Just Because Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Tempo:
76.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [C#] [A]
[B] [E] [C#m]
[A] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [C#m] Have you ever [E] loved [B] someone you [E] knew nothing [A] of?
Except you'd [E] seen the light [A] inside their [B] eye.
[E] [C#m] Have you ever [E] loved [B] someone just because
[E]
nothing felt [B] so easy [E] or so right?
[C#m] And I [E] think of you [A] like the others do,
[E] wondering if you [C#m] think of me.
[E] And if you [F#] do, if you really do,
[B] who [Bm] is it that [G#m] you see?
[E]
[C#m] Have you ever [G#m] loved, [D#m] whether [A]
right or wrong?
[E] Have you ever loved [A] [B] someone [E] just because?
[B]
[C#m] Have you ever tried [A] to [E] speak the truth instead of lie?
When it seemed you had everything [A] to lose?
[B]
[E] [C#] Have you ever tried [A] to [B] stand your [E] ground instead of [A] hide?
[E] When staying [B] only made you [E] look a fool?
[B] [C#m] And I stayed by [A] you though I think I [E] knew
it wouldn't [C#m] change a [B] thing.
[A]
Changes come [F#] to hearts with ease,
[B] but they come so [G#m] hard to [B] me.
[E] [C#m] Have you ever tried [G#m] to make it [A] last,
not [F#] knowing [E] why?
Except you [A] had to try [E] just because.
[D#m] And every day [A] that passes [F#] now,
you [B] suppose I'm getting [A]
[E] older,
[F#] wiser [A] with the [G#m] things I've done,
[A] but I hope I don't [C#m] grow colder.
[B] [E] And [C#m] now I see the ones [F#] [B] who've lost too [E] much,
they swear they're [A] done with love and [E] all the chance
it brings [A] for pain.
[B]
[E] [C#m] But have you ever touched,
[E]
[B] and by itself [E] it was [A] enough
[E] to make you [B] want to reach out [E] once [F#] again?
[E]
[B] [C#m] And I touch you when [A] I need a [E] friend,
or just a [C#m] small reminder
[B] [A] that I haven't grown [F#] too cold to feel [B] you [A] penetrate [G#m] my armor.
[B] [E] Have [C#m] you ever loved,
[E] whether right or wrong?
Have you ever loved [A] someone [E] just because?
[B] [C#m] [A] Have you ever loved [B] someone [E] just because?
[N]
[B] [E] [C#m]
[A] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [C#m] Have you ever [E] loved [B] someone you [E] knew nothing [A] of?
Except you'd [E] seen the light [A] inside their [B] eye.
[E] [C#m] Have you ever [E] loved [B] someone just because
[E]
nothing felt [B] so easy [E] or so right?
[C#m] And I [E] think of you [A] like the others do,
[E] wondering if you [C#m] think of me.
[E] And if you [F#] do, if you really do,
[B] who [Bm] is it that [G#m] you see?
[E]
[C#m] Have you ever [G#m] loved, [D#m] whether [A]
right or wrong?
[E] Have you ever loved [A] [B] someone [E] just because?
[B]
[C#m] Have you ever tried [A] to [E] speak the truth instead of lie?
When it seemed you had everything [A] to lose?
[B]
[E] [C#] Have you ever tried [A] to [B] stand your [E] ground instead of [A] hide?
[E] When staying [B] only made you [E] look a fool?
[B] [C#m] And I stayed by [A] you though I think I [E] knew
it wouldn't [C#m] change a [B] thing.
[A]
Changes come [F#] to hearts with ease,
[B] but they come so [G#m] hard to [B] me.
[E] [C#m] Have you ever tried [G#m] to make it [A] last,
not [F#] knowing [E] why?
Except you [A] had to try [E] just because.
[D#m] And every day [A] that passes [F#] now,
you [B] suppose I'm getting [A]
[E] older,
[F#] wiser [A] with the [G#m] things I've done,
[A] but I hope I don't [C#m] grow colder.
[B] [E] And [C#m] now I see the ones [F#] [B] who've lost too [E] much,
they swear they're [A] done with love and [E] all the chance
it brings [A] for pain.
[B]
[E] [C#m] But have you ever touched,
[E]
[B] and by itself [E] it was [A] enough
[E] to make you [B] want to reach out [E] once [F#] again?
[E]
[B] [C#m] And I touch you when [A] I need a [E] friend,
or just a [C#m] small reminder
[B] [A] that I haven't grown [F#] too cold to feel [B] you [A] penetrate [G#m] my armor.
[B] [E] Have [C#m] you ever loved,
[E] whether right or wrong?
Have you ever loved [A] someone [E] just because?
[B] [C#m] [A] Have you ever loved [B] someone [E] just because?
