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Rex Orange County - Never Enough Chords

Chord reference E, C#m, G#, A, F#, B, G#m, D, C#, F#m, F
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[E]Now there’s no one left to blame, [C#m]and your face stays the [G#]same [A]You’re ashamed to say you feel relieved, [F#]stay away from your own [B]family

[E]But years from now, if you could [G#m]make them [C#m]proud You could [F#]leave the world and feel like you’ve [B]achieved the things you hoped to do but [B]Honestly I don’t feel [G#m]ordinary, ’cause I [C#m]haven’t been at home in a while [D]Tell them that it’s only temporary, [B]I’m trying my best to smile

But that’s never [E]enough, ’cause when you [C#m]lose [C#]the ones you love You might [F#m]find it hard to [D]cry [E]Until it’s only you and everybody [C#m]else [C#]has left the room You might [F#m]feel what it’s like to [F]not know how to feel [E] [B]

[E]You see, my old lady’s old man just now left [C#m]And there’s nothing i can say [G#]except this long awaited rest Is a [A]good thing and all good things must come to an end It’s [F#m]right in front of me so there’s no [B]reason to pretend Except I’m afraid to [E]die If this were a [C#m]movie, you’d be [G#]taking our kids to school [A] And I’d be Channing Tatum or somebody [F#m]sexy, somebody [B]cool

[E]Years from now, if you could [G#m]make them [C#m]proud [F#]You could leave the world and feel like you’ve [B]achieved the things you hoped to do but [B]Honestly I don’t feel [G#]ordinary ’cause, I haven’t [C#m]left my house in a while [D]Tell them that it’s only temporary, I’m [B]trying my best to smile

But that’s never [E]enough, ’cause when you [C#m]lose [C#]the ones you love You might [F#m]find it hard to [D]cry [E]Until it’s only you and everybody [C#m]else [C#]has left the room You might [F#m]feel what it’s like to [F]not know how to feel

[E]Don’t tell me you’re sorry, [C#m]you’re just sorry for [G#]yourself And [A]though you might seem fine alone, well [F#]I could be the one to [B]help [E]Don’t tell me you’re sorry, [C#m]you’re just sorry for [G#]yourself And [A]though you might seem fine alone, well [F#]I could be the one to [B]help

[E]Don’t tell me you’re sorry, [C#m]you’re just sorry for [G#]yourself And [A]though you might seem fine alone, well [F#]I could be the one to [B]help [E]Don’t tell me you’re sorry, [C#m]you’re just sorry for [G#]yourself And [A]though you might seem fine alone, well [F#]I could be the one to [B]help

[E]Don’t tell me you’re sorry, [C#m]you’re just sorry for [G#]yourself And [A]though you might seem fine alone, well [F#]I could be the one to [B]help

Artist Rex Orange County
Album Apricot Princess
Genres Pop
Year 2017
Key E

How to Play Never Enough on Guitar?

Rex Orange County - Never Enough can be played in the key of E using the E, C#m, G#, A, F#, B, G#m, D, C#, F#m, F chords.

  • For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For C#m, To play C#m | Dbm, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, let low E, high E ring open, mute A.
  • For G#, To play G# | Ab, press fret 4 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 4 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 4 on the high E string with finger 3, mute D, G.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For F#, To play F# | Gb, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, mute D, G.
  • For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.
  • For G#m, To play G#m | Abm, barre fret 1 from the D string to the G string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • 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 C#, 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 F#m, To play F#m | Gbm, barre fret 2 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute 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.

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

You can play Never Enough with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.