John Stephens (born December 28, 1978 in Springfield, Ohio), better known as John Legend, is a Grammy award winning R&B singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and actor signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label. Prior to the release of his debut album Get Lifted in 2004, Legend's career gained momentum through a series of successful collaborations with multiple established artists such as Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill. He released his second album
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Keep this way of playing the whole song
[Intro]
G, Bm, C, Em
[Verse]
GBmG It gets harder every day, but I can't seem to shake the pain Bm I'm trying to find the words to say, please stay GBm It's written all over my face, I can't C Function the same when you're not here Em I'm calling your name and no one's there CDG And I hope one day you'll see nobody has it easy, BmC I still can't believe you found somebody new D But I wish you the best, I guess.
[Chorus]
GBmC 'Cause everybody knows, that nobody really knows EmG How to make it work or how to ease the hurt GBmC We've heard it all before, that everybody knows EmG How to make it right, I wish we gave it one more try (try) Em One more try (try) C One more try DG 'Cause everybody knows, but nobody really knows
[Intro chords]
[Verse 2]
GBmG I don’t care what people say, they’re probably lonely anyway BmG Baby don’t fill up your head, with he said, she said Bm It seems like you just don’t know, (don’t know) C The radios on, you tuning me out Em I’m trying to speak, you’re turning me down
CDG And I know one day you'll see nobody has it easy, BmC I still can't believe you found somebody new D But I wish you the best, I guess
[Chorus]
GBmC 'Cause everybody knows, that nobody really knows EmG How to make it work, or how to ease the hurt GBmC We've heard it all before, that everybody knows EmDEm How to make it right, I wish we gave it one more try (try) Em One more try (try) C One more try DG 'Cause everybody knows, but nobody really knows
[Bridge]
EmC Oh I wish you'd understand AmD Oh, just an ordinary man EmC Wish that we'd have known D Everybody knows, but nobody really knows CDG And I know one day you'll see, nobody has it easy BmC I still can't believe you found somebody new D I wish you the best, I guess.
[Chorus]
GBmC 'Cause everybody knows, that nobody really knows EmG How to make it work, or how to ease the hurt GBmC We've heard it all before, that everybody knows EmDBbmEm How to make it right, I wish we gave it one more try (try) GBm One more try (try) Bbm One more try DG 'Cause everybody knows, but nobody really knows
The riff played troughout the song is played on the Hi e string