Before You Go Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Eb
Capo:	1st fret

Author lukephilipjeeves [a] 703.

6 contributors total, last edit on Jun 26, 2024

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Asus4

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[Intro]
D
 
 
[Verse 1]
D
  I fell by the wayside, like everyone else
Bm
  I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, but I was just kidding myself
G
  Our every moment, I start to replace
Asus4                                A
  ‘cause now that they’re gone all I hear are the words that I needed to say
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
D
  When you hurt under the surface
Bm                            G
  Like troubled water running cold
                            Asus4      A
Well time can heal but this won't
 
 
[Chorus 1]
D
So
           A
Before you go
              Bm
Was there something I coulda said to make your heart beat better?
   G
If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather
D
So
           A
Before you go
              Bm
Was there something I coulda said to make it all stop hurting?
    G
It kills me how your mind can make you feel so worthless
A
So
           D
Before you go
 
 
[Verse 2]
D
  Was never the right time, whenever you called
Bm
  Went little by little by little, until there was nothing at all
G
  Our every moment, I start to replay
Asus4                           A
  When all I can think about is seeing that look on your face
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
D
 When you hurt under the surface
Bm                            G
 Like troubled water running cold
                            Asus4    A
Well time can heal but this won't
 
 
[Chorus 2]
D
So
           A
Before you go
              Bm
Was there something I coulda said to make your heart beat better?
    G
If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather
D
So
           A
Before you go
              Bm
Was there something I coulda said to make it all stop hurting?
   G
It kills me how your mind can make you feel so worthless
A
So
           Bm
Before you go
 
 
[Bridge]
Bm          G             D
Would we be better off by now?
       A                 Bm
If I'd let my walls come down?
        G                  A
Maybe I guess we’ll never know
A              D
You know, you know
 
 
[Chorus 3]
           A
Before you go
              Bm
Was there something I coulda said to make your heart beat better?
   G
If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather
D
So
           A
Before you go
              Bm
Was there something I coulda said to make it all stop hurting?
   G
It kills me how your mind can make you feel so worthless
A
So
           D
Before you go
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53 comments

I'm not sure about that F#m

+12

Hey, great tab! I started trying to figure it out as soon as it was released and got something really similar to what you did, here's my two cents: - I was unsure about that F#m too but it sounds the "most" right to me, maybe the only other thing I would say that could replace it is the A6 you mention in the other comment because there is for sure a high F# in there. - In the second "Before you go" in each chorus, I think it's an A and not either F#m or A6. If you play the chorus vocal line as single notes, he hits an C# on the first "go" and then an E on the second "go" (relative to the capo on 1). In his tune Bruises, he does a similar "substitute" in the chorus' chord progression, and to me it sounds like it could be a similar idea here. Try it out? Rule #1 is it's gotta sound right after all!

I'm playing this on piano so it might be a little different, but F#m/A is the perfect chord for that tricky bit. Hopefully it works on guitar, too! 😁