Released early 2017, “Believer” has been popular around the world and has been used by Nintendo for their Switch adverts. It has simple repetitive melodies, but has quite a note range so requires some skill to play – good luck!
A ^F ^D
First things first
^D-^C ^D ^D ^E ^D ^C-A G A
I’ma say all the words inside my head
^E ^D ^D ^C ^D
I’m fired up and tired
^D ^E ^D ^C A G A
Of the way that things have been
^C A
Oh ooh
^E ^D ^C A G A
The way that things have been,
^C G#
Oh ooh
A ^E ^D
Second thing second
^D ^C ^D ^D ^D ^E ^D ^C A G A
Don’t you tell me what you think that I can be
^E ^D ^D ^D ^C ^D
I’m the one at the sail,
^D ^E ^D-^C A G A
I’m the master of my sea,
^C A
Oh ooh
^E ^D-^C A G A
The master of my sea,
^C G#
Oh ooh
G# G A-A A A A A
I was broken from a young age
A – A A A-A A A A-A
Taking my sulking to the masses
A A A ^C-^C ^C ^C ^C
Write down my poems for the few
^C ^C ^C ^C B B B
That looked at me, took to me,
B B B B-B B
Shook to me, feeling me
B – B B A – A A A A
Singing from heartache from the pain
A – A A A – A A A A
Taking my message from the veins
A – A A ^C-^C ^C ^C ^C
Speaking my lesson from the brain
^C-^C ^C B – B B B
Seeing the beauty through the…
Chorus:
^A
Pain!
^E *C *C ^B A *C *C ^B
You made me a, you made me a
^A-^A-*C *C-^B-^G#
Believer, believer
^A
Pain!
^E *C *C ^B ^A *C *C ^B
You break me down, you build me up,
^A-^A-*C *C-^B-^G#
Believer, believer
^D-^E
Pain!
^D ^D ^C ^D-^C ^D
Oh let the bullets fly,
^C ^D ^C ^D-^E
Oh let them rain
^D ^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^C
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
^A
Pain!
^E *C *C ^B A *C *C ^B
You made me a, you made me a
^A-^A-*C *C-^B-^G#
Believer, believer!
A ^E ^D
Third things third
^D ^C ^D ^D ^E ^D A G-A
Send a prayer to the ones up above
^E ^D ^D ^D ^C ^D
All the hate that you’ve heard
^D ^D ^E ^D-^C A G A
Has turned your spirit to a dove
^C A
Oh ooh
^E ^D-^C A G-A
Your spirit up above,
^C G#
Oh ooh
G# G A-A A A A
I was choking in the crowd
A – A A A A A A A
Building my rain up in the cloud
A – A A ^C-^C ^C ^C ^C
Falling like ashes to the ground
^C-^C ^C B – B B B B
Hoping my feelings, they would drown
B B A-A A A-A A
But they never did, ever lived,
A – A A A-A A-A-A-A A-A-A
Ebbing and flowing, Inhibited, limited
A A A A A A ^C ^C
‘Til it broke up and it rained down
^C ^C B B
It rained down, like…
(chorus)
A ^E ^D
Last things last
^D ^C ^D ^D ^E ^D ^C A G
By the grace of the fire and the flames
A ^E ^D ^D ^C ^D-^E
You’re the face of the future,
^E ^D-^C A G A
The blood in my veins,
^C A
Oh ooh
^E ^D ^C A G
The blood in my veins,
^C G#
Oh ooh
B B ^C-A A ^C-A A
But they never did, ever lived,
^C-^C ^C ^C-^C ^
Ebbing and flowing,
C-^C-^A-^A ^C-A-A
Inhibited, limited
^C ^C ^C ^C ^C ^C ^C B
‘Til it broke up and it rained down
^C ^C-B ^C-B A
It rained down, like…
(chorus)