Chords for Mary J. Blige - Whole Damn Year (Lyric Video)
Tempo:
135.5 bpm
Chords used:
F
A
Eb
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [A] [Eb]
[Ab]
[C] [A] [F]
[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [A] Okay.
All right.
[Cm] Let's go.
[Ab]
[C] [A] [F]
[Eb] Trying to find a way to explain this,
[F] why you can't touch me tonight.
[Eb]
[Ab] I can feel you getting impatient, [Cm] but I really can't let you [A] inside.
[F]
[Eb] Bet how deep the pain is.
[F] Oh, you [A] just couldn't believe.
[Cm]
[Ab] And yes, I'm good on the surface, but [C] I'm a mess.
I'm a mess [A] underneath.
[F]
[Eb] See, when I took close to my heart,
[F] and spring [A] punched me right in the stomach,
[Eb]
[Ab] summer came looking for blood.
[C] And by autumn, I was [A] left with nothing.
[F] It [C] took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body.
[F] It took a whole [A] damn year.
[Cm] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body.
It's [C] been a bad [Gb] five years.
[A] [F] It don't [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust somebody.
It don't [F] take a long, [A] long year.
[Cm] It don't [Abm] take a long, long year for me to touch [Ab] somebody.
It's [C] been a bad [A] five years.
[F]
[Eb] I'm not trying to do this on [Bb] purpose
[F] Boy, I [A] really wish I could
[Cm]
[Ab] Don't act like you've never heard this [C] I know you're having [A] this up your stood
[F]
[Eb] Well, to be honest, just wouldn't respect it
[F] Don't [A] tell me you as well
[Cm]
[Ab] You thought we were headed for heaven [Cm] But you're about to take me back to hell
[Fm]
[Eb] See, winter took most of my heart [F] And spring [A] punched me right in the stomach
[Eb]
[Ab] Summer came looking for blood [Cm] And by autumn I was left [A] with nothing
[F] It [Eb] took a whole damn year to repair my body It [F] took a whole [A] damn year
It [Eb]
[Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body It's been a [G] bad [A] five years
[F] Gonna [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust somebody
[F] It'll take a long, [A] long year
[Eb] Gonna [Ab] take a long, long year for me to touch somebody
It's [C] been a bad five [A] years
[F] And [Gm] it took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body
[F] It took a whole [A] damn year
[Eb] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body
It's [Cm] been a bad vibe, yeah
Hunch me right [F] in the stomach
Gonna [Eb] take a long bond
Give for me to trust [Bb] somebody
[F] Gonna take a [A] long bond, yeah Yeah, [Eb] yeah
Gonna [Ab] take a long bond
Give for me to trust somebody
It's [C] been a bad [A] vibe, yeah Yeah
[F]
[Eb] Bad to the liver
Bad to the bone
[F] Bad [A] to the liver
Bad to [Eb] the [Ab] bone
Bad to the liver
Bad to the [C] bone
Been a bad [Gb] vibe, yeah
[A] [F]
[F] [A] [Eb]
[Ab]
[C] [A] [F]
[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [A] Okay.
All right.
[Cm] Let's go.
[Ab]
[C] [A] [F]
[Eb] Trying to find a way to explain this,
[F] why you can't touch me tonight.
[Eb]
[Ab] I can feel you getting impatient, [Cm] but I really can't let you [A] inside.
[F]
[Eb] Bet how deep the pain is.
[F] Oh, you [A] just couldn't believe.
[Cm]
[Ab] And yes, I'm good on the surface, but [C] I'm a mess.
I'm a mess [A] underneath.
[F]
[Eb] See, when I took close to my heart,
[F] and spring [A] punched me right in the stomach,
[Eb]
[Ab] summer came looking for blood.
[C] And by autumn, I was [A] left with nothing.
[F] It [C] took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body.
[F] It took a whole [A] damn year.
[Cm] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body.
It's [C] been a bad [Gb] five years.
