Biography:
Christina Perri, born August 19, 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. She initially rose to fame with her 2010 debut single "Jar of Hearts," which charted in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after being used in the popular television show, "So You Think You Can Dance."
Perri grew up in Bensalem, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia) with her older brother, Nick Perri, who formerly played guitar with Shinedown, among other artists.
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Other songs:
- A Thousand Years
- Arms
- Bang Bang Bang
- Be My Forever (feat. Ed Sheeran)
- Black And Blue
- Bluebird
- Distance
- Human
- I Believe
- Jar Of Hearts
- Jar Of Hearts (original)
- Miles
- Sea Of Lovers
- The Lonely
- The Words
- Tragedy
- Black + Blue
- Burning Gold
- Run
- A Thousand Years Part 2
- Backwards
- Be My Forever
- Believe
- Butterfly
- Crazy
- Daydream
- Everything Thats Beautiful Acoustic
- Give Me Love
- Heart For Sale
- I Dont Wanna Break
- I Like You
- Let Me Fall
- Lonely Child
- Mine
- One Night
- One Wish
- Penguin
- Pure And True
- Sad Song
- Shot Me In The Heart
- Something About December
- Trust
- You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me
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A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
[Intro]
G Em Cadd9 G D
[Verse 1]
Cadd9
Heartbeats fast
Em
Colors and promises
How to be brave
D Cadd9
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
Em
But watching you stand alone
D Am
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
Em D
One step closer
[Chorus]
G
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
[Verse 2]
Cadd9
Time stands still
Em
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
D Cadd9
I will not let anything take away
Em
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
D Am
Every hour has come to this
Em D
One step closer
[Chorus]
G
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
[Bridge]
G
And all along I believed I would find you
Em
Time has brought your heart to me
D Cadd9
I have loved you for a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
[Instrumental]
G Em Cadd9 D Am
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D Am
One step closer
Em D
One step closer
[Chorus]
G
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
[Outro]
G
And all along I believed I would find you
Em
Time has brought your heart to me
D Cadd9
I have loved you for a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
Cadd9 Em Cadd9 Em D
Cadd9
[Intro]
G Em Cadd9 G D
[Verse 1]
Cadd9
Heartbeats fast
Em
Colors and promises
How to be brave
D Cadd9
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
Em
But watching you stand alone
D Am
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
Em D
One step closer
[Chorus]
G
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
[Verse 2]
Cadd9
Time stands still
Em
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
D Cadd9
I will not let anything take away
Em
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
D Am
Every hour has come to this
Em D
One step closer
[Chorus]
G
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
[Bridge]
G
And all along I believed I would find you
Em
Time has brought your heart to me
D Cadd9
I have loved you for a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
[Instrumental]
G Em Cadd9 D Am
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D Am
One step closer
Em D
One step closer
[Chorus]
G
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em D
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
Cadd9
For a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
[Outro]
G
And all along I believed I would find you
Em
Time has brought your heart to me
D Cadd9
I have loved you for a thousand years
D
I love you for a thousand more
Cadd9 Em Cadd9 Em D
Cadd9
