I’m a Believer

I'm a Believer - The Monkees

[Rythmique]

Couplets: B BH HBH
Refrains: B BH

[Couplet 1]

G                  D            G            G
I thought love was only true in fairy tales.
G                 D                G         G
Meant for someone else but not for me.
C               G
Love was out to get me
C                   G
  That's the way it seemed.
C                G              D       N.C.
  Disappointment haunted all my dreams.


[Refrain] 

               G   C  G
Then I saw her face,
    C        G     C  G
now I'm a believer
C     G     C  G
Not a trace
   C           G    C  G
of doubt in my mind.
C      G (one stroke then mute) C (one stroke)
I'm in love,                    ooh
        G (one stroke)     F (one stroke) D (Riff below)
I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.

[Couplet 2]

G                  D              G
I thought love was more or less a given thing,
G                D                G
Seems the more I gave, the less I got.
C                 G
What's the use in tryin'?
C               G
 All you get is pain.
C               G              D     N.C.
  When I needed sunshine I got rain.

[Refrain]
 
               G   C  G
Then I saw her face,
    C        G     C  G
now I'm a believer
C     G     C  G
Not a trace
   C           G    C  G
of doubt in my mind.
C      G (one stroke then mute) C (one stroke)
I'm in love,                    ooh
        G (one stroke)     F (one stroke) D (Riff x2)
I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.

[Couplet 3]

G - D - G
G - D - G
  C                 G       G
Oh, love was out to get me
C                      G       G
 Now that's the way it seemed.
C                G              D       N.C.
  Disappointment haunted all my dreams.

[Refrain]
 
               G   C  G
Then I saw her face,
    C        G     C  G
now I'm a believer
C     G     C  G
Not a trace
   C           G    C  G
of doubt in my mind.
C      G (one stroke then mute) C (one stroke)
I'm in love,                    ooh
        G (one stroke)     F (one stroke) D (Riff x2)
I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.

[Outro]
 
                G   C  G
Yes, I saw her face,
    C        G     C  G
now I'm a believer
C     G     C  G
Not a trace
   C           G    C  G
of doubt in my mind.
     C       G     C  G
Said I'm a believer (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhhh)
C        G    C  G
I'm a believer
     C       G       C        G
Said I'm a believer (I'm a believer)
     C       G       C        G
Said I'm a believer (I'm a believer)