"I'll Be" by Edwin McCain (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: B major
  • Chord Family:
  • Skills: Basic Strumming, Barre Chords, Open Chords

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INTRO
/B-----/E-----/(x2)

VERSE 1 
    B                          E5
The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
B                        F#  E
Stop me and steal my breath
B                        E5
Emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
B                        F#  E
Never revealing their depth
B    F#      E         F#
Tell me that we belong together
B          F#          E            F#
  Dress it up with the trappings of love
     B       F#          E         F#
I'll be captivated, I'll hang from your lips
   B                       F#                        E    F#
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above


CHORUS
    B    E
And I'll be your crying shoulder
B          F#   E
  I'll be loves suicide
B       E
I'll be better when I'm older
B              F#       E           /B-----/E5-----/B-----/F#-----/E-----/      
  I'll be the greatest fan of your life


VERSE 2
B            E5
Rain falls angry on the tin roof
   B                  F#  E
As we lie awake in my bed
B                          E
You're my survival, you're my living proof
    B                      F#  E
My love is alive and not dead
B    F#      E           F#
Tell me that we belong together
B          F#            E           F#
  Dress it up with the trappings of love
     B       F#          E        F#
I'll be captivated I'll hang from your lips
   B                       F#                         E   F#
Instead of the gallows of heartache, that hang from above


CHORUS
*ends with all heavy down strums on the following /B-----/B-----


BRIDGE
         G#m
And I've dropped out, burned up, 
*F#                         E
fought my way back from the dead
G#m     
Tuned in, turned on, 
  *F#                         /E-----/------/A-----/*F#-----/
remembered the thing that you...  said...

 
CHORUS (x2)


OUTRO
/B-----/E5-----/B-----/F#--E-- (2x)
                    The greatest fan of your life...
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