Intro: E pause
A--E--; (4x)
I
AE
How can I choose the words to tell you
A
Words I should have said before
E
Now more and more I long to hold you
F#m-A-B-
I wish you'd never closed the door, oh
F#m-A-B-
Oh no
II
AE
Now it's late and I feel older
A
Having lost so much to you
E
And though I know everything is over
F#m
How I wish it could be true
AB
That you would stay, oh no
F#mAB
A love like yours won't come my way
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/color_it_red/i_need_you_here_crd.html )
Chorus
EAB
I need you here when darkness comes
EAB
I want you near before I turn and run
EAB
I need you here when darkness comes
EAB
I beg you near before I turn and run
Interlude: A-E-; (4x)
III
AE
You gave me hope then gave me tears
A
Though I could never blame you
E
I'm callin' out but no one hears
F#m
How I wish it could be true
AB
That you would stay, oh no
F#mAB
A love like yours won't come my way
(Repeat Chorus)
Adlib: A-E-; (4x)
E pause A pause
(Repeat I)
(Repeat Chorus)
Coda: (Do chord pattern: E--A-B-;)
Pa rap pap pap... (4x, fade)