Chords for "You Never Leave My Heart" | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | BEHIND THE SONG
Tempo:
131.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
F#
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#] Let's [G] see what sounds we can make.
[F#]
[A]
It's [Em] all the way [D#m] up.
It feels man.
I think that's [N] good.
[A] When I [F#] was a kid, I had a brother with Spina Bifida.
[Bm] His name was Jay.
And we were very close, three years [D] apart.
We shared a bedroom until I was [E] 13 [A] with him and our youngest brother, Sam.
And a [F#] lot of my life was defined by that relationship.
[Bm] I learned that the world didn't revolve around me pretty early
because [D] he required a lot of attention and a lot of care.
[E]
And it was a sort of team effort, [A] you know.
So when I was thinking about family,
like it's coming out of this place of [F#] like this journey we walked with my brother and his [Bm] struggles.
And so 20 years ago, [D] he passed away.
I was actually out of the country.
[E] It was very unexpected.
[A] After he died, I started writing songs.
[F#] It really is in some ways to sort of deal with the anguish.
[Bm] Music was the thing that really got me through.
But I didn't really [D] know how to write songs about him.
And I [E] wrote one song years and years ago [A] called Sweetness about him.
And it was a good song, but it [G] was more about me than it was about him.
[D]
And for years, I just [A] couldn't really.
Even though his story and his [G] life and death were sort [D] of all in my music,
[A] there was not like a song about it.
And so one night right after New Year's,
Ellie was out doing something [F#] with some friends.
The kids were all asleep.
And I kind of just let [Bm] myself go there, let myself go to the pain [D] of missing him.
And [E]
[C#m] this [E] thought, you [A] never leave my heart, kind of came to me.
And I [F#] penned this song in like an hour.
[A#m] The way that the grief [F#] hits me now, [Bm] 20 years removed from it,
is I'll be doing something [D] really mundane, like in a song, [E] walking down [C#m] the street.
[A] My mind takes me all the way back to a particular moment.
And so [G] this particular moment that I had that [D] day
was the [A] sort of gathering of friends, the party, if you will, [G] after the funeral.
[D] And I'm sort of disembodied in the song, watching [A] this party happen and watching myself.
But at the end of it,
[F#] I still just sort of miss [Bm]
him.
And I'm [D] talking to him, like, hey, but you're still not [G#] here [E] at the party.
That's where it [A] started, where you weren't here anymore.
But [F#] you're never gone from this spot.
[Bm] Yeah, maybe I can get it.
All I need to do is get it once.
[D] When we recorded the song, [C#m] I told Kacen,
I knew that I only had like [A] enough capacity to sort of go there [F#] for a little while.
I didn't want to have to record it for all day.
[Bm] I had about five or six takes of this in me.
And you've got to get [D] what you need from those five or six [E] takes
because I don't want to sing this song [A] and not be in this spot.
But I've got to go to this spot, and I can't go there too [F#] much.
And I didn't realize how much I was going to go there.
[Bm] But it was certainly the most vulnerable [D] moment I've ever [E] had making music.
[A] And I hope it makes people feel [F#] close to people they've lost.
I also hope it makes people feel a little bit [Bm] uncomfortable
because it sure made me uncomfortable in a really good and beautiful [D] way.
I [E] gave that song everything [A] I've got, and I'm really proud of it.
I'm really proud [F#] of the way it sort of anchors the whole project
[Bm] because for me in some ways the [D] [E]
dragon I've had [A] to slay all these years
is the tragedy of losing him [G] at a young age.
It's been my [D] paddle to help me make [A] sense of the world,
to make sense of God, to make sense of family.
[G] [D] And music has been my vehicle for [A] that.
Music is fun.
It makes you want to [G] dance.
It makes you want to [D]
be with people you love.
[A] It makes you want to do hard things, and it inspires you.
[G] And that's what it's done for me, and that's my [D] hope for [A] this record.
And
[G] yeah, [D] I'm just really proud of it.
[A] Whoo!
Okay.
[Em] [A]
That's all I got.
