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Welcome to Throwback Thursday’s where I teach you a classic hit from the last 4-5 decades! This week we have a recent track – A Thousand Years Guitar Tutorial by Christina Perri. A really great easy song for beginners with basic chords and an easy strumming pattern throughout the whole song!! Also a really great picking pattern in the verse and outro if you want to challenge yourself.
Enjoy! Like the video and subscribe to the channel for more videos in the future!
-Dave T
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[Intro]
G D/F# Em7 D
Cadd9 Dsus4 D
[Verse]
C
Heart beats fast
G/B
Colors and promises
Em7
How to be brave
D/F# G Cadd9
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
G/B
But watching you stand alone
Em7 D/F# G
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
[Pre=chorus]
Am Em D once
One step clo ser
[Chorus]
G D/F#
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em7 D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
Dsus4 D once
I love you for a thousand more
[Break]
Cadd9
[Verse]
Cadd9
Time stands still
G/B
Beauty in all she is
Em7
I will be brave
D/F# G Cadd9
I will not let anything take away
G/B
What's standing in front of me
Em7
Every breath
D/F# G
Every hour has come to this
[Pre-chorus]
Am Em D once
One step clo ser
[Chorus]
G D/F#
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em7 D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
Dsus4 D
I love you for a thousand more
G D/F#
'nd all along I believed I would find you
Em7
Time has brought your heart to me
D Cadd9
I have loved you for a thousand years
Dsus4 D
I'll love you for a thousand more
[Bridge]
G D/F# Em D Cadd9 Dsus4 D
[Pre-Chorus]
Am Em D
One step clo ser
Am Em D
One step clo ser
[Chorus]
G D/F#
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em7 D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
Dsus4 D
I love you for a thousand more
G D/F#
'nd all along I believed I would find you
Em7
Time has brought your heart to me
D Cadd9
I have loved you for a thousand years
Dsus4 D
I'll love you for a thousand more
[Outro]
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 Em7 D
Cadd9
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[Verse]
Cadd9
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G/B
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[Outro]
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Cadd9
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Em7 D Cadd9
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