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The Weeknd - I Was Never There Chords

Chord reference Am, F, Dm, Em, Fm, Eb, Db, Bbm, Cm, Bm
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[Am] [F] [Dm] [Em] [Am] [F] [Dm] [Em] [Am] [F] [Dm] [Em] [Am] [F] [Dm] [Em] [Am]What makes a [F]grown man wanna [Dm]cry? (Cry, [Em]cry, cry, cry) [Am]What makes him [F]wanna take his [Dm]life? [Em](Yeah) [Am]His [F]happiness is never [Dm]real (real, [Em]real, real, real) [Am]And mindless [F]sex is how he [Dm]feels, ooh, he [Em]feels

When it’s [Am]time, when it’s time, when it’s [F]time It won’t [Dm]matter (it don’t matter), it won’t [Em]matter (matter) When it’s [Am]time, when it’s time, when it’s [F]time (time, it’s time) It won’t [Dm]matter (it won’t matter), it won’t [Em]matter (ya) It was [Am]like I was never [F]there (It was like I was never there) It was [Dm]like it was more than thin [Em]air, oh When it’s [Am]time, when it’s time, when it’s [F]time, oh baby

It won’t [Dm]matter, it won’t [Em]matter, baby, when it’s [Am]time, when it’s time, when it’s [F]time It won’t [Dm]matter, it won’t [Em]matter, when it’s [Am]time, when it’s time, when it’s [F]time It won’t [Dm]matter, it won’t [Em]matter, it was [Am]like I was never [F]there It was [Dm]like it was more than thin [Em]air When it’s [Am]time, when it’s time, when it’s [F]time, it won’t [Dm]matter, it won’t [Em]matter

When it’s [Fm]time, when it’s [Eb]time, when it’s [Db]time It’ won’t [Bbm]matter, it won’t [Cm]matter When it’s [Fm]time, when it’s [Eb]time, when it’s [Db]time It won’t [Bbm]matter, it won’t [Cm]matter

[Fm]Ooh, when [Eb]no one know what [Db]love is [Bbm]and I [Cm]know you for [Fm]sure You’d [Eb]rather something [Db]toxic, [Bbm]so I [Cm]poison myself [Fm]again, [Eb]again ‘Til [Db]I feel nothing, [Bbm]in my [Cm]soul (in my soul) I’m on the [Fm]edge of something [Eb] [Db]breaking, I feel my [Bbm]mind is slowly [Cm]fading If I keep [Fm]going, I won’t [Eb]make it, [Db]if I keep [Bbm]going, I won’t [Cm]make it

And it’s [Fm]all [Eb]because of [Db]you, it’s [Bbm]all because of [Cm]you It’s [Fm]all [Eb]because of [Db]you, it’s [Bbm]all because of [Cm]you Woah, [Fm]woah [Eb] [Db]don’t you, [Bbm]baby, hey [Cm] It won’t [Fm]matter, [Eb]baby [Db]don’t you know? [Bm] Don’t you know? [Cm] [Fm]ooh, [Eb]no [Db] [Bbm] [Cm] [Fm] [Eb] [Db]

Artist The Weeknd
Album My Dear Melancholy
Genres R&B, Soul
Year 2018
Key Am

How to Play I Was Never There on Guitar?

The Weeknd - I Was Never There can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, Dm, Em, Fm, Eb, Db, Bbm, Cm, Bm 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 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 Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Fm, To play Fm, barre fret 1 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, mute A, D.
  • For Eb, To play D# | Eb, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute A, B.
  • For Db, To play C# | Db, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A, D.
  • For Bbm, To play A#m | Bbm, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, mute D, G.
  • For Cm, To play Cm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute B.
  • For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.

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

You can play I Was Never There with the ↓-↓↓↑ strumming pattern.