Understand chords by
Shawn Mendes

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Key: G major

Intro 1

G

D

F

C

G

D

F

C

Verse 1
G G 
 
D D 
 
Am I asking all these questions
F F 
 
C C 
 
for nothing?
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
I'm wondering if anyone's there,
C C 
 
yeah
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
And I really need to make a confession
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
I hate to say that I'm a little bit scared,
C C 
 
yeah

Pre-chorus 1
G G 
 
D D 
 
But I've been on this train too long
F F 
 
C C 
 
People getting off and on
G G 
 
D D 
 
Praying that I don't forget
F F 
 
C C 
 
where I  belong
G G 
 
D D 
 
And every time I ask myself
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am I turning into someone else?
G G 
 
D D 
 
I'm praying that I don't forget
F F 
 
C C 
 
just who I am

Chorus 1

G

D

F

C

I really wanna understand

G

D

F

C

I just wanna understand

Verse 2
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
I'm callin' all my friends after midnight,
C C 
 
yeah
G G 
 
D D 
 
To remind 'em
F F 
 
C C 
 
that I'll always be there for them
G G 
 
D D 
 
It gets lonely
F F 
 
C C 
 
when there's no one to talk to
G G 
 
D D 
 
But it's good to know
F F 
 
C C 
 
that somebody cares

Pre-chorus 2
G G 
 
D D 
 
'Cause I've been on this train too long
F F 
 
C C 
 
People getting off and on
G G 
 
D D 
 
Praying that I don't forget
F F 
 
C C 
 
where I  belong
G G 
 
D D 
 
And every time I ask myself
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am I turning into someone else?
G G 
 
D D 
 
I'm praying that I don't forget
F F 
 
C C 
 
just who I am

Chorus 2

G

D

F

C

I really wanna understand

G

D

F

C

I just wanna understand

Bridge 1

G

D

F

C

'Cause we all get lost sometimes

G

D

F

C

We all get lost sometimes

G

D

F

C

We don't leave your heart behind

G

D

F

C

'Cause we all get lost sometimes

Chorus 3
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
I really wanna understand
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
I just gotta understand, yeah
Now I just need to,
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
I need to understand
G G 
 
D D 
 
I really wanna understand,
F F 
 
C C 
 
oh, who I am

Verse 3
G G 
 
D D 
 
When you wake up,
your whole world's flipped
F F 
 
C C 
 
It's just different, and you gotta,
you know, you gotta
G G 
 
You gotta go with it and
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
That's just simply growing up
G G 
 
D D 
 
And not see it in a negative way
F F 
 
You have to see it as it has been giving to you
C C 
 
I mean, as much as time
G G 
 
D D 
 
it's gonna be crazy
You're gonna feel
F F 
 
C C 
 
like that's where we're supposed to be
G G 
 
You're not gonna feel
D D 
 
out of place anymore
F F 
 
You're gonna feel
C C 
 
that's where you're meant to be
G G 
 
D D 
 
You don't have to pretend
that it's easy all the time
F F 
 
C C 
 
You just let it go and
G G 
 
And grow with it, and you can't hold on
D D 
 
F F 
 
To the old you, or the old this or the old that
C C 
 
Because, you know, you change
G G 
 
And it's not changing in a bad way
D D 
 
It's just changing
because that's what happens in life
F F 
 
C C 
 
You grow up, everyone moves on
G G 
 
D D 
 
You're just learning
F F 
 
C C 
 
You stay true to yourself
G G 
 
D D 
 
Changing isn't a bad thing, it never was
F F 
 
C C 
 
But at the end of the day, you know,
G G 
 
D D 
 
you're the same person
F F 
 
C C 
 
And, and where your heart  is,

Pre-chorus 3
that doesn't change
G G 
 
D D 
 
And every time I ask myself
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am I turning into someone else?
G G 
 
D D 
 
And I just pray to God
F F 
 
C C 
 
that I'm still who I am

Chorus 4
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
I really wanna understand
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
I just gotta understand, yeah
G G 
 
Now I just need to,
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
I need to understand
G G 
 
D D 
 
I really wanna understand,
F F 
 
C C 
 
oh, who I am

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