A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

A Thousand Years Chords

Written by: Christina Perri & David Hodges

Capo on 1st fret

Intro: A   E/G#   F#m    E   D   E

Dmaj7sus2 – xx0220
A/C# – x47xxx
E/G# – 4xx45x

Verse 1

Dmaj7sus2
Heart beats fast
………………….A/C#
Colors and promises
………………….F#m
How to be brave?
…………………E/G#
How can I love when
A     Dmaj7sus2
I’m afraid to fall ?
………………………………A/C#
But watching you stand alone
……………….F#m
All of my doubt suddenly
E/G#   A             Bm
Goes away somehow
Bm          F#m E
One step closer

A
I have died every day
…………….E/G#
Waiting for you
F#m
Darling, don’t be afraid
………….E
I have loved you
………..D
For a thousand years
…………………………….E
I’ll love you for a thousand more

Verse 2

Dmaj7sus2
Time stands still
……………….A/C#
Beauty in all she is
…………….F#m
I will be brave
………………E/G#  A        Dmaj7sus2
I will not let anything take away
………………………………..A/C#
What’s standing in front of me
………..F#m
Every breath
………..E/G#       A            Bm
Every hour has come to this
Bm  E      F#m E
One step closer

A
I have died every day
…………….E/G#
Waiting for you
F#m
Darling, don’t be afraid
………….E
I have loved you
………..D
For a thousand years
…………………………….E
I’ll love you for a thousand more

………A
And all along I believed
…………….E/G#
I would find you
F#m
Time has brought heart to me
………….E
I have loved you
…………D
For a thousand years
…………………………….E
I’ll love you for a thousand more

Music:

Bm                   F#m E
………. One step closer
Bm           E      F#m E
………. One step closer

A
I have died every day
…………….E/G#
Waiting for you
F#m
Darling, don’t be afraid
………….E
I have loved you
…………D
For a thousand years
……………………………..E
I’ll love you for a thousand more

……….A
And all along I believed
……………E/G#
I would find you
F#m
Time has brought heart to me
………….E
I have loved you
………..D
For a thousand years
…………………………….E
I’ll love you for a thousand more

End