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Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

Track 1Guitar
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Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: 3

BPM: 200

    Strum Pattern -> D-DUDU
    1st Verse
    Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
    Intro
    ***The intro melody is played by a piano but the chords are:"             Heart beats fast
N   G                    Em        C                               D                    
e|--3-------------------|0---------0---------|--------------------|2---------|----------|
B|--3-------------------|0---------1---------|--------------------|3---------|----------|
G|--4-------------------|0---------0---------|--------------------|2---------|----------|
D|--5-------------------|2---------2---------|--------------------|0---------|----------|
A|--5-------------------|2---------3---------|--------------------|----------|----------|
E|--3-------------------|0-------------------|--------------------|----------|----------|

    Colors and promises        How to be brave            How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
e|----------------------|-----|--------------------|-----|--------------------|
B|----------------------|-----|--------------------|-----|--------------------|
G|----------------------|-----|--------------------|-----|--------------------|
D|----------------------|-----|--------------------|-----|--------------------|
A|----------------------|-----|--------------------|-----|--------------------|
E|----------------------|-----|--------------------|-----|--------------------|

[ preview ends at bar 10 — the interactive score has the rest ]

                               But watching you stand alone         All of my doubt

                                                         Chorus
    Suddenly goes away somehow                           One step clo__ser
                                                                              Em

          I have died everyday waiting for you
          G

                                                                              2nd Verse
    Darling don't be afraid I have loved you For a thou____sand years         I'll love you for a thousand more
    Em                              C

                                              Time stands still Beauty in all she is I will be brave
                         D

          I will not let anything take away                    What's standing in front of me

                         Every breath    Every hour has come to this

    2nd Chorus
    One step clo__ser                               I have died everyday waiting for you
                         Em                         G

                                    Darling don't be afraid I have loved you For a thou____sand years
                                    Em                              C

                         I'll love you for a thousand more                              And all along I believed
                                                                   D                    G

    I would find you     Time has brought your heart to me I have loved you For a thou____sand years
                         Em                                   C

    Bridge
    I love you for a thousand more                  Oh...
                                        D           G              Em         C

                                                                         Final Chorus
                    One step clo__ser                                    One step clo__ser
              D                               Em

                                         I have died everyday waiting for you
                   Em         D          G

               Darling don't be afraid I have loved you For a thou____sand years
               Em                              C

    I'll love you for a thousand more                              And all along I believed I would find you
                                              D                    G

                                                                         Am7 Am7(6) C C4+
                                                                         Chords
    Time has brought your heart to me I have loved you For a thou____sand years I love you for a thousand more
    Em                                   C

                                                                    C5 C9 C9(4+) D
                   D

                    D/F#      D4   D9/F#           Em    Em7       G    G/B             G5
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Instruments
Guitar
Genres
Pop
Tracks
1
Tempo
200 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Tuning
E A D G B E
Capo
Fret 3
Key
G minor
Difficulty
Beginner
Bars
105
Frets used
Frets 0-5
Published 13 Dec 2018

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Christina Perri - A Thousand Years is a Guitar score arranged by DojiATR and filed under Pop. Read it as tablature or as standard sheet music notation, play it back at any tempo, and practise it a bar at a time.

It is written in 4/4 at 200 BPM, with a capo at fret 3. It is in G minor, and the arrangement runs 105 bars. We grade it beginner — it stays between frets 0 and 5 and there are 4 chord shapes to learn. It is written as plain fretted notes, with no bends, slides or hammer-ons to learn first.

Chords used: G, Em, C, D — as shaped, with the capo at fret 3. Each one links to its shapes and fingerings.

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