Paul Weller – I Should Have Been There To Inspire You (Guitar)

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[Intro] G x4 [Verse 1]
            C              G
Nothing I'd say or I could do

               C         D         G
Could move the mountains from your view

          C      D       G
Nothing I see or I could show

             C              G
There's only darkness now I know
[Chorus 1]
                   C        D       G
I should have been there to inspire you

               C       D          G
Not paint your world a cold, cold blue

                   C        D       G
I should have been there to inspire you

             C                 G
I could have told you truthful too

                   C        D        G
I believed in you, told you truthful too
[Bridge]
                   Em     Gm
I should have been there

Am               C
Within your reach

        Em           Gm
This is not self pity, yeah

Am              C  D  G
Of which I speak
[Verse 2]
                 C                     G
I never took the time to see how you'd grown

               C                G
Never took the care it takes to know

               C                      G
Never took the time to see what you'd found (ECHO: Never took the time to see what you'd found)

            C       B         G
Oh, had the time to bring you down
[Chorus 2]
                   C        D       G
I should have been there to inspire you

               C       D          G
Not paint your world a cold, cold blue

                   C        D       G
I should have been there to inspire you

             C                 G
I could have told you truthful too

                   C        D        G
I believed in you, told you truthful too
[Bridge]
                  Em
I could have been there
[JAM - SOLO] Gm Am C
Em
I could have been there
Gm Am C D G G G G G [Verse 3]
              C      D      G
More than all this I do not know

          C       D       G
Only that love is here to show

          C        D  G
Someone a world to be themselves

           C         D        G
A place to fall when all else fails

              C         D        G
Friends harsh words cut deep and sore

               C         D       G
But believe me mine will hurt me more

         C              D G
In those moments before I sleep

          C           D  G
When I am truly alone to see
[Chorus 3]
                   C        D       G
I should have been there to inspire you

               C       D          G
Not paint your world a cold, cold blue

                   C        D       G
I should have been there to inspire you

             C        D        G
I could have told you truthful too
[Chorus 4]
                   C        D       G
I should have been there to inspire you

               C       D          G
Not paint your world a cold, cold blue

                   C        D       G
I should have been there to inspire you

             C        D        G
I could have told you truthful too

                   C        D        G
I believed in you, told you truthful too

G
Ohh, I believed in you, yeah

C  D  G
Told you truthful too
N.C. Yeah, I believed in you
C D G
Told you truthful too
C D G
G G G G
[Drums fade out to stop - then full band kicks in after 4 count with Em - see 2nd Jam section below]
[2nd JAM] Em G Am C (repeat as long as you'd like and get psychedelic)