[A] [F] It don't [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust somebody.
It don't [F] take a long, [A] long year.
[Cm] It don't [Abm] take a long, long year for me to touch [Ab] somebody.
It's [C] been a bad [A] five years.
[F]
[Eb] I'm not trying to do this on [Bb] purpose
[F] Boy, I [A] really wish I could
[Cm]
[Ab] Don't act like you've never heard this [C] I know you're having [A] this up your stood
[F]
[Eb] Well, to be honest, just wouldn't respect it
[F] Don't [A] tell me you as well
[Cm]
[Ab] You thought we were headed for heaven [Cm] But you're about to take me back to hell
[Fm]
[Eb] See, winter took most of my heart [F] And spring [A] punched me right in the stomach
[Eb]
[Ab] Summer came looking for blood [Cm] And by autumn I was left [A] with nothing
[F] It [Eb] took a whole damn year to repair my body It [F] took a whole [A] damn year
It [Eb]
[Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body It's been a [G] bad [A] five years
[F] Gonna [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust somebody
[F] It'll take a long, [A] long year
[Eb] Gonna [Ab] take a long, long year for me to touch somebody
It's [C] been a bad five [A] years
[F] And [Gm] it took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body
[F] It took a whole [A] damn year
[Eb] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body
It's [Cm] been a bad vibe, yeah
Hunch me right [F] in the stomach
Gonna [Eb] take a long bond
Give for me to trust [Bb] somebody
[F] Gonna take a [A] long bond, yeah Yeah, [Eb] yeah
Gonna [Ab] take a long bond
Give for me to trust somebody
It's [C] been a bad [A] vibe, yeah Yeah
[F]
[Eb] Bad to the liver
Bad to the bone
[F] Bad [A] to the liver
Bad to [Eb] the [Ab] bone
Bad to the liver
Bad to the [C] bone
Been a bad [Gb] vibe, yeah
[A] [F]
Key:
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Ab
C
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[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] Okay.
All right.
[Cm] Let's go.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Eb] Trying to find a way to explain this, _
[F] why you can't touch me tonight.
_ [Eb] _
[Ab] I can feel you getting impatient, _ [Cm] but I really can't let you [A] inside.
_ [F] _
[Eb] Bet how deep the pain is. _
[F] Oh, you [A] just couldn't believe.
_ [Cm]
[Ab] And yes, I'm good on the surface, but [C] I'm a mess.
I'm a mess [A] underneath.
_ _ [F]
[Eb] See, when I took close to my heart,
[F] and spring [A] punched me right in the stomach,
_ [Eb] _
[Ab] summer came looking for blood. _
[C] And by autumn, I was [A] left with nothing.
[F] It [C] took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body.
[F] It took a whole [A] damn year.
_ _ [Cm] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body.
It's [C] been a bad [Gb] five years.
_ [A] [F] It don't [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust somebody.
It don't [F] take a long, [A] long year.
_ _ [Cm] It don't [Abm] take a long, long year for me to touch [Ab] somebody.
It's [C] been a bad [A] five years.
_ _ [F]
[Eb] I'm not trying to do this on [Bb] purpose _
[F] Boy, I [A] really wish I could
_ [Cm]
[Ab] Don't act like you've never heard this [C] I know you're having [A] this up your stood
[F]
[Eb] Well, to be honest, just wouldn't respect it _
[F] Don't [A] tell me you as well
_ [Cm]
[Ab] You thought we were headed for heaven [Cm] But you're about to take me back to _ hell
[Fm]
[Eb] See, winter took most of my heart _ [F] And spring [A] punched me right in the stomach
_ [Eb] _
[Ab] Summer came looking for blood _ [Cm] And by autumn I was left [A] with nothing
[F] It [Eb] took a whole damn year to repair my body It [F] took a whole [A] damn year
_ It [Eb]
[Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body It's been a [G] bad [A] five years
_ [F] Gonna [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust somebody
[F] It'll take a long, [A] long year
_ [Eb] Gonna [Ab] take a long, long year for me to touch somebody
It's [C] been a bad five [A] years
_ [F] And [Gm] it took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body
[F] It took a whole [A] damn year
_ [Eb] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body
It's [Cm] been a bad vibe, yeah
Hunch me right [F] in the stomach
Gonna [Eb] take a long bond
Give for me to trust [Bb] somebody
[F] Gonna take a [A] long bond, yeah Yeah, [Eb] yeah
Gonna [Ab] take a long bond
Give for me to trust somebody
It's [C] been a bad [A] vibe, yeah Yeah
_ [F] _
[Eb] Bad to the liver
Bad to the bone
[F] Bad [A] to the liver
Bad to [Eb] the [Ab] bone
Bad to the liver
_ Bad to the [C] bone
Been a bad [Gb] vibe, yeah
_ [A] _ [F] _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] Okay.
All right.
[Cm] Let's go.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Eb] Trying to find a way to explain this, _
[F] why you can't touch me tonight.
_ [Eb] _
[Ab] I can feel you getting impatient, _ [Cm] but I really can't let you [A] inside.
_ [F] _
[Eb] Bet how deep the pain is. _
[F] Oh, you [A] just couldn't believe.
_ [Cm]
[Ab] And yes, I'm good on the surface, but [C] I'm a mess.
I'm a mess [A] underneath.
_ _ [F]
[Eb] See, when I took close to my heart,
[F] and spring [A] punched me right in the stomach,
_ [Eb] _
[Ab] summer came looking for blood. _
[C] And by autumn, I was [A] left with nothing.
[F] It [C] took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body.
[F] It took a whole [A] damn year.
_ _ [Cm] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body.
It's [C] been a bad [Gb] five years.
_ [A] [F] It don't [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust somebody.
It don't [F] take a long, [A] long year.
_ _ [Cm] It don't [Abm] take a long, long year for me to touch [Ab] somebody.
It's [C] been a bad [A] five years.
_ _ [F]
[Eb] I'm not trying to do this on [Bb] purpose _
[F] Boy, I [A] really wish I could
_ [Cm]
[Ab] Don't act like you've never heard this [C] I know you're having [A] this up your stood
[F]
[Eb] Well, to be honest, just wouldn't respect it _
[F] Don't [A] tell me you as well
_ [Cm]
[Ab] You thought we were headed for heaven [Cm] But you're about to take me back to _ hell
[Fm]
[Eb] See, winter took most of my heart _ [F] And spring [A] punched me right in the stomach
_ [Eb] _
[Ab] Summer came looking for blood _ [Cm] And by autumn I was left [A] with nothing
[F] It [Eb] took a whole damn year to repair my body It [F] took a whole [A] damn year
_ It [Eb]
[Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body It's been a [G] bad [A] five years
_ [F] Gonna [Eb] take a long, long year for me to trust somebody
[F] It'll take a long, [A] long year
_ [Eb] Gonna [Ab] take a long, long year for me to touch somebody
It's [C] been a bad five [A] years
_ [F] And [Gm] it took a whole [Eb] damn year to repair my body
[F] It took a whole [A] damn year
_ [Eb] It [Ab] took a whole damn year to repair my body
It's [Cm] been a bad vibe, yeah
Hunch me right [F] in the stomach
Gonna [Eb] take a long bond
Give for me to trust [Bb] somebody
[F] Gonna take a [A] long bond, yeah Yeah, [Eb] yeah
Gonna [Ab] take a long bond
Give for me to trust somebody
It's [C] been a bad [A] vibe, yeah Yeah
_ [F] _
[Eb] Bad to the liver
Bad to the bone
[F] Bad [A] to the liver
Bad to [Eb] the [Ab] bone
Bad to the liver
_ Bad to the [C] bone
Been a bad [Gb] vibe, yeah
_ [A] _ [F] _