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I Will Be Grateful for This Day chords by
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Bm
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2

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F#m
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I had a girl I knew, She grew,
D
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became a woman now
F#m
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F#m
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I think that she teaches at
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one of the schools downtown
F#m
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F#m
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We used to roll the windows down
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and play the music loud
F#m
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Smoking out in her car,
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lost in west Omaha
Verse 2
F#m
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And we'd get drunk and kiss,
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F#m
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Em
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our bod ies twist like shoelaces
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F#m
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And we never came untied,
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I guess you were just my type
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You know that summer never stopped,
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I still pretend I'm there
F#m
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The band's in the living room,
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Em
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Bm
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the neighbors, they never cared
Verse 3
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So when I sat behind the drum set,
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your heartbeat's what I tried to play
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Eb
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But with the kick and snare so careless,
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C#dim
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Cm
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not in time
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So you got ahead of me, and I guess I'm still dragging
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F#m
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Em
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D
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G
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F#m
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Em
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D
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behind
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F#
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Bm
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Em
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I had a friend who changed his name
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but couldn't change himself
Verse 4
F#
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Never quite figured out,
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how to deal with what life had dealt
Bm
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F#sus4
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Bm
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He put a needle in his
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arm to calm his handsome hell
F#sus4
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F#
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F#m
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Who would've ima gined it,
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could've worked out so well?
F#sus4
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Now he's a shape that moves
F#
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like echoes through my empty room
Verse 5
F#m
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And there's a voice that speaks,
Esus4
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G
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like someone's right behind me
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F#m
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2

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Bm
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F#m
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I turned around and found ex actly
Esus4
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what you would expect
F#m
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The clothes I left on my floor,
Esus4
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the pa pers piled on my desk
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F#m
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But where the ink is wet, the cause,
Esus4
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effects, what's meant by it?
Verse 6
F#m
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The story that is incomplete,
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Bm
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the picture's left unfinished
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So I am writing my own ending,
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Asus4
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Em
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I let my pen bleed black or blue
Bm
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Bsus4
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Bm
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Em
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A
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And I will col or in the meaning,
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it will be gold and green and true
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Eb
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Ebaug
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And I'll learn to love my new
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A
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C#dim
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discovered proof
C
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Cm
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Verse 7

Cm
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I'll be grateful for this day
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I will be grateful for each day to come
Outro 1
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F#m
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Em
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

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Chords

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • F#m

    2

  • Em

  • D

  • A

  • Eb

    6

  • C#dim

    4

  • C

  • Cm

    3

  • F#

    2

  • F#sus4

    2

  • Esus4

  • Asus4

  • Bsus4

    2

  • Ebaug

    4

Capo: 2

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of I Will Be Grateful for This Day by Bright Eyes is E major.

The primary chords used in I Will Be Grateful for This Day are A, C#m, G#m, F#m, E, B.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like A, C#m, G#m, F#m, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of I Will Be Grateful for This Day is approximately 146 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of I Will Be Grateful for This Day using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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