Everything I Own

Everything I Own - Bread

Intro riff - form an A major chord on the 4th string (i.e D-shaped chord with a bar 
across 7th fret)

4/4 time

   A 
e--9-------9----9-10f9------7h9------!
b--10------10----------10-------10---!
g--9-------9--------------9--------9-!
D--7-------7-------------------------!
A------------------------------------!
E------------------------------------!
   1       2       3        4 

Verse 1 - fingerpicked chords, i.e. all notes in the chord played on each beat:-

   A         A/G#        A/F#     A/E
e--9----9----9----9---!--9----9----9----9---!
b--10---10---10---10--!--10---10---10---10--!
g--9----9----9----9---!--9----9----9----9---!
D--7----7----6----6---!---------------------!
A---------------------!--9----9----7----7---!
E---------------------!---------------------!
           You sheltered me from harm

   D         Dm          A         E
e--5----5----5----5---!--9----9----7----7---!
b--7----7----6----6---!--10---10---9----9---!
g--7----7----7----7---!--9----9----9----9---!
D--7----7----7----7---!--7----7----9----9---!
A--5----5----5----5---!------------7----7---!
E---------------------!---------------------!         
Kept me warm     Kept me warm......

Repeat the above with:-
You gave your life to me, set me free, set me free

Pre-chorus
Chord strums
!Bm        D            !E                  !
The finest years I ever knew

!Bm        D            !E         D        !
Were all the years I had with you     And I would give...  


Chorus
!A         Bm           !E         D        !
Every_____thing    I     Own.      Give up my

!A         Bm           !E         D        !
House, my  heart      my home    And I would give

!A         Bm           !E                  !
Every______thing   I     Own           Just to

!D                      !E                  !
Have you            back again.


Intro riff


Verse 2
First 4 bars same as verse 1:-

You taught me how to love, what it’s of, what it’s of

But then:-

!A         A/G#             !F#m                !
  You never said too much but still you showed the way
!G         D                !A                  !
And I knew          From watching you.


Pre-chorus - chords as before, but with:-

Nobody else could ever know, the part of me that can’t let go.

Chorus (as before)


Bridge

(Is there..)

   F#m                   A/E 
e--2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
b--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
g--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
D--4----4----4----4---!--2----2----2----2---!
A--4----4----4----4---!---------------------!
E--2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
someone you know,  you’re loving them so,  but 

  Dmaj7                 
e--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
b--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
g--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
D--0----0----0----0---!--0----0----0----0---!
A---------------------!---------------------!
E---------------------!---------------------!
Taking them all for granted.          You may

   Bm                    D/A 
e--2----2----2----2---!--2----2----2----2---!
b--3----3----3----3---!--3----3----3----3---!
g--4----4----4----4---!--2----2----2----2---!
D--4----4----4----4---!--0----0----0----0---!
A--2----2----2----2---!--0----0----0----0---!
E---------------------!---------------------!
lose them one day, someone takes them away, and they don’t

   G                     E (strum) D (strum)
e--3----3----3----3---!--0----0----2----2---!
b--3----3----3----3---!--0----0----3----3---!
g--4----4----4----4---!--1----1----2----2---!
D--5----5----5----5---!--2----2----0----0---!
A---------------------!--2----2-------------!
E--3----3----3----3---!--0----0-------------!
hear the words you long to say.   And I would...

Repeat chorus and end