Because I Had You

Shawn Mendes
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Updated: Mar 2026 Version: #1

[Em] I think it’s [C]time that I be [G]honest [G]

[Em] Should’ve [C]told you not to [G]go [G]

[Em] Thought I [C]knew just what I [G]wanted [G]

[Em] I didn’t [C]know myself at [G]all [G]

[Bm] You’re with somebody I [C]can’t be, yeah

[Bm] But I can tell that you’re [C]happy

(Chorus)

It’s time for [Em]me to finally meet [C]somebody [G]new

[G]Take her to [Em]all the places [C]that I took us [G]to

[G]And she might [Em]help me forget

[C]that loving [G]her is something I [D]could never [Em]do

[C] Because I [G]had.. Because I [Em]had you [C] [G] [G]

(Intro)

[Em] [C] [G] [G]

[Em] Hey, remember [C]when I [G]told you

[G] That you and [Em]I will go down

in histo[C]ry to[G]gether, [G]yeah

[Em] And does your sis[C]ter ask a[G]bout me?[G]

You and [Em]I, what we had, is it [C]gone for[G]ever?[G]

[Bm] You’re with somebody I [C]can’t be

[Bm] But I can tell that you’re [C]happy

(Chorus)

It’s time for [Em]me to finally meet [C]somebody [G]new

[G]Take her to [Em]all the places [C]that I took us [G]to

[G]And she might [Em]help me forget

[C]that loving [G]her is something I [D]could never [Em]do

[C] Because I [G]had.. Because I [Em]had you

There’s [C]nothin’, [G]oh

There’s no[G]thin’ left to [Em]lose

[C] Because I [G]had you, [G]babe

[Em] There’s not[C]hin’ [G]

Nothin’ [G]that I could [Em]do

[C] I wish I had [G]you

(Chorus)

But I think it’s [Em]time I finally found [C]somebody [G]new

And tell my[Em]self that she’s the one [C]that get me [G]through

And she might [Em]help me forget

[C]but loving [G]her is something I [D]just couldn’t [Em]do

[C] Because I [G]had you