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I'd Rather Chords

Music by: Luther Vandross · 2002
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[Verse 1]
I thought sometime a[F]lone
Was what we really [C]needed
You said this time would [F]hurt
more than it helps
But [G]I couldn't s[Am]ee that
I thought it was the [F]end
Of a beautiful [Em]story[Am]
And so I left the [Dm]one I loved at home
to be a[E]lone

[Pre-chorus 1]
And I [Am]tried to find
Out [Dm]this one thing is [G]true
That I'm [C]nothing without [Dm]you
I know better now
And I've [Gm]had a change of h[C]eart

[Chorus 1]
I'd rather have [F]bad times with [G]you,
than good [Em]times with someone [Am]else
I'd [G]rather be be[F]side you in a [G]storm,
than safe and [Em]warm by my[Gm]self
I'd [C]rather have [F]hard times to[Dm]gether,
[E]than to [Am]have it [G]easy a[D]part
I'd [Dm]rather [Em]have the [F]one who [G]holds my heart
[C][Am][G]
[Dm][Em][C]

[Verse 2]
And then I met some[F]one
And thought she could re[C]place you
We got a long just [F]fine
We wasted time be[G]cause she was [Am]not you
We had a lot of [F]fun
Though we knew we were [Em]faking[Am]
Love was not im[Dm]pressed with our connection
they were all [E]lies, all lies

[Pre-chorus 2]
So I'm [Am]here
cause I found [Dm]this one thing is [G]true
That I'm [C]nothing without [Dm]you
I know better now
And I've [Gm]had a change of h[C]eart

[Chorus 2]
I'd rather have [F]bad times with [G]you,
than good [Em]times with someone [Am]else
I'd [G]rather be be[F]side you in a [G]storm,
than safe and [Em]warm by my[Gm]self
I'd [C]rather have [F]hard times to[Dm]gether,
[E]than to [Am]have it [G]easy a[D]part
I'd [Dm]rather [Em]have the [F]one [G]who holds
[C]my hea[Am]rt
[G]Who [Dm]holds my [Em]heart[C]
[Cm]I can't

[Bridge 1]
[Fm]blame you if you [Bb]turn away
from [Gm]me, like I've done [Cm]you,
I can [Fm]only prove the things
I [Bm]say with t[Am]ime,
Please be [B]mine,
I'd [Db]rather have

[Chorus 3]
[Gb]bad times with y[Ab]ou,
than good [Fm]times with someone [Bbm]else
I'd [Ab]rather be be[Gb]side you in a [Ab]storm,
than safe and [Fm]warm by my[Abm]self
I'd [Db]rather have [Gb]hard times to[Ebm]gether,
[F]than to [Bbm]have it e[G]asy ap[Eb]art
I'd [Ebm]rather [Fm]have the [Gb]one who [Ab]holds my heart
[Db][Bbm][Ab]

[Outro 1]
I'd [Ebm]rather [Fm]have the [Gb]one who [Ab]holds
[Db]my heart[Bbm][Ab]
I'd [Ebm]rather [Fm]have the [Gb]one who [Ab]holds
[Db]my heart[Gb][Db]
[Bbm][Fm]
[Ebm]Who, w[Gb]ho h[Ab]olds m[Db]y heart
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