That's all I [G] can
[A]
[F#]
[A]
It's [Em] all the way [D#m] up.
It feels man.
I think that's [N] good.
[A] When I [F#] was a kid, I had a brother with Spina Bifida.
[Bm] His name was Jay.
And we were very close, three years [D] apart.
We shared a bedroom until I was [E] 13 [A] with him and our youngest brother, Sam.
And a [F#] lot of my life was defined by that relationship.
[Bm] I learned that the world didn't revolve around me pretty early
because [D] he required a lot of attention and a lot of care.
[E]
And it was a sort of team effort, [A] you know.
So when I was thinking about family,
like it's coming out of this place of [F#] like this journey we walked with my brother and his [Bm] struggles.
And so 20 years ago, [D] he passed away.
I was actually out of the country.
[E] It was very unexpected.
[A] After he died, I started writing songs.
[F#] It really is in some ways to sort of deal with the anguish.
[Bm] Music was the thing that really got me through.
But I didn't really [D] know how to write songs about him.
And I [E] wrote one song years and years ago [A] called Sweetness about him.
And it was a good song, but it [G] was more about me than it was about him.
[D]
And for years, I just [A] couldn't really.
Even though his story and his [G] life and death were sort [D] of all in my music,
[A] there was not like a song about it.
And so one night right after New Year's,
Ellie was out doing something [F#] with some friends.
The kids were all asleep.
And I kind of just let [Bm] myself go there, let myself go to the pain [D] of missing him.
And [E]
[C#m] this [E] thought, you [A] never leave my heart, kind of came to me.
And I [F#] penned this song in like an hour.
[A#m] The way that the grief [F#] hits me now, [Bm] 20 years removed from it,
is I'll be doing something [D] really mundane, like in a song, [E] walking down [C#m] the street.
[A] My mind takes me all the way back to a particular moment.
And so [G] this particular moment that I had that [D] day
was the [A] sort of gathering of friends, the party, if you will, [G] after the funeral.
[D] And I'm sort of disembodied in the song, watching [A] this party happen and watching myself.
But at the end of it,
[F#] I still just sort of miss [Bm]
him.
And I'm [D] talking to him, like, hey, but you're still not [G#] here [E] at the party.
That's where it [A] started, where you weren't here anymore.
But [F#] you're never gone from this spot.
[Bm] Yeah, maybe I can get it.
All I need to do is get it once.
[D] When we recorded the song, [C#m] I told Kacen,
I knew that I only had like [A] enough capacity to sort of go there [F#] for a little while.
I didn't want to have to record it for all day.
[Bm] I had about five or six takes of this in me.
And you've got to get [D] what you need from those five or six [E] takes
because I don't want to sing this song [A] and not be in this spot.
But I've got to go to this spot, and I can't go there too [F#] much.
And I didn't realize how much I was going to go there.
[Bm] But it was certainly the most vulnerable [D] moment I've ever [E] had making music.
[A] And I hope it makes people feel [F#] close to people they've lost.
I also hope it makes people feel a little bit [Bm] uncomfortable
because it sure made me uncomfortable in a really good and beautiful [D] way.
I [E] gave that song everything [A] I've got, and I'm really proud of it.
I'm really proud [F#] of the way it sort of anchors the whole project
[Bm] because for me in some ways the [D] [E]
dragon I've had [A] to slay all these years
is the tragedy of losing him [G] at a young age.
It's been my [D] paddle to help me make [A] sense of the world,
to make sense of God, to make sense of family.
[G] [D] And music has been my vehicle for [A] that.
Music is fun.
It makes you want to [G] dance.
It makes you want to [D]
be with people you love.
[A] It makes you want to do hard things, and it inspires you.
[G] And that's what it's done for me, and that's my [D] hope for [A] this record.
And
[G] yeah, [D] I'm just really proud of it.
[A] Whoo!
Okay.
[Em] [A]
That's all I got.
That's all I [G] can
[A]
Key:
A
D
F#
Bm
E
A
D
F#
[A#] _ Let's [G] see what sounds we can make.
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
It's [Em] all the way [D#m] up.
It feels man.
