"What I Need" by Dave Barnes From "What We Want, What We Get" (2010) Tabbed by Kevin Dorth and Wessley Mitchell Tuning: Standard Capo: None This song is mostly down-strumming, but feel free to mix it up. Intro: C# Ab B F#7 Verse 1: C# Ab B F#7 I got a head full of dreams and time here to scheme. C# Ab B F#7 This ain't good, good. C# Ab B F#7 I'm thinking, you know, about what did and didn't go C# Ab B F#7 Like it should, should. Ab All these expectations F#7 C# Just mean my heart'll be breaking. Ab C#m F# Oh, why can't I see? Chorus: B E Abm You give me what I need, E Even on my brightest day, B Even in a hurricane. E Abm You give me what I need, E Even when there's way too much, C# Even when I'm down to dust. Ab B F#7 C# Ab B F#7 Verse 2: C# Ab B F#7 I've troubled with time, but its will was not mine. C# Ab B F#7 There was no slowin' where it was goin'. C# Ab B F#7 The wishes I willed all came back unfulfilled. C# Ab B F#7 I was prayin' without patience. Ab All those expectations F#7 C# Just meant my heart was breaking. Ab C#m F# Oh, why can't I see? Chorus: B E Abm You give me what I need, E Even on my brightest day, B Even in a hurricane. E Abm You give me what I need, E Even when there's way too much, Even when I'm down to dust. Bridge: F# B F# E I keep calm, carry on, Like nothing ever went wrong. F# B F# E That's what I'm gonna do. F# (That's what I'm gonna do, oh.) B F# E Laugh it off, move along, Get back where I belong. F# B F# E Live my life by leaning on you. F# B (Oh, I lean on you. I'm gonna lean on you, yeah.) Chorus: B E Abm You give me what I need, E Even on my brightest day, B Even in a hurricane. E Abm You give me what I need, E Even when there's way too much, Even when I'm down to dust. B E Abm You give me what I need, E Even on my brightest day, B Even in a hurricane. E Abm You give me what I need, E (Oh, oh, what I need.) B E You give me what I need. Abm E Give me what I need. B E Abm E Oh, oh, oh, oh.