Whole Damn Year lyrics Chords

Tempo:
135.35 bpm
Chords used:

F

A

Eb

C

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Whole Damn Year lyrics chords
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[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [A] [Eb]
[Ab]
[C] [A] [F]
[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [A] [Eb]
[Ab]
[C] [A] I'm trying [F]
[Eb] to find a way to explain this,
[F] why you can't touch me tonight.
[Eb]
[Ab] I can feel you getting impatient, [C] but I really can't [Gb] let you [A] inside.
[F]
[Eb] Bet how deep the pain [Bb] is,
[F] oh you [A] just couldn't believe.
[Eb]
[Ab] And yeah I've seen good on the surface, but [C] I'm a mess, I'm a mess [A] underneath.
[F]
[Cm] See when I [Eb] took most of my heart, [F] and spring [A] punched me right in the stomach.
[Cm]
[Ab] Summer came looking for blood, [C] and by autumn I was left [A] with nothing.
[F] It [Eb] took a whole damn year to repair my body, it [F] took a whole [A] damn year.
[Eb] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body, it's [C] been a bad five [A] years.
[F] Gonna [Eb] take a long, long year, for me to trust [Bb] somebody.
Gonna [F] take a long, [A] long year.
[Eb] Gonna [Ab] take a long, long year for me to touch somebody.
It's [C] been a bad five [A] years.
[F]
[Eb] I'm not trying to do this on purpose
[F] Boy, I [A] really wish I could
[Cm]
[Ab] Don't act like you never heard this [C] Know you're having [A] this understood
[F]
[Eb] Well, the others just wouldn't respect it
[F] Don't [A] tell me you as well
[Cm]
[Ab] You thought we were headed for heaven [Cm] But you're about to take me back to hell
[Fm]
[Eb] See, winter took most of my heart [F] And spring [A] punched me right in the stomach
[Eb]
[Ab] Summer came looking for blood [C] And by autumn I was [A] left with nothing
[F] It [Cm] took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body It [F] took a whole [A] damn year
It [Eb]
[Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body It's [C] been a bad, bad [Gb] year
[A] [F] Gonna [Eb] take a long, long year for me to [Bb] trust somebody Gonna [F] take a long, [A] long year
[Eb] Gonna [Ab] take a long, long year for me to touch somebody It's [C] been a bad, bad [A] year
[F] It [Gm] took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body It [F] took a whole [A] damn year
[Eb] In a bad body, yeah
You [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair
My body's [Cm] in a bad body Spring, spring
Punch me right in [A] the stomach
[F] Gon' [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust [Bb] somebody
Gon' [F] take a long, [A] long year Yeah
[Ab] Gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody
[C] In a bad [A] body, yeah
[F]
[Eb] Bad to the liver, bad to the bone
[F] Bad [A] to the liver, bad to the [Eb] bone
[Ab] Bad to the liver, bad to the bone
[C] In a bad [Gb] body, yeah
[A] [F] [N]
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Let's start jamming Mary J. Blige - Whole Damn Year chords, Practice these chords sequence - F, Eb, F, A, Eb, Ab, C, A and F. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 67 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 135. With Eb Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [A] I'm trying _ _ _ [F] _
[Eb] to find a way to explain this, _ _
[F] why you can't touch me tonight.
_ _ [Eb]
[Ab] I can feel you getting impatient, _ [C] but I really can't [Gb] let you [A] inside.
_ [F] _
[Eb] Bet how deep the pain [Bb] is, _
[F] oh you [A] just couldn't believe.
_ [Eb]
[Ab] And yeah I've seen good on the surface, but [C] I'm a mess, I'm a mess [A] underneath.
_ _ [F]
[Cm] See when I [Eb] took most of my heart, _ [F] and spring [A] punched me right in the stomach.
_ _ [Cm] _
[Ab] Summer came looking for blood, _ [C] and by autumn I was left [A] with nothing.
[F] It [Eb] took a whole damn year to repair my body, it [F] took a whole [A] damn year.
_ _ [Eb] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body, it's [C] been a bad five [A] years.
_ _ [F] Gonna [Eb] take a long, long year, for me to trust [Bb] somebody.
Gonna [F] take a long, [A] long year.
_ _ [Eb] Gonna [Ab] take a long, long year for me to touch somebody.
It's [C] been a bad five [A] years.
_ _ _ [F]
[Eb] I'm not trying to do this on purpose _ _
[F] Boy, I [A] really wish I could
_ _ [Cm]
[Ab] Don't act like you never heard _ this [C] Know you're having [A] this understood
_ [F]
[Eb] Well, the others just wouldn't respect it _
[F] Don't [A] tell me you as _ well
[Cm]
[Ab] You thought we were headed for heaven _ [Cm] But you're about to take me back to _ hell
[Fm]
[Eb] See, winter took most of my heart _ [F] And spring [A] punched me right in the stomach
_ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] Summer came looking for blood _ [C] And by autumn I was [A] left with nothing
_ [F] It [Cm] took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body It [F] took a whole [A] damn year
_ It [Eb]
[Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body It's [C] been a bad, bad [Gb] year
_ _ [A] [F] Gonna [Eb] take a long, long year for me to [Bb] trust somebody Gonna [F] take a long, [A] long year
_ [Eb] _ Gonna [Ab] take a long, long year for me to touch somebody It's [C] been a bad, bad [A] year
_ _ [F] It [Gm] took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body It [F] took a whole [A] damn year
_ [Eb] In a bad body, yeah
You [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair
My body's [Cm] in a bad body Spring, spring
Punch me right in [A] the stomach
[F] Gon' [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust [Bb] somebody
Gon' [F] take a long, [A] long year Yeah
_ [Ab] Gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody
[C] In a bad [A] body, yeah
_ _ [F] _
[Eb] Bad to the liver, bad to the bone
[F] Bad [A] to the liver, bad to the [Eb] bone
[Ab] Bad to the liver, bad to the bone
[C] In a bad [Gb] body, yeah
[A] _ [F] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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