I Told You I Was Afraid chords by The Beths

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

🎸 Verse 1:
A
 I told you that I was afraid
           Dsus2
That I would have a bad trip, fall asleep and never wake
            F#m
They told me back at school that it would happen




   E
I believed it till I didn't
A

 I told you that I was afraid
        Dsus2
Of stating my opinion in a clear and honest way
          F#m
They told me in my youth it wasn't needed
    E
Some thoughts are best deleted
  G#m     E
And everyone agreed it


🎸 Chorus:
F#m          E     D
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F#m          E/G#    A
I don't know what I'm getting up for


🎸 Verse 2:
A
 I'm not getting taller anymore
A
 So when I fall
   Dsus2
It's always the same distance as before
              F#m
You'd think that I'd learn to anticipate it
    E
By the millionth time I ate it
A
 And I told you that I wasn't scared
         Dsus2
That evеn if I fractured every bonе
I didn't care
        F#m
I never told a lie so confidently
     E
But you let me down so gently
   G#m       E
The concrete barely bent me


🎸 Chorus:
F#m          E     D
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F#m          E/G#    D
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F#m            E      D
One more year, then I'll look at the score
F#m          E/G#    A
I don't know what I'm getting up for


🎸 Bridge:
         E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
     Dsus2     Dm
Will you look me in the eye
       F#m    E
And say it'll all be alright
    D5
In the end?
    A     E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
      Dsus2        Dm
Will you cross your heart and hope to die?
   F#m    E
It'll all be alright
    D5
In the end
    A     E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
     Dsus2     Dm
Will you look me in the eye
       F#m    E
And say it'll all be alright
    D5
In the end?
    A     E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
      Dsus2        Dm
Will you cross your heart and hope to die?
 F#m         E
Cross your heart and hope to die
 D5
Cross your heart and hope to die


🎸 Instrumental:
 D | A/C# | F#m  E | D | D | F#m  E/G# :


🎸 Verse 3:
A
 I told you that I was afraid
        Dsus2
That everyone around holds me in some secret disdain
          F#m
That I was held a fool so far deluded
   E
You told me that was stupid
      G#m      E
But could never really prove it


🎸 Chorus:
F#m          E     D
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F#m          E/G#    D
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F#m            E      D
One more year, then I'll look at the score
F#m          E/G#    A
I don't know what I'm getting up for
F#m          E     D
I don't know what I'm getting up for (I told you that I was afraid)
F#m          E/G#    D
I don't know what I'm getting up for (I told you that I was afraid)
F#m            E      D
One more year, then I'll look at the score
F#m          E/G#    A
I don't know what I'm getting up for