _
Later on that night
[C] I lay there thinking back
[Dm]
Thought about a couple of lonely, lost sons
[F] I didn't know whether to cry [Bb] or laugh
If there was ever anybody
Who deserved a ticket to the other side
_ _ [F]
It'll [Cm] be that sweet old [C] man
Who looked me in the eye and said
I [F] won't _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm]
tell me [F] _ [Bb] the jest
[C] _ _ [Dm]
I can't quote the book
[Db] The chapter or the verse
And [F]
you can't tell me that it all
[G] Is in a slow, grinding [Dm] hearse
[Bb] You know I must
[F] The longer I believe
[Gm] Lord escape me [F] Make me
[Bb] Keep me
[C] I need you
All [F] _
_ _ _ [C] over my head
[Bb] I'm finding more and more
And the words written in [C] red
[Gm]
Tell me [F] that _ [Bb] it's just what [C] I can see
More [Dm] than you can see
_ [G] _ [Gm] Oh
_ [Bb]
I [Gm] believe _ [C] _ _ [C] Believe
[F] _
_ Yeah
[Eb] Cause I believe, I believe
[F] I believe
_ [Eb] Oh
_ [F] Believe
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] I believe
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _