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Jerrod Niemann - But I Do Chords

Chord reference G, Bm, D, Em
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↓↑

[G] [Bm] [D] [Em] [G] [Bm] [D] [Em] [G]Every street’s got a crowded place, [Bm]every week’s got a Friday night [D]Every crowd’s got a pretty face, [Em]that oughta get you off my mind [G]Everybody’s got good intentions, [Bm]everybody’s got bad advice [D]Everybody’s just got to mention, [Em]how I gotta get over your goodbye I [G]can’t let [Bm]go, and I can’t give [D]up your [Em]ghost

[Em]Why can’t I, [G]think without drinking, [G]drink without thinking, [Bm]stop the not sleeping Missing you, creeping [D]up on me, I shouldn’t love you [Em](shouldn’t love you) [Em]Why can’t I, [G]need to not want you, [G]want to not need you [Bm]Close the damn door and baby just leave, the [D]memory of us, collecting dust I [Em]shouldn’t love you, but I [G]do [Bm] [D] [Em]

[G]Why’d your kiss have to hit like whiskey, [Bm]why’d your hair have to fall like rain [D]Why’d you have to love me like crazy, [Em]just to leave me all insane And [G]you’re so [Bm]good, at getting [D]me so [Em]hurt

[Em]Why can’t I, [G]think without drinking, [G]drink without thinking, [Bm]stop the not sleeping Missing you, creeping [D]up on me, I shouldn’t love you [Em](shouldn’t love you) [Em]Why can’t I, [G]need to not want you, [G]want to not need you [Bm]Close the damn door and baby just leave, the [D]memory of us, collecting dust I [Em]shouldn’t love you, but I [G]do [Bm] [D] [Em]

[G]I don’t know what I thought we were, [Bm]I don’t know what I thought we had [D]I think maybe I thought we’d work, [Em]yeah baby I thought we’d last [G]I don’t know where you are, [Bm]but I know anywhere I am [D]Sitting here with a jacked up [Em]heart

[Em]Why can’t I, [G]think without drinking, [G]drink without thinking, [Bm]stop the not sleeping Missing you, creeping [D]up on me, I shouldn’t love you [Em](shouldn’t love you) [Em]Why can’t I, [G]need to not want you, [G]want to not need you [Bm]Close the damn door and baby just leave, the [D]memory of us, collecting dust I [Em]shouldn’t love you (shouldn’t love [G]you)[Bm] I [D]shouldn’t keep letting you hurt me, but I [Em]do [G] [Bm] Oh I [D]shouldn’t keep letting you hurt me I [Em]shouldn’t keep letting you hurt me, but I [G]do [Bm] [D] [Em]

Album This Ride
Genres Country
Year 2017
Key G

How to Play But I Do on Guitar?

Jerrod Niemann - But I Do can be played in the key of G using the G, Bm, D, Em chords.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

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

You can play But I Do with the ↓-↓↓↑ strumming pattern.