Chords for John Legend - "Again"

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I just wrote my second album.
[Gm]
[Cm] [Db] It's a song [Bb] called, Get [Fm] Him.
I [Gm] wrote the song as [Cm] I was still preparing to at least get lifted.
[Bbm] [Db] [Ab] It's one of my favorite [Db] songs actually, don't you think?
When [Eb] I write songs, [Bb] [Ab] people always ask me, how do you write [Eb] the songs?
[Db] Well, it's very simple.
[Eb] For me, it starts with the music usually.
[Db] I sit on the piano sometimes, [A] sometimes I work with [Fm] producers that make beats.
We sit together.
[Eb]
When I hear something that interests me, I start singing along,
[Db] singing melodies and seeing if they work over the music.
[Bb] I was writing this song, the first [F] thing that came to me was this music.
[Fm]
[F]
[Fm] [Ab] Then I started singing along.
[Am] [Ab] [Fm]
[F] My future [Ab] is in his [Fm] hands.
[C] Sounds like gibberish, right?
[F] I'll do it [Ab] again.
And then, sooner or later, I hear something [F] along.
And I'll do [Ab] it again.
[F] Yes, I'll do [Fm] it again.
And then, [Ab] once you have something that's the seed of an idea,
[Fm] then it [E] can go many ways.
You gotta think about what kind of story, [Am] what kind of musical [Ab] story.
[B]
[Dbm] [B] So, musically, I decided to [Eb] [Cm] go
[Db]
[Cm] [Db] [Eb]
Sounds [Db]
[Eb] like gibberish, right?
Then I [Db] decided what the song would be about.
It's about what am I doing again?
[Eb]
Well, it [Bb] sounds dark,
so I decided I should make it about [Db] something dark,
about a relationship that would be toxic,
but it's [Bb] intoxicating.
I'll do it again.
I start writing, [Ab] [Db]
and here's the song.
[Ab] [Eb] First time you have a chance to be alone, we know
It was [Db] wrong to do
[Ab] Guess that's why [Db] I was drawn to you
[Eb] Second [Gm] time leads to the third, the fifth, the seventh [Eb] time
I feel [Ab] so alive
It won't last, [Db] but it's alright
[Eb] Fleeting [Ab] joy, [Eb] invading ecstasy
Here [Db] it goes again, [Ab] oh
[Db]
[Eb] Sneaking [F] food from the [Eb] window
Sweet [Db] taste of sin
And [F] I'm [Ab] doing it [Fm] again
[F] Yes, I'm [Ab] doing it [Fm] again
I'm [Am] doing [Ab] it again
I said it again
[Eb] But here [Db] it goes again
[Ab]
[Eb] This [Bb] time you told me you saw me at the [Eb] same motel
Said [Db] you knew me well
I had that familiar smell
You [Eb] asked me how am I ever gonna learn
But I trust in you
Like [Db] you want me to
I know what you're prone to do
[Eb]
Accusations fly like bullets do
Here [Db] it goes again, oh
[Eb] You know me because you're doing it true [Db] Psychic leverage
Oh, [Am] you're [Ab] doing it again
[Am] Yes, you're [Ab] doing it again
[Am] Oh, you're [Ab] doing it again
[Gm] Yes, [Fm] I said it again
[Eb] But here [Db] it goes again
I said it again, I said it [E]
[Eb] again
Damn, I love you, but this is crazy
I have to fight you, almost [Db] dead
We break too fast, but we
We pick up so [Eb] fastly
Why can't we just trust each other
You can hate me, be my [Db] lover
As you lose the pain, I forget
[F] And we're [Ab] doing it again
Oh, [F] we're [Ab] doing it again
[Cm] Yes, we're doing it again
[Gm] Slapped [Fm] in the hand
[Eb] But here [Db] it goes [Ab] again
[Db] Each [Eb] time you call me
In a sweet refrain
Saying [Db] things will change
You'll take away the pain
[Eb] Then we flash back to the [Bb] first time
I put [Eb] your smile on me
[Ab] You envelop [Db] me
You feel good as hell to me
[Bb] One [Eb] moment leads to another few
[Db] You go again, oh
Leaving [Eb] you, it's oh so hard to do
I [Db] can't pretend, can't pretend
[Am] I keep [Ab] doing it again
Yes, [C] I'm [Ab] doing it again
[Am] Oh, I'm doing [Ab] it again
[Gm] I said [Fm] it again, [Eb] oh
[Db] Oh, [Ab] [Db]
[Am] I'm doing [Ab] it again
[Eb] I said [Fm] it again, [Eb] oh
[Db] Yes,
[Am] I'm doing [Ab] it again
[Gm] I said [Fm] it again
[Eb]
Finally, it [Db] goes again
[G] [C]
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I just wrote my second album.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Db] It's a song [Bb] called, Get [Fm] Him. _ _
_ I _ [Gm] wrote the song _ as [Cm] I was still _ preparing to at least get lifted.