_ I think that's [N] good. _ _ _
_ _ [A] When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I _ _ [F#] _ was a kid, I had a brother with Spina Bifida.
[Bm] His name was Jay.
And we were very close, three years [D] apart.
We shared a bedroom until I was [E] 13 _ _ [A] with him and our youngest brother, Sam.
And a [F#] lot of my life was defined by that relationship.
[Bm] I learned that the world didn't revolve around me pretty early
because [D] he required a lot of attention and a lot of care.
[E]
And it was a sort of team effort, [A] you know.
So when I was thinking about family,
like it's coming out of this place of [F#] like this journey we walked with my brother and his [Bm] struggles.
And so 20 years ago, _ [D] he passed away.
I was actually out of the country.
[E] It was very unexpected.
_ [A] _ After he died, I started writing songs.
[F#] It really is in some ways to sort of deal with the anguish.
[Bm] Music was the thing that really got me through.
But I didn't really [D] know how to write songs about him.
And I [E] wrote one song years and years ago [A] called Sweetness about him.
And it was a good song, but it [G] was more about me than it was about him.
[D]
And for years, I just [A] couldn't really.
Even though his story and his [G] life and death were sort [D] of all in my music,
[A] there was not like a song about it.
And so one night _ right after New Year's,
Ellie was out doing something [F#] with some friends.
The kids were all asleep.
And _ I kind of just let [Bm] myself go there, let myself go to the pain [D] of missing him.
And [E] _
[C#m] this [E] thought, you [A] never leave my heart, kind of came to me.
And _ I [F#] penned this song in like an hour.
[A#m] The way that the grief [F#] hits me now, [Bm] 20 years removed from _ it,
is I'll be doing something [D] really mundane, like in a song, [E] walking down [C#m] the street.
[A] My mind takes me all the way back to a particular moment.
And so [G] this particular moment that I had that [D] day
was the [A] sort of gathering of friends, the party, if you will, [G] after the funeral.
_ [D] And I'm sort of disembodied in the song, watching [A] this party happen and watching myself.
_ But at the end of it, _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ I still just sort of _ miss [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
him.
And I'm [D] talking to him, like, hey, but you're still not [G#] here [E] at the party.
That's where it [A] started, where you weren't here anymore.
But [F#] you're never gone from this spot.
_ _ [Bm] Yeah, maybe I can get it.
All I need to do is get it once.
_ _ [D] When we recorded the song, [C#m] I told Kacen,
I knew that I only had like [A] enough capacity to sort of go there _ [F#] for a little while.
I didn't want to have to record it for all day.
[Bm] I had about five or six takes of this in me.
And you've got to get [D] what you need from those five or six [E] takes
because I don't want to sing this song [A] and not be in this spot.
But I've got to go to this spot, and I can't go there too [F#] much.
And _ I didn't realize how much I was going to go there.
[Bm] _ But it was certainly the most vulnerable _ [D] _ moment I've ever [E] had making music.
_ [A] And I hope it makes people feel _ [F#] close to people they've lost.
I also hope it makes people feel a little bit [Bm] uncomfortable
because it sure made me uncomfortable in a really good and beautiful [D] way.
_ I [E] gave that song everything [A] I've got, and I'm really proud of it.
I'm really proud [F#] of the way it sort of anchors the whole project
[Bm] _ because for me in some ways the _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
dragon I've had [A] to slay all these years
is the tragedy of losing him [G] at a young age.
It's been my [D] paddle to help me make [A] sense of the world,
to make sense of God, to make sense of family.
[G] _ _ _ [D] And music has been my vehicle for [A] that.
_ Music is fun.
It makes you want to [G] dance.
It makes you want to [D] _
be with people you love.
[A] It makes you want to do hard things, and it inspires you.
[G] And that's what it's done for me, and that's my [D] hope for _ _ _ [A] this record.
And _
_ _ _ [G] yeah, [D] I'm just really proud of it.
_ _ [A] _ Whoo! _ _
Okay.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ That's all I got.
That's all I _ [G] can_
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
It's [Em] all the way [D#m] up.
It feels man.
_ I think that's [N] good. _ _ _
_ _ [A] When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I _ _ [F#] _ was a kid, I had a brother with Spina Bifida.
[Bm] His name was Jay.
And we were very close, three years [D] apart.
We shared a bedroom until I was [E] 13 _ _ [A] with him and our youngest brother, Sam.
And a [F#] lot of my life was defined by that relationship.
[Bm] I learned that the world didn't revolve around me pretty early
because [D] he required a lot of attention and a lot of care.
[E]
And it was a sort of team effort, [A] you know.
So when I was thinking about family,
like it's coming out of this place of [F#] like this journey we walked with my brother and his [Bm] struggles.
And so 20 years ago, _ [D] he passed away.
I was actually out of the country.
[E] It was very unexpected.
_ [A] _ After he died, I started writing songs.
[F#] It really is in some ways to sort of deal with the anguish.
[Bm] Music was the thing that really got me through.
But I didn't really [D] know how to write songs about him.
And I [E] wrote one song years and years ago [A] called Sweetness about him.
And it was a good song, but it [G] was more about me than it was about him.
[D]
And for years, I just [A] couldn't really.
Even though his story and his [G] life and death were sort [D] of all in my music,
[A] there was not like a song about it.
And so one night _ right after New Year's,
Ellie was out doing something [F#] with some friends.
The kids were all asleep.
And _ I kind of just let [Bm] myself go there, let myself go to the pain [D] of missing him.
And [E] _
[C#m] this [E] thought, you [A] never leave my heart, kind of came to me.
And _ I [F#] penned this song in like an hour.
[A#m] The way that the grief [F#] hits me now, [Bm] 20 years removed from _ it,
is I'll be doing something [D] really mundane, like in a song, [E] walking down [C#m] the street.
[A] My mind takes me all the way back to a particular moment.
And so [G] this particular moment that I had that [D] day
was the [A] sort of gathering of friends, the party, if you will, [G] after the funeral.
_ [D] And I'm sort of disembodied in the song, watching [A] this party happen and watching myself.
_ But at the end of it, _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ I still just sort of _ miss [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
him.
And I'm [D] talking to him, like, hey, but you're still not [G#] here [E] at the party.
That's where it [A] started, where you weren't here anymore.
But [F#] you're never gone from this spot.
_ _ [Bm] Yeah, maybe I can get it.
All I need to do is get it once.
_ _ [D] When we recorded the song, [C#m] I told Kacen,
I knew that I only had like [A] enough capacity to sort of go there _ [F#] for a little while.
I didn't want to have to record it for all day.
[Bm] I had about five or six takes of this in me.
And you've got to get [D] what you need from those five or six [E] takes
because I don't want to sing this song [A] and not be in this spot.
But I've got to go to this spot, and I can't go there too [F#] much.
And _ I didn't realize how much I was going to go there.
[Bm] _ But it was certainly the most vulnerable _ [D] _ moment I've ever [E] had making music.
_ [A] And I hope it makes people feel _ [F#] close to people they've lost.
I also hope it makes people feel a little bit [Bm] uncomfortable
because it sure made me uncomfortable in a really good and beautiful [D] way.
_ I [E] gave that song everything [A] I've got, and I'm really proud of it.
I'm really proud [F#] of the way it sort of anchors the whole project
[Bm] _ because for me in some ways the _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
dragon I've had [A] to slay all these years
is the tragedy of losing him [G] at a young age.
It's been my [D] paddle to help me make [A] sense of the world,
to make sense of God, to make sense of family.
[G] _ _ _ [D] And music has been my vehicle for [A] that.
_ Music is fun.
It makes you want to [G] dance.
It makes you want to [D] _
be with people you love.
[A] It makes you want to do hard things, and it inspires you.
[G] And that's what it's done for me, and that's my [D] hope for _ _ _ [A] this record.
And _
_ _ _ [G] yeah, [D] I'm just really proud of it.
_ _ [A] _ Whoo! _ _
Okay.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ That's all I got.
That's all I _ [G] can_
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _