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Alec Benjamin - Gotta Be A Reason Chords

Chord reference Am, Em, F, C, G
Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Am] [Em] [F] [C] There’s [Am]gotta be a reason that I’m [Em]here on Earth [F]Gotta be a reason for the [C]dust and the dirt The [Am]changing of the seasons never [Em]changed my hurt So [F]what’s it worth? What’s it [G]worth? Worth [Am]another shot of whiskey and [Em]another sip of gin [F]Another drop of poison that is [C]slowly sinking in If we’re [Am]going down together, better [Em]take another hit We [F]won’t be here forever, so let’s [G]make the best of it

Ooh, [Am]ooh, ooh, [Em]ooh-ooh-ooh, [F]ooh, ooh, [C]ooh Ooh, [Am]ooh, ooh, [Em]ooh-ooh-ooh, [F]ooh, ooh, [G]ooh

[Am]Walking down to the [Em]burial ground With a [F]sad song in his [C]brain [Am]General Cloud is an [Em]old man now But it [F]feels like [G]yesterday He was on the [Am]front lines, stranded on the [Em]beach Crawling to his [F]best friend, floating in the [C]sea But he didn’t [Am]make it, he still can’t [Em]believe How arbitrary [F]fate is, he [G]says

There’s [Am]gotta be a reason that I’m [Em]here on Earth [F]Gotta be a reason for the [C]dust and the dirt The [Am]changing of the seasons never [Em]changed my hurt So [F]what’s it worth? What’s it [G]worth? Worth [Am]another shot of whiskey and [Em]another sip of gin [F]Another drop of poison that is [C]slowly sinking in If we’re [Am]going down together, better [Em]take another hit We [F]won’t be here forever, so let’s [G]make the best of it

Ooh, [Am]ooh, ooh, [Em]ooh-ooh-ooh, [F]ooh, ooh, [C]ooh Ooh, [Am]ooh, ooh, [Em]ooh-ooh-ooh, [F]ooh, ooh, [G]ooh

[Am]She went down to her [Em]job in town With a [F]sad song in her [C]heart 3[Am]3 with a [Em]wasted dream to [F]become a movie [G]star Living out a [Am]suitcase, serving at a [Em]bar Saving up some [F]pennies, working after [C]dark Is she gonna [Am]make it? She still can’t [Em]believe How arbitrary [F]fate is, she [G]says

There’s [Am]gotta be a reason that I’m [Em]here on Earth [F]Gotta be a reason for the [C]dust and the dirt The [Am]changing of the seasons never [Em]changed my hurt So [F]what’s it worth? What’s it [G]worth? Worth [Am]another shot of whiskey and [Em]another sip of gin [F]Another drop of poison that is [C]slowly sinking in If we’re [Am]going down together, better [Em]take another hit We [F]won’t be here forever, so let’s [G]make the best of it

Ooh, [Am]ooh, ooh, [Em]ooh-ooh-ooh, [F]ooh, ooh, [C]ooh Ooh, [Am]ooh, ooh, [Em]ooh-ooh-ooh, [F]ooh, ooh, [G]ooh

There’s [Am]gotta be a reason that I’m [Em]here on Earth [F]Gotta be a reason for the [C]dust and the dirt The [Am]changing of the seasons never [Em]changed my hurt So [F]what’s it worth? What’s it [G]worth? Worth [Am]another shot of whiskey and [Em]another sip of gin [F]Another drop of poison that is [C]slowly sinking in If we’re [Am]going down together, better [Em]take another hit We [F]won’t be here forever, so let’s [G]make the best of it

Ooh, [Am]ooh, ooh, [Em]ooh-ooh-ooh, [F]ooh, ooh, [C]ooh Ooh, [Am]ooh, ooh, [Em]ooh-ooh-ooh, [F]ooh, ooh, [G]ooh

Artist Alec Benjamin
Album Narrated For You
Genres Pop
Year 2018
Key Am

How to Play Gotta Be A Reason on Guitar?

Alec Benjamin - Gotta Be A Reason can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Em, F, C, G chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Gotta Be A Reason with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.