Brandi Carlile – When Youre Wrong (Guitar)

Capo 6
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

This fantastic, stripped-back song from the new album revolves around a descending bassline, fingerpicked thumb, index, middle & ring like:
   Em        Em/D     Em/C#     Em/C
e|-----3---------0--------0---------0--|
B|-----5---------0--------0---------0--|
G|---4---------0--------0---------0----|
D|-2---------0-------------------------|
A|--------------------4---------3------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Only major changes are plucking G and B string with middle and ring on Bm7, and the end of the outro. These are also embellished during the chorus. Chord voicings are listed at bottom. Enjoy! [Intro] | Em | Em | [Verse 1]
  Em                                 Em/D
"Don't go borrowin' trouble," that's what you used to say

    Em/C#                             Em/C
But we don't keep in touch the way we used to nowadays

     Em                            Em/D
Your eyes are not as bright as I remember them to be

    Em/C#                               Em/C                Bm7
The light inside's grown dim and that's hard for me to see
[Verse 2]
     Em                                Em/D
The creases on your forehead run like treads on a tire

    Em/C#                                      Em/C
The white stripe runnin' through your bangs: a long, twisted spire

        Em                                     Em/D
You're sweepin' up the floods and you've been vacuumin' the fires

        Em/C#                           Em/C          Bm7
And you lay down every night next to a goddamn liar
[Chorus]
    Em                       Em/D
You may be here today, but tomorrow, you're a ghost

            Em/C#                           Em/C
I guess the most someone can hope for is to find a place to lay

    Em                                    Em/D
Someone to tell your secrets to when the nights get long and blue

         Em/C#                            Em/C
Someone strong enough to lean on when the roses fall away

Em/C                                  Bm7
Strong enough to love you when you're wrong

         Em/C                                 Bm7
Someone strong enough to love you when you're

 Em   Em/D  Em/C#  Em/C
Wrong
[Verse 3]
         Em                              Em/D
When the day is winding down, my heart abandons me for you

        Em/C#                         Em/C
You forgot yourself so long ago and I wish I could too

        Em                          Em/D
But you live inside a quiet hell no one can pray away

Em/C#                        Em/C                Bm7
Leavin' would be easy, I understand why you stay
[Chorus]
    Em                       Em/D
You may be here today, but tomorrow, you're a ghost

            Em/C#                           Em/C
I guess the most someone can hope for is to find a place to lay

    Em                                    Em/D
Someone to tell your secrets to when the nights get long and blue

         Em/C#                            Em/C
Someone strong enough to lean on when the roses fall away

Em/C                                  Bm7
Strong enough to love you when you're wrong

         Em/C                                Bm7
Someone strong enough to love you when you're

 Em   Em/D  Em/C#  Em/C
Wrong
[Verse 4]
          Em                                 Em/D
You'd be wrong if you were thinkin' that we all don't fade away

     Em/C#                       Em/C
Like dew drops in the dawn, like sun beams through the haze

       Em                              Em/D
It's a long way to be sinkin', holdin' tightly to the weights

       Em/C#                            Em/C                  Bm7
Of the one who pulls you down while you slowly waste your days
[Chorus]
        Em/C                                  Bm7
Someone strong enough to love you when you're wrong

         Em/C                                Bm7
Someone strong enough to love you when you're

 Em   Em/D  Em/C#  Em/C
Wrong
[Coda]
Em           Em/D
Ooh ooh ooh ooh

            Em/C#   Em/C
When you're wrong
| Em | Em/D | |Em/C#| Em/C | | Em | Em/D | |Em/C#| Em/C | |Em/G |Em/F# | |Em/A |Em/G# | |Em/G |Em/G A7add11| |E/B | Chords: Em: xx2453 Em/D: xx0000 Em/C#: x42000 Em/C: x32000 Bm7: x2423x Em/G: 3xx000 Em/F#: 2xx000 Em/A: 5xx000 Em/G#: 4xx000 A7add11: 540030 E/B: x22454