Fingerpick or strum the chords in the verses, both ways sound nice.
Intro: C C Am G
Verse:
- no guitar -
I say to myself
C C Am
Self, why are you awake again? It’s 1 AM
G
Standing with the fridge door wide open, just staring
C
Such a sight, fluorescent light, the stars are bright
C Am
I might make a wish, if I believed in that xxxx
As it is, I might watch TV
G D D C
‘Cause it’s nice to see people more messed up than me
Pre-chrorus:
C D D C
I say to myself
D D C
As I smile at the wall
D D C
Just let myself fall
Chorus:
G
It’s gonna be alright
D
No matter what they say
C
It’s gonna be a good day
D
Just wait and see
G
It’s gonna be okay
D
‘Cause I’m okay with me
C
It’s gonna be
It’s gonna be
D Dsus4 - Mute -
It’s gotta be
Verse:
C C
I shiver and shut the door
Am
Can’t think standing here no more
G
I’m alone my mind’s racing, heart breaking
Can you be everything I need you to be
C C
Can you protect me like a daughter
Am
Can you love me like a father
G
Can you drink me like water
D D C
Say I’m like the desert just way hotter
Pre-Chorus:
C D D C
The point of it all
D D C
Is that if I should fall
D D C
Still your name I call
Chorus:
G
It’s gonna be alright
D
No matter what they say
C
It’s gonna be a good day
D
Just wait and see
G
It’s gonna be okay
D
‘Cause I’m okay with me
C
It’s gonna be
It’s gonna be
D
As long as we
Bridge:
Am
Laugh out loud
C
And laugh like we’re mad
G D
‘Cause this crazy mixed up beauty’s all that we have
Am C
Because what’s love but and itch we can’t scratch
G
a joke we can’t catch
D Dsus4
But still we laugh
Interlude:
G
D
I go back upstairs turn off the TV
C D
You say it’ll be okay baby, just wait and see
Chorus:
G D
It’s gonna be alright
C D
It’s gonna be okay
G D
It’s gonna be alright
C
Just wait and see
D
It’s gonna be
G
It’s gonna be alright
D
It’s gonna be okay
C
It’s gonna be a good day
D
Just wait
G
Just say gonna be okay
D
‘cause I’m okay with me
C
it’s gonna be
it’s gonna be
D
it’s gonna be
Outro:
G D C D G D D
okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
What would the strumming pattern be?
Wow. This sounds amazing. Thanks!
-5 & +2 are really easy on guitar 🙂 (it also can be for beginners on ukulele too)