[N]
Key:
E
B
A
C#m
F#
E
B
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] [C#m] Have you ever [E] loved [B] someone you [E] knew nothing [A] of?
Except you'd [E] seen the light [A] inside their [B] eye. _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] Have you ever [E] loved _ [B] someone just because
[E]
nothing felt [B] so easy [E] or so right?
_ _ [C#m] And I [E] think of you [A] like the others do,
[E] wondering if you [C#m] think of me. _
[E] And if you [F#] do, if you really do,
[B] who [Bm] is it that [G#m] you see?
[E] _ _
[C#m] Have you ever [G#m] loved, _ [D#m] whether [A]
right or wrong?
[E] Have you ever loved [A] [B] someone [E] just because?
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C#m] Have you ever tried [A] to [E] speak the truth instead of lie?
When it seemed you had everything [A] to lose?
_ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [C#] Have you ever tried [A] to [B] stand your [E] ground instead of [A] hide?
[E] When staying [B] only made you [E] look a fool? _ _ _
[B] _ [C#m] And I stayed by [A] you though I think I [E] knew
it wouldn't [C#m] change a [B] thing.
[A] _
Changes come [F#] to hearts with ease,
[B] but they come so [G#m] hard to [B] me.
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] Have you ever tried [G#m] to make it [A] last,
not [F#] knowing [E] why?
Except you [A] had to try [E] just because.
_ _ _ _ [D#m] And every day [A] that passes [F#] now,
you [B] suppose I'm getting [A]
[E] older,
_ [F#] _ wiser [A] with the [G#m] things I've done,
[A] but I hope I don't [C#m] grow colder.
[B] _ [E] And _ [C#m] now I see the ones [F#] [B] who've lost too [E] much,
they swear they're [A] done with love and [E] all the chance
it brings [A] for pain.
_ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C#m] But have you ever touched,
[E]
[B] and by itself [E] it was [A] enough
[E] to make you [B] want to reach out [E] once [F#] again?
_ [E] _
[B] _ [C#m] And I touch you when [A] I need a [E] friend,
or just a [C#m] small reminder
[B] _ [A] that I haven't grown [F#] too cold to feel [B] you [A] penetrate [G#m] my armor.
[B] _ [E] Have _ [C#m] you ever loved,
_ _ [E] whether right or wrong?
Have you ever loved [A] someone [E] just because?
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] Have you ever loved [B] someone [E] just because? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] [C#m] Have you ever [E] loved [B] someone you [E] knew nothing [A] of?
Except you'd [E] seen the light [A] inside their [B] eye. _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] Have you ever [E] loved _ [B] someone just because
[E]
nothing felt [B] so easy [E] or so right?
_ _ [C#m] And I [E] think of you [A] like the others do,
[E] wondering if you [C#m] think of me. _
[E] And if you [F#] do, if you really do,
[B] who [Bm] is it that [G#m] you see?
[E] _ _
[C#m] Have you ever [G#m] loved, _ [D#m] whether [A]
right or wrong?
[E] Have you ever loved [A] [B] someone [E] just because?
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C#m] Have you ever tried [A] to [E] speak the truth instead of lie?
When it seemed you had everything [A] to lose?
_ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [C#] Have you ever tried [A] to [B] stand your [E] ground instead of [A] hide?
[E] When staying [B] only made you [E] look a fool? _ _ _
[B] _ [C#m] And I stayed by [A] you though I think I [E] knew
it wouldn't [C#m] change a [B] thing.
[A] _
Changes come [F#] to hearts with ease,
[B] but they come so [G#m] hard to [B] me.
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] Have you ever tried [G#m] to make it [A] last,
not [F#] knowing [E] why?
Except you [A] had to try [E] just because.
_ _ _ _ [D#m] And every day [A] that passes [F#] now,
you [B] suppose I'm getting [A]
[E] older,
_ [F#] _ wiser [A] with the [G#m] things I've done,
[A] but I hope I don't [C#m] grow colder.
[B] _ [E] And _ [C#m] now I see the ones [F#] [B] who've lost too [E] much,
they swear they're [A] done with love and [E] all the chance
it brings [A] for pain.
_ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C#m] But have you ever touched,
[E]
[B] and by itself [E] it was [A] enough
[E] to make you [B] want to reach out [E] once [F#] again?
_ [E] _
[B] _ [C#m] And I touch you when [A] I need a [E] friend,
or just a [C#m] small reminder
[B] _ [A] that I haven't grown [F#] too cold to feel [B] you [A] penetrate [G#m] my armor.
[B] _ [E] Have _ [C#m] you ever loved,
_ _ [E] whether right or wrong?
Have you ever loved [A] someone [E] just because?
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] Have you ever loved [B] someone [E] just because? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _