Diary chords
by Bread- If was written by David Gates from the band - Bread.
- Recorded: 1972
- Released: April 1972
- Album: Baby I'm-a Want You
- Music: Key of G Major in 4/4 time at 82 bpm (♩)
- Vocal Range: D4-G5
- Chords: G, G7, Gmaj7, Am7, B7, Bm7, B7sus4, C, C6, D7, Em, Edim7, F
Diary
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Gmaj7 F C6 G
Intro: ‖ | | | ‖
Gmaj7 F
1. I found her diary un-der-neath the tree
C6 G
And start-ed read-ing a-bout me
Gmaj7 F
The words she’d writ-ten took me by sur-prise
C6 G
You’d nev-er read them in her eyes
Edim7 G D7 B7 Em G7
She said that she had found the love she’d wait-ed | for - |
C G C G
Would-n’t you know it? She would-n’t show it
Gmaj7 F
2. Then she, con-fron-ted with the writ-ing there
C6 G
Simp-ly pre-ten-ded not to care
Gmaj7 F
I passed it off as just in keep-ing with
C6 G
Her to-tal dis-con-cert-ing air.
Edim7 G D7 B7 Em G7
And though she tried to hide the love that she de - | nied - |
C G C G
Would-n’t you know it? She would-n’t show it.
D7 B7 Em G7 C
Chorus: | - And as | I go through my life
Am7 D7 G
I will give to her, my wife
C B7sus4
All the sweet things I can find.
Gmaj7 F
3. I found her di-ary un-der-neath the tree
C6 G
And start-ed read-ing a-bout me
Gmaj7 F
The words began to stick, then tears to fall.
C6 G
Her mean-ing now was clear to see
Edim7 G D7 B7 Em G7
The love she’d wait-ed for was some-one else, not | me - |
C G C G
Would-n’t you know it? She would-n’t show it.
D7 B7 Em G7 C
Chorus: | - And as | I go through my life
Am7 D7 G
I will wish for her, his wife
C G
All the sweet things she can find
Bm7 C D7 G
All the sweet things they can find.
𝄑 Notes:
- Level Of Ease: Fairly easy using all open chords
- Song Key: G Major - 1 sharp (F#)
- The open Bm7 (x20202) and B7sus4 (x22200) chords sound great.
- Edim7 is also a very easy chord to play, as are all diminished 7th chords
- I have included bar lines at the start of each chorus:
D7 B7 Em G7 C Chorus: | - And as | I go through my life
Play D7 for 2 beats with B7 coming in on the 3rd beat of the bar on 'And'. - If you need further help with any chords, visit guitar chords.
Songs by Bread on this site:
- Diary
- If
