By Now
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CAPO: 4th FRET
Intro
G C
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|---2-3-2----2-3-2-|
E|-3--------3-------|
[Verso 1]
G Am C G
Leaving was never something that I ever thought I needed
Em
Help with
C G
But hell this just isn't easy
Em C
Thought that I was making progress
G Em
But I'm weak and helpless
C D Em
Tell me I wasn't supposed to not pick that call up
C G
When it lights up and it's your face
D Em
Stuck between us
When I get ending up in your place
G
Right now, going out on the town
Em C
She'll be looking like a round with a girl I just met
G
Right now double Crown, throw it down
Em C
She'll be feeling like I been doing my best
G
Yeah, I don't know what to do
When it comes to you
Em C
Someone throw me a lifeline now
G
'Cause I'm at your house
Every light's out
Em C G
Ain't no ain't no how I could ever say goodbye now (goodbye now)
Em C
(Like no way no how I could ever say goodbye)
Break
Am G
Tease me
Em C
Tell me everything'll be alright
G
Make me believe it
Em C
But you don't mean it
G
Right now, going out on the town
Em C
She'll be looking like a round with a girl I just met
G
Right now double Crown, throw it down
Em C
She'll be feeling like I been doing my best
G
Yeah, I don't know what to do
When it comes to you
Em C
Someone throw me a lifeline now
G
'Cause I'm at your house
Every light's out
Em C G
Ain't no ain't no how I could ever say goodbye now (goodbye now)
Em C
(Like no way no how I)
C D Em
I wasn't supposed to not pick that call up
C G
When it lights up and it's your face
D Em
Stuck between us
C
Where I get ending up in your place
G
Right now, going out on the town
Em C
She'll be looking like a round with a girl I just met
G
Right now double Crown, throw it down
Em C
She'll be feeling like I been doing my best
G
Yeah, I don't know what to do
When it comes to you
Em C
Someone throw me a lifeline now
G
'Cause I'm at your house
Every light's out
Em C G G
Ain't no ain't no how I could ever say goodbye
Em C
Ain't no way no how I could ever say goodbye)
How to play By Now
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.