Reason To Believe
Tim Hardin (1965)

Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] If I listened | [G] long enough to | [C] you, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way to be- | [G] lieve that its' all | [C] true. | [C] |
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Chorus
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] hard to live with- | [Am] out |
| [G] Somebody else. |
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] easy to give,
| [Am↓] Never thinking | [G] of myself. | [G]
| [C] If I gave you | [G] time to change my | [C] mind, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way just to | [G] leave the past | [C] behind. | [C]
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Solo - Instrumental Chorus
| [G] | [F] | [G] | [Am] |
| [G] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [Am↓] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] If I listened | [G] long enough to | [C] you, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way to be- | [G] lieve that its' all | [C] true. | [C] |
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Chorus
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] hard to live with- | [Am] out |
| [G] Somebody else. |
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] easy to give,
| [Am↓] Never thinking | of myself. | [G↓]
#Play along with Tim Hardin's version in this key.
#Last Updated 3/19/19 JJ
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Tim Hardin (1965)





Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] If I listened | [G] long enough to | [C] you, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way to be- | [G] lieve that its' all | [C] true. | [C] |
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Chorus
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] hard to live with- | [Am] out |
| [G] Somebody else. |
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] easy to give,
| [Am↓] Never thinking | [G] of myself. | [G]
| [C] If I gave you | [G] time to change my | [C] mind, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way just to | [G] leave the past | [C] behind. | [C]
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Solo - Instrumental Chorus
| [G] | [F] | [G] | [Am] |
| [G] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [Am↓] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] If I listened | [G] long enough to | [C] you, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way to be- | [G] lieve that its' all | [C] true. | [C] |
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Chorus
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] hard to live with- | [Am] out |
| [G] Somebody else. |
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] easy to give,
| [Am↓] Never thinking | of myself. | [G↓]
#Play along with Tim Hardin's version in this key.
#Last Updated 3/19/19 JJ
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