[Verse]DA
Left to my own devices
G
I know I’ll mess this up
BmAG
And I want more for both us
DA
I’m set in my old ways
BmAG
But I’m breaking them today
ABm
Do you have the patience to wait
A
Til I’m okay
[Chorus]DAG
I don’t want to lose you
DAG
I don’t want to say goodbye
BmA
But if I don’t figure this out
DG
It’ll never be right
BmAG
And I won’t forgive myself
D
If I don’t try
[Verse]DG
We fell in love so fast
BmAG
That I got caught in the moment
DA
But I know it won’t last
BmAG
If I repeat my past
[Chorus]DAG
I don’t want to lose you
DAG
I don’t want to say goodbye
BmA
But if I don’t figure this out
DG
It’ll never be right
BmAG
And I won’t forgive myself
D
If I don’t try
Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.
[Instrumental]DGDG[Bridge]DGDG
I just want to be my best
DG
But I don’t know how to yet
DGDG
I just want to be my best
DG
But I don’t know how to yet
[Chorus]DAG
I don’t want to lose you
DAG
I don’t want to say goodbye
BmA
But if I don’t figure this out
DG
It’ll never be right
BmAG
And I won’t forgive myself
D
If I don’t try
How to play If I Dont Try: key, chords and progression
These are the chords for If I Dont Try by Tammy Byerly on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
If I Dont Try by Tammy Byerly is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: D, A, G and Bm.
Most of the song cycles through Bm – A – G – D (vi – V – IV – I in D major). In solfa, that is lah – soh – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.