Give Me Strength Chords & Lyrics by Snow Patrol

Give Me Strength

guitar chords lyrics

Snow Patrol

Capo 4

Hope this ain't too confusing! Just listen to the song, you'll get it.

e|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
G|-------0-------2-------0-------0-------|
D|-------0-------0-------2-------2-------|
A|-------2-------0-------2-------3-------|
E|-------3-------2-------0-------0-------|

G D/F# Em Cadd9

e|-------7-----------| e|-------7-------7-------7-------|
B|---------8---------| B|---------8---8---8---8---------|
G|-----------7-------| G|-----------7-------7-----------|
D|-------------------| D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------| A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------| E|-------------------------------|

x16 for intro, x4 per line in chorus
x16 per line of lyrics
in the verses.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--0--0--0------------------------------------------| x2 for into
D|-------------------2--2--2--2------------------------------| and
A|-------------------------------2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3------| x2 per line
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| of verses

So that's what's played in the intro and the verses, and overtop of the chords in
the chorus. I also wrote in the chords for the verses if you don't want to deal
with the different parts (which are played at the same time)/multiple guitars.

[Verse 1]

G Em G Cadd9 G Em G Cadd9
I choked back tears today, cuz I can't begin to say
G Em D/F# Cadd9 G Em D/F# Cadd9
how much you've shaped this boy, these last ten years or more.
G Em G Cadd9 G Em G Cadd9
My friends we've seen it all, triumphs to drunken falls,
G Em D/F# Cadd9 G Em D/F# Cadd9
and our bones are broken still, but our hearts are joined until...

G Cadd9
Time slips its tired hand, into our tired hands.
G Cadd9
We've years till that day, I've so much more to say....

[Chorus]
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You give the strength to me, a strength I never had.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
I was a mess you see, I'd lost the plot so bad.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You drag me up and out, out of the darkest place.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
There's not a single doubt, when I can see your faces...

[Verse 2]

G Em G Cadd9 G Em G Cadd9
my friends we've seen it all, when it made no sense at all.
G Em D/F# Cadd9 G Em D/F# Cadd9
You dare to light my path, and found the beauty in the aftermath.

G Cadd9
let me hold you up, like you held me up.
G Cadd9
Its too long to never say this, you must know i've always thought...

[Chorus]

G Em D/F# Cadd9
You give the strength to me, a strength I never had.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
I was a mess you see, I'd lost the plot so bad.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You drag me up and out, out of the darkest place.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
There's not a single doubt, when I can see your faces...

G Em D/F# Cadd9
You give the strength to me, a strength I never had.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
I was a mess you see, I'd lost the plot so bad.
G Em D/F# Cadd9
You drag me up and out, out of the darkest place.
G Em D/F# Cadd9 G(let it ring)
There's not a single doubt, when I can see your faces.