"I'm A Believer"
Words & Music by Neil Diamond
Copyright 1966 by Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
6920 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
All Rights Reserved

lyrics from reprint of 1966 sheet music
lyrics in parentheses are corrections based on the recorded version.

G                  D    F       G
I thought love was only true in fairy tales

                            D    F           G
And (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
     Disappointment haunted all my dreams


(no chord)     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
I'm in love

C            G
     I'm a believer

           F
I couldn't leave her if I tried.


G                  D       F      G
I thought love was more or less a given (givin' ?) thing

                      D    F           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
     When I needed sunshine, I got rain.



(no chord)     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
I'm in love

C            G
     I'm a believer

           F
I couldn't leave her if I tried.



REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE:
(no chord)     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
I'm in love

C            G
     I'm a believer

           F
I couldn't leave her if I tried.




From: ludwig@ufclnx.unt.dec.com (Ludwig Alberter)

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{title:I'm A Believer}
{subtitle:The Monkees}

I[G] thought love was o[D]nly true in f[G]airy tales.
M[G]eant for someone e[D]lse but not for [G]me.
L[C]ove was out to g[G]et me; 
T[C]hat's the way it s[G]eemed;
D[C]isappointment h[G]aunted all my d[D]reams  

   
{soc}                        
Then I saw her f[G]ace [C]      [G]
Now I'm a beli[G]ever [C]      [G]
Not a tr[G]ace [C]     [G] of doubt in my m[G]ind [C]      [G]
I'm in l[G]o---[C]ve; I'm a beli[G]ever, I couldn't le[F]ave her if I t[D7]ried.
{eoc}


I thought love was more or less a givin' thing
It seems the more I gave the less I got
What's the use in tryin'
All you get is pain
When I needed sunshine I got rain.

{c:Chorus}


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