_ [Bbm] _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] It's one of my favorite [Db] songs actually, don't you think?
_ _ _ When [Eb] I write songs, _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] people always ask me, how do you write [Eb] the songs?
_ [Db] Well, it's very simple. _ _ _
_ [Eb] For me, it starts with the music usually. _ _
_ _ _ [Db] I sit on the piano sometimes, [A] sometimes I work with [Fm] producers that make beats.
_ We sit together.
[Eb] _
When I hear something that interests me, I start singing along,
[Db] _ singing melodies and seeing if they work over the music.
[Bb] I was writing this song, the first [F] thing that came to me was this music.
_ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Then I started singing along.
[Am] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] My future [Ab] is in his [Fm] hands. _
_ [C] Sounds like gibberish, right?
_ [F] I'll do it [Ab] again.
_ And then, sooner or later, I hear something [F] along.
And I'll do [Ab] it again. _ _ _ _
_ [F] Yes, I'll do [Fm] it again. _
And then, [Ab] once you have something that's the seed of an idea,
[Fm] then it [E] can go many ways.
You gotta think about what kind of story, [Am] what kind of musical [Ab] story.
[B] _ _ _ _ _
[Dbm] _ _ _ [B] So, musically, I decided to [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ go_
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
Sounds _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] like _ gibberish, right?
_ _ _ _ Then I [Db] decided what the song would be about.
It's about _ what am I doing again?
[Eb] _
Well, it [Bb] sounds dark,
so I decided I should make it about [Db] something dark,
about a relationship that would be toxic, _
but it's [Bb] intoxicating.
_ _ _ I'll do it again.
I start writing, _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
and here's the song.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ First time you have a chance to be alone, we know
It was [Db] wrong to do
[Ab] Guess that's why [Db] I was drawn to you
_ [Eb] Second [Gm] time leads to the third, the fifth, the seventh [Eb] time
I feel [Ab] so alive
It won't last, [Db] but it's alright
_ _ [Eb] _ Fleeting [Ab] joy, [Eb] invading ecstasy
Here [Db] it goes again, [Ab] oh
[Db] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Sneaking [F] food from the [Eb] window _
Sweet [Db] taste of sin
And _ [F] I'm [Ab] doing it [Fm] again _ _ _
_ [F] Yes, I'm [Ab] doing it [Fm] again _
_ _ _ I'm [Am] doing [Ab] it again
I said it again
[Eb] But here [Db] it goes _ again
[Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] This [Bb] time you told me you saw me at the [Eb] same motel
Said [Db] you knew me well
I had that familiar smell
You [Eb] asked me how am I ever gonna learn
But I trust in you
Like [Db] you want me to
I know what you're prone to _ do
[Eb] _
Accusations fly like bullets do
Here [Db] it goes again, oh _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] You know me because you're doing it true [Db] Psychic _ leverage _
Oh, [Am] you're [Ab] doing it again _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Yes, you're [Ab] doing it again _
_ _ _ [Am] Oh, you're [Ab] doing it again
[Gm] Yes, [Fm] I said it again
[Eb] But here [Db] it goes again
I said it again, I said it [E] _
[Eb] again
Damn, I love you, but this is crazy
I have to fight you, almost [Db] dead
We break too fast, but we
We pick up so [Eb] fastly
Why can't we just trust each other
You can hate me, be my [Db] lover
As you lose the pain, I forget
[F] And we're [Ab] doing it _ again
_ _ _ Oh, [F] we're [Ab] doing it again
_ [Cm] _ _ _ Yes, we're doing it again
[Gm] Slapped [Fm] in the hand
[Eb] But here [Db] it goes [Ab] again
_ [Db] Each _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ time you call me
In a sweet refrain
_ Saying [Db] things will change
You'll take away the pain
[Eb] Then we flash back to the [Bb] first time
I put [Eb] your smile on me
[Ab] You envelop [Db] me
You feel good as hell to me
[Bb] One [Eb] moment leads to another few
[Db] You go again, oh
_ Leaving _ _ [Eb] _ you, it's oh so hard to do
I [Db] can't pretend, can't pretend
[Am] I keep [Ab] doing it again
Yes, _ _ [C] I'm [Ab] doing it again
_ _ _ _ [Am] Oh, I'm doing [Ab] it again
[Gm] I said [Fm] it again, _ [Eb] oh
_ [Db] Oh, [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Am] I'm doing [Ab] it again
[Eb] I said [Fm] it again, [Eb] oh
_ [Db] Yes, _
_ _ _ _ [Am] I'm doing [Ab] it again
[Gm] I said [Fm] it again
_ _ [Eb]
Finally, it [Db] goes _ again _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _