Chords for Gary LightBody -Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol.mpg
Tempo:
100.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
Ab
D
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[A] This is one song that
This is the way I wrote it, cos it was this, it was just this.
of course.
As I wrote it, it was just those notes.
I just ask you,
trying different positions on the guitar and saying,
up the guitar and doing that straight away.
It was just [E] And, er
This is the way I wrote it, cos it was this, it was just this.
of course.
As I wrote it, it was just those notes.
I just ask you,
trying different positions on the guitar and saying,
up the guitar and doing that straight away.
It was just [E] And, er
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E
Ab
D
Am
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E
Ab
[A] _ _ This is one song that_
_ _ This is the way I wrote it, cos it was this, it was just this.
It was just_
_ [E] Yeah, yeah, of course.
So there's no_
That's the original song.
As I wrote it, it was just those notes.
It's just that.
Before you start playing it, can I just ask you,
at the time, would you have known what those notes are?
No.
So it is just trying different positions on the guitar and saying,
yeah, that sounds nice.
[Am] I remember picking up the guitar and doing that straight away.
There was no messing around.
It was just_ [E] And, er_
That seemed really like the next step.
[N] Literally.
_ Yeah, one down. _
And, you know, so for me, it's always been very_
I can't_
I keep reiterating this,
and I suppose I'm reiterating it to the point of, you know,
_ people are_
It's probably going to diminish the songs for some people,
but, [A] you know, they're simple.
_ We'll _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
do it [Ab] all _ _ _
_ _ [E] Everything _ _ _
On _ [A] our own _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
We _ [Ab] don't need _ _ _
_ _ [E] Anything _ Or _ _ _ [A] anyone _ _ _ _
_ If I lay here _ _ _
_ If I [E] just lay here _
_ Would you lie with me
And just forget the [A] world _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And don't quite [E] _ know _ _
How to say
_ How _ I feel
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Those three _ [E] words
_ Are said too much
_ They're not [A] enough _ _ _ _
If I lay here _ _ _
_ If I [E] just lay here _
_ Would you lie with me
And just forget the [A] world _ _ _ _
_ Forget what we had sold
_ Before _ we [E] got too old _
To show me a garden
That's bursting into [A] life _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let's waste [Ab] time _ _ _
[E] Chasing _ [D] cars _ _ _
Around our [A] heads
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
need your [Ab] grace
To _ _ remind [D] me
To _ find my [A] own _ _ _
_ If I lay here _ _ _
_ If I [Ab] just lay here _
_ Would you [D] lie with me
And just forget the [A] world
_ Forget _ _ what we had sold
_ Before _ we got too old
To show me [D] a _ garden
That's bursting into [A] life _ _ _ _
_ All that I am _ _ _
_ All that I ever was _
Is here in [D] your perfect eyes
There all I can [A] say
_ I _ _ don't know where _ _ _
_ Confused [E] about how as well
Just know [D] that these things
Will never change for us at [A] all _ _ _ _
_ If I lay here _ _
_ If I [E] just lay here
_ Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ This is the way I wrote it, cos it was this, it was just this.
It was just_
_ [E] Yeah, yeah, of course.
So there's no_
That's the original song.
As I wrote it, it was just those notes.
It's just that.
Before you start playing it, can I just ask you,
at the time, would you have known what those notes are?
No.
So it is just trying different positions on the guitar and saying,
yeah, that sounds nice.
[Am] I remember picking up the guitar and doing that straight away.
There was no messing around.
It was just_ [E] And, er_
That seemed really like the next step.
[N] Literally.
_ Yeah, one down. _
And, you know, so for me, it's always been very_
I can't_
I keep reiterating this,
and I suppose I'm reiterating it to the point of, you know,
_ people are_
It's probably going to diminish the songs for some people,
but, [A] you know, they're simple.
_ We'll _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
do it [Ab] all _ _ _
_ _ [E] Everything _ _ _
On _ [A] our own _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
We _ [Ab] don't need _ _ _
_ _ [E] Anything _ Or _ _ _ [A] anyone _ _ _ _
_ If I lay here _ _ _
_ If I [E] just lay here _
_ Would you lie with me
And just forget the [A] world _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And don't quite [E] _ know _ _
How to say
_ How _ I feel
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Those three _ [E] words
_ Are said too much
_ They're not [A] enough _ _ _ _
If I lay here _ _ _
_ If I [E] just lay here _
_ Would you lie with me
And just forget the [A] world _ _ _ _
_ Forget what we had sold
_ Before _ we [E] got too old _
To show me a garden
That's bursting into [A] life _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let's waste [Ab] time _ _ _
[E] Chasing _ [D] cars _ _ _
Around our [A] heads
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
need your [Ab] grace
To _ _ remind [D] me
To _ find my [A] own _ _ _
_ If I lay here _ _ _
_ If I [Ab] just lay here _
_ Would you [D] lie with me
And just forget the [A] world
_ Forget _ _ what we had sold
_ Before _ we got too old
To show me [D] a _ garden
That's bursting into [A] life _ _ _ _
_ All that I am _ _ _
_ All that I ever was _
Is here in [D] your perfect eyes
There all I can [A] say
_ I _ _ don't know where _ _ _
_ Confused [E] about how as well
Just know [D] that these things
Will never change for us at [A] all _ _ _ _
_ If I lay here _ _
_ If I [E] just lay here
_ Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _