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Welcome to this Because I Had You Guitar Tutorial by Shawn Mendes!
This is a super simple and short song to play off Shawn’s new self titled album. It’s a fingerpicked song with simple chord structures so it’s great for beginners. In this video I will even teach you 2 different ways of playing the song.
1. Studio version – fingerpicked
2. Easy version – simple open chord shapes strummed
Not sure if it’s just me but I feel this song sounds a lot like Love Yourself by Justin Bieber, especially the guitar parts!
Enjoy! Like this #becauseihadyou video by #shawnmendes and subscribe to the channel for more videos in the future!
-Dave Tran (Your online guitar teacher 😁)
[Verse]
Em C G
e|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|
B|-8---x-------x---|-----x-------x---|
G|-----x-----5-x---|-4---x-----4-x---|
D|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|
A|-7---x-----3-x---|-----x-------x---|
e|-----x-------x---|-3---x-----3-x---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Prechorus]
Bm C Bm C
e|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|-----x-----------|
B|-3---x-----3-x---|-5---x-----5-x---|-3---x-----3-x---|-5---x-----------|
G|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|-----x-----------|
D|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|-----x-----------|
A|-2---x-----2-x---|-3---x-----3-x---|-2---x-----2-x---|-3---x-----------|
E|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|-----x-----------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Chorus]
Em C G
e|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|
B|-8---x-------x---|-----x-------x---|
G|-----x-----5-x---|-4---x-----4-x---|
D|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---| x2
A|-7---x-----3-x---|-----x-------x---|
e|-----x-------x---|-3---x-----3-x---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Em C G D
e|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|
B|-8---x-------x---|-----x-------x---|
G|-----x-----5-x---|-4---x-----7-x---|
D|-----x-------x---|-----x-------x---|
A|-7---x-----3-x---|-----x-----5-x---|
e|-----x-------x---|-3---x-------x---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Em C G
e|-----x-------x---|-----x-----------|
B|-8---x-------x---|-----x-----------|
G|-----x-----5-x---|-4---x-----------|
D|-----x-------x---|-----x-----------|
A|-7---x-----3-x---|-----x-----------|
e|-----x-------x---|-3---x-----------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Verse 1]
Em C G
I think it's time that I be honest
Em C G
Should've told you not to go
Em C G
Thought I knew just what I wanted
Em C G
I didn't know myself at all
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bm C
You're with somebody I can't be, yeah
Bm C
But I can tell that you're happy
[Chorus 1]
Em C G
It's time for me to finally meet somebody new
Em C G
Take her to all the places that I took us to
Em C G D Em
And she might help me forget that loving her is something I could never do
C G
Because I had
Em C G
Because I had you
[Verse 2]
Em C G
Hey, remember when I told you
Em C G
That you and I will go down in history together, yeah
Em C G
And does your sister ask about me?
Em C G
You and I, what we had, is it gone forever?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bm C
You're with somebody I can't be
Bm C
But I can tell that you're happy
[Chorus 1]
Em C G
It's time for me to finally meet somebody new
Em C G
Take her to all the places that I took us to
Em C G D
And she might help me forget that loving her is something I could never do
C G
Because I had
Em
Because I had you
[Bridge]
C G
There's nothin', oh
Em
There's nothin' left to lose
C G
Because I had you, babe
Em C G
There's nothin'
Em
Nothin' that I could do
C G
I wish I had you
[Chorus 2]
Em C G
But I think it's time I finally found somebody new
Em C G
And tell myself that she's the one that get me through
Em C G D Em
And she might help me forget but loving her is something I could never do
C G
Because I had you
