Zach Berkman
Saddest Song Chords
Chords in () are optional transition chords, but they do follow the bass pattern
of the song and make it sound a bit better IMO:
A/G#: 402220
E/G#: 422100
Let's get on with it...
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INTRO
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A
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VERSE 1
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A
I've learned a lesson
Cm
from being down at my worst
I count my blessings
D
I wouldn't say I've been cursed
It's not that easy
E
it's not that easy to start
I'm trying to tell you
it's not so hard
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CHORUS
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A (A/G#) Fm
You were just impossible to find un-
D
-til I heard you in the garden
E
Singing the saddest song
You were singing the saddest song
A (A/G#) Fm
Huddled neath the willow on a cold night
D
You were shadowed from the moonlight
E
Singing the saddest song
A
You were singing the saddest song you know
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VERSE 2
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A
Take just a second
Cm
Are you really alone?
You change directions and you find
D
You're no closer to home
If there's an answer
E
And if that answer is right
Let go, even if you don't know why
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CHORUS
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A (A/G#) Fm
You were just impossible to find un-
D
-til I heard you in the garden
E
Singing the saddest song
(E/G#)
You were singing the saddest song
A (A/G#) Fm
Huddled neath the willow on a cold night
D
You were shadowed from the moonlight
E
Singing the saddest song
You were singing the saddest song...
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BRIDGE
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Bm D
And Ooooh
A E
But I saw you change in a blink of an eye
Bm D
And it's so hard
Fm E
It's so hard to see you cry, cry, crying woah-oh-oh
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CHORUS
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A (A/G#) Fm
Standing on the edge and breaking through
D
Never seemed impossible to you
E
When you're singing the saddest song
When you're singing the saddest song
A (A/G#) Fm
And only once you let the world come near you
D
Because everyone can hear you
E
Singing the saddest song
When you're singing the saddest song
A
You know
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SOLO/BRIDGE
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A Fm D E
Woooo woahh ohhhh oh
(woahhh) (when you're singing the saddest song, when you're singing the saddest song you know)
A Fm D E
Ooooo ohhhh Saddest Song
(when you're singing the saddest song, when you're singing the saddest song you know)
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OUTRO
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A (A/G#) Fm
And only once you let the world come near you
D
Because everyone can hear you
E
Singing the saddest song
A
When you're singing the saddest song you know
