Everything I Own - Bread
Intro riff - form an major chord on the 4th string (i.e -shaped chord with a bar
across 7th fret)
4/4 time
e--9-------9----9-10f9------7h9------!
b--10------10----------10-------10---!
g--9-------9--------------9--------9-!
-7-------7-------------------------!
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1 2 3 4
Verse 1 - fingerpicked chords, i.e. all notes in the chord played on each beat:-
e--9----9----9----9---!--9----9----9----9---!
b--10---10---10---10--!--10---10---10---10--!
g--9----9----9----9---!--9----9----9----9---!
-7----7----6----6---!---------------------!
--------------------!--9----9----7----7---!
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You sheltered me from harm
e--5----5----5----5---!--9----9----7----7---!
b--7----7----6----6---!--10---10---9----9---!
g--7----7----7----7---!--9----9----9----9---!
-7----7----7----7---!--7----7----9----9---!
-5----5----5----5---!------------7----7---!
--------------------!---------------------!
Kept me warm Kept me warm......
Repeat the above with:-
You gave your life to me, set me free, set me free
Pre-chorus
Chord strums
! ! !
The finest years I ever knew
! ! !
Were all the years I had with you And I would give...
Chorus
! ! !
Every_____thing I Own. Give up my
! ! !
House, my heart my home And I would give
! ! !
Every______thing I Own Just to
! ! !
Have you back again.
Intro riff
Verse 2
First 4 bars same as verse 1:-
You taught me how to love, what it's of, what it's of
But then:-
! ! !
You never said too much but still you showed the way
! ! !
And I knew From watching you.
Pre-chorus - chords as before, but with:-
Nobody else could ever know, the part of me that can't let go.
Chorus (as before)
Bridge
(Is there..)
e--2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
b--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
g--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
-4----4----4----4---!--2----2----2----2---!
-4----4----4----4---!---------------------!
-2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
someone you know, you're loving them so, but
e--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
b--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
g--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
-0----0----0----0---!--0----0----0----0---!
--------------------!---------------------!
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Taking them all for granted. You may
e--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
b--3----3----3----3---!--3----3----3----3---!
g--4----4----4----4---!--2----2----2----2---!
-4----4----4----4---!--0----0----0----0---!
-2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
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lose them one day, someone takes them away, and they don't
(strum) (strum)
e--3----3----3----3---!--0----0----2----2---!
b--3----3----3----3---!--0----0----3----3---!
g--4----4----4----4---!--1----1----2----2---!
-5----5----5----5---!--2----2----0----0---!
--------------------!--2----2-------------!
-3----3----3----3---!--0----0-------------!
hear the words you long to say. And I would...
Repeat chorus and end