THIS IS THE CHORD PROGRESSION OF Because I Had You BY SHAWN MENDES ON PIANO, UKULELE, GUITAR AND KEYBOARD.

[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 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, 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
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
Because I had you

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