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All Ive Ever Known

Anaïs Mitchell

OtherAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F
C×
G
Am×
A#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Verse 
F C F C 
       F        C 
I was alone so long 
  G                           C 
I didn't even know that I was lonely 
           F       C 
Out in the cold so long 
  G                           C 
I didn't even know that I was cold 
 
Pre-Chorus 
G                      F 
Turned my collar to the wind 
Am                    C G 
This is how its always been 
 
C                             G 
All I've ever known is how to hold my own (x2) 
    G                C 
But now I wanna hold you too 
 
F C F C 
 
Verse 
               F    C 
You take me in your arms 
      A#                         C 
And suddenly there's sunlight all around me 
              F          C 
Everything is bright and warm 
A#                        C 
Shining like it never did before 
 
Pre-Chorus 
 
G                F 
And for a moment I forget 
Am                      C G 
Just how dark and cold it gets 
 
C                             G 
All I've ever known is how to hold my own (x2) 
    G 
But now I wanna hold you 
 
Bridge 
A# 
Now I wanna hold you 
C 
Hold you close 
A#                                G 
I dont wanna ever have to let you go 
A# 
Now I wanna hold you 
C 
Hold you tight 
A#                                  C 
I dont wanna go back to that lonely life 
 
C F G C F G 
Outro 
C                 F    G 
  Say that you'll hold me forever 
C               F         G 
  Say that the wind wont change on us 
Am              F 
Say that we'll stay with each other 
C          G                 C 
And it'll always be like this 
          
 

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Chord set

F · C · G · Am · A#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.