I'm A Believer
The Monkees
00:00 Song Demo
00:52 Lesson Intro
01:28 Chords
05:04 Strumming Pattern (verse)
06:56 Strumming Pattern (chorus)
09:59 Transform your strumming!
10:22 Simpler chorus
11:13 Lesson Outro

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[INTRO]

 

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                     strum...    D   D  U    U D  U     D   D  U    U D  U

 

[VERSE 1]

G                 D            G

I thought love was only true in fairy tales

G                D                G

Meant for someone else but not for me

C              G

Love was out to get me

C                G

That's the way it seemed

C             G              D 

Disappointment haunted all my dreams

 

 

[CHORUS]

              G   C  G

Then I saw her face,

    C       G    C  G

now I'm a believer

C     G     C  G

Not a trace

   C           G   C  G

of doubt in my mind

C      G             C

I'm in love, (ooooh, ah yeah)

        G                  F              D

I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.

 

 

[VERSE 2]

G                 D              G

I thought love was more or less a given thing,

G               D               G

Seems the more I gave the less I got.

C                G

What's the use in tryin'?

C              G

All you get is pain.

C            G              D   

When I needed sunshine I got rain.

 

 

[CHORUS]

              G   C  G

Then I saw her face,

    C       G    C  G

now I'm a believer.

C     G     C  G

Not a trace

   C           G   C  G

of doubt in my mind.

C      G             C

I'm in love, (ooooh, ah yeah)

        G                  F              D

I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.

 

[INTERLUDE]

|G   |D   |G  |G   |

|G   |D   |G  |G   |

 

[VERSE 3]

C              G

Love was out to get me.

C                G

That's the way it seemed.

C             G              D       

Disappointment haunted all my dreams.

 

 

[CHORUS]

              G   C  G

Then I saw her face,

    C       G    C  G

now I'm a believer.

C     G     C  G

Not a trace

   C           G   C  G

of doubt in my mind.

C      G             C

I'm in love, (ooooh, ah yeah)

        G                  F              D

I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.

 

 

[OUTRO]

              G   C  G

Yes, I saw her face,

    C       G    C  G

now I'm a believer

C     G     C  G

Not a trace

   C           G   C  G

of doubt in my mind.

     C       G    C  G

Said I'm a believer

C        G    C  G

I'm a believer

     C       G      C       G

Said I'm a believer (I'm a believer)

     C       G      C       G

Said I'm a believer (I'm a believer)

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