Chords for John Legend - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live At Walt Disney Concert Hall)
Tempo:
61.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] For a while we looked like a model [D] family my parents were prominent in the community
My dad was an easygoing factory worker.
My mom was this brilliant bright light was beloved in our community when you're
weary
[G]
and feeling
[D] Wedding or a funeral it was a decent chance that my grandfather [C] or my uncle was officiating and my mom was saying
[D]
Your I will try
Them all
But in the middle of all of that a [B] major trauma shook our family to the [A] core
And it caused a rupture that was lasting and really affected my entire adolescence
[D] With time
Get it wrong when I was 10 my maternal grandmother the one who taught me to play and was [G] so close to my mother
She died [E] suddenly from heart failure.
[A] She was only 58 years old and we were all really devastated
[G] Oh
[D]
Trouble water
[G] [F#] [Bm]
[G] My mother took it especially hard she became [D] depressed and in her search for [Bm] solace and comfort
She [G] withdrew she decided that she didn't want [A] to be with my father anymore
[D] And was imagining a new life and a new love for herself
[G] [D]
[G] [D] Say long silver girl
[G] [D] say long
But she became addicted to drugs and we barely saw her.
It was a dramatic shift in [Cm] our family life a major [D] trauma
[G] To shine all of your [D] dreams are wrong there
And in losing my grandmother [B] and then my mother [A] I lost the two people who were most
Influential in my music and my education
They had disappeared
[D] And psychologically I had to find a way to pull myself together and thrive after that
[G] Right
[E]
[A] [D] [G] At [C] a hard time
[D] Understanding and processing my emotion back then water
But music [G] was always there for [F#] me to inspire me and to help me express [Bm] myself to navigate
[D] those troubled waters in my life, and [Gm] I'm still inspired by my
[E] Grandmother and [D] her teaching I want to dedicate this [Bm] song
[G] [A]
Me [D] down
[G]
[D]
My dad was an easygoing factory worker.
My mom was this brilliant bright light was beloved in our community when you're
weary
[G]
and feeling
[D] Wedding or a funeral it was a decent chance that my grandfather [C] or my uncle was officiating and my mom was saying
[D]
Your I will try
Them all
But in the middle of all of that a [B] major trauma shook our family to the [A] core
And it caused a rupture that was lasting and really affected my entire adolescence
[D] With time
Get it wrong when I was 10 my maternal grandmother the one who taught me to play and was [G] so close to my mother
She died [E] suddenly from heart failure.
[A] She was only 58 years old and we were all really devastated
[G] Oh
[D]
Trouble water
[G] [F#] [Bm]
[G] My mother took it especially hard she became [D] depressed and in her search for [Bm] solace and comfort
She [G] withdrew she decided that she didn't want [A] to be with my father anymore
[D] And was imagining a new life and a new love for herself
[G] [D]
[G] [D] Say long silver girl
[G] [D] say long
But she became addicted to drugs and we barely saw her.
It was a dramatic shift in [Cm] our family life a major [D] trauma
[G] To shine all of your [D] dreams are wrong there
And in losing my grandmother [B] and then my mother [A] I lost the two people who were most
Influential in my music and my education
They had disappeared
[D] And psychologically I had to find a way to pull myself together and thrive after that
[G] Right
[E]
[A] [D] [G] At [C] a hard time
[D] Understanding and processing my emotion back then water
But music [G] was always there for [F#] me to inspire me and to help me express [Bm] myself to navigate
[D] those troubled waters in my life, and [Gm] I'm still inspired by my
[E] Grandmother and [D] her teaching I want to dedicate this [Bm] song
[G] [A]
Me [D] down
[G]
[D]
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
E
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ [G] _ For a while we looked like a model [D] family my parents were prominent in the community
My dad was an easygoing factory worker.
My mom was this brilliant bright light was beloved in our community when you're
weary
_ _ [G] _ _ _
and feeling
[D] Wedding or a funeral it was a decent chance that my grandfather [C] or my uncle was officiating and my mom was saying
[D] _ _ _ _ _
Your I will try
Them all
But in the middle of all of that a [B] major trauma shook our family to the [A] core
And it caused a rupture that was lasting and really affected my entire adolescence
[D] With time
Get it wrong when I was 10 my maternal grandmother the one who taught me to play and was [G] so close to my mother
She died [E] suddenly from heart failure.
[A] She was only 58 years old and we were all really devastated
_ [G] _ _ Oh
[D] _ _
Trouble water
[G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] My mother took it especially hard she became [D] depressed and in her search for [Bm] solace and comfort
She [G] withdrew she decided that she didn't want [A] to be with my father anymore
[D] And was imagining a new life and a new love for herself
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] Say long silver girl
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ say long
But she became addicted to drugs and we barely saw her.
It was a dramatic shift in [Cm] our family life a major [D] trauma _
_ [G] To shine all of your [D] dreams are wrong there
And in losing my grandmother [B] and then my mother [A] I lost the two people who were most
Influential in my music and my education
They had disappeared
[D] And psychologically I had to find a way to pull myself together and thrive after that
_ [G] Right
[E] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] At [C] a hard time
[D] Understanding and processing my emotion back then water
But music [G] was always there for [F#] me to inspire me and to help me express [Bm] myself to navigate
[D] those troubled waters in my life, and [Gm] I'm still inspired by my
[E] Grandmother and [D] her teaching I want to dedicate this [Bm] song
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Me [D] down
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
My dad was an easygoing factory worker.
My mom was this brilliant bright light was beloved in our community when you're
weary
_ _ [G] _ _ _
and feeling
[D] Wedding or a funeral it was a decent chance that my grandfather [C] or my uncle was officiating and my mom was saying
[D] _ _ _ _ _
Your I will try
Them all
But in the middle of all of that a [B] major trauma shook our family to the [A] core
And it caused a rupture that was lasting and really affected my entire adolescence
[D] With time
Get it wrong when I was 10 my maternal grandmother the one who taught me to play and was [G] so close to my mother
She died [E] suddenly from heart failure.
[A] She was only 58 years old and we were all really devastated
_ [G] _ _ Oh
[D] _ _
Trouble water
[G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] My mother took it especially hard she became [D] depressed and in her search for [Bm] solace and comfort
She [G] withdrew she decided that she didn't want [A] to be with my father anymore
[D] And was imagining a new life and a new love for herself
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] Say long silver girl
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ say long
But she became addicted to drugs and we barely saw her.
It was a dramatic shift in [Cm] our family life a major [D] trauma _
_ [G] To shine all of your [D] dreams are wrong there
And in losing my grandmother [B] and then my mother [A] I lost the two people who were most
Influential in my music and my education
They had disappeared
[D] And psychologically I had to find a way to pull myself together and thrive after that
_ [G] Right
[E] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] At [C] a hard time
[D] Understanding and processing my emotion back then water
But music [G] was always there for [F#] me to inspire me and to help me express [Bm] myself to navigate
[D] those troubled waters in my life, and [Gm] I'm still inspired by my
[E] Grandmother and [D] her teaching I want to dedicate this [Bm] song
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Me [D] down
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _