Jan272023

Steve Hamby and the Ways – I Tried Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
Cadd9 G D
Cadd9 G D

[Verse 1]
    Cadd9  G        D
The angry water swallowed
your yellow hair
 Cadd9            G
Like the fallen after you
        D
were comin up for air
    Cadd9        G      D
Reached out my hand to pull
 you from the cold
        Cadd9    G
Now we're both drowning
      D
two souls in a hole

[Chorus]
   Cadd9  G       D
But I....  oh I tried
   Cadd9  G       D
oh I.....  oh I tried

[Verse 2]
          Cadd9
Though I fought like hell to
  G               D
 save you but I could
not save myself
       Cadd9            G
I fell victom to your water
       D
 to a man with nothin left
      Cadd9      G
And I tried to trade my soul
          D
 but it couldnt match the cost
    Cadd9           G
The devil said that I was
           D
in for everything he lost

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[Chorus]
   Cadd9  G       D
oh I....   oh I tried
   Cadd9  G       D
oh I.....  oh I tried

[Instrumental]
Cadd9 G D
Cadd9 G D

[Verse 3]
         Cadd9         G
I always told you that I would
           D
 go out reachin for your hand
       Cadd9            G
It seems like we had reached
               D
 the line and all good
things must end

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[Chorus]
   Cadd9     G       D
Oh But I     oh I tried
   Cadd9  G       D
oh I      oh I tried
   Cadd9     G       D
Oh But I     oh I tried
   Cadd9  G       D
oh I     oh I tried

[Outro]

Cadd9       G         D
30 years together I said
 to myself
    Cadd9         G
Who would have thought that
      D
 I'd be the last one left

How to play I Tried: key, chords and progression

These are I Tried chords by Steve Hamby and the Ways on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

I Tried by Steve Hamby and the Ways sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 3 chords to play it: Cadd9, G and D.

Listen for Cadd9 – G – D – Cadd9 (IVadd9 – I – V – IVadd9